The data displays global smartphone sales to end users broken down by operating system from the 2009 to 2018. In the second quarter of 2018, Apple sold 44.72 million smartphones with their iOS.
Smartphone sales by operating system -- additional information Smartphone sales have strongly increased over the last few years. In 2009, the number of smartphones sold worldwide added up to 170 million. By 2015, this figure stood at more than 1.4 billion, generating almost 400 billion USD in revenue. The market shows no sign of slowing down, as over a third of the world’s population is projected to own a smartphone by 2017, and the number of smartphone users is forecast to pass the 2.
