* ComTech tracks mobile phone behavior, including purchasing of phones, mobile phone bills/airtime, source of purchase and phone usage. The data excludes enterprise sales.
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Market share held by smartphone OS in Mexico 2013-2018, by month
This statistic shows the market share held by the leading smartphone operating systems in Mexico from 2013 to 2018, by month. In December 2018, the Android operating system had a market share of **** percent in Mexico.
Smartphone OS market share in Mexico - additional information
The Android Operating System has seen its market share steadily rise in Mexico throughout, with the company finishing 2016 controlling over ** percent of the market. These figures are consistent with recent worldwide trends in which Android has asserted its dominance in the market. The Google-backed company is predicted to hold almost ** percent share of the global smartphone market by 2016, in stark contrast to the *** percent share it had in 2009.
Despite the fact that Blackberry has struggled in the global markets in recent years, it has persisted in the Mexican market with less than one percent of the market since the beginning of 2016. In contrast, Apple’s iOS has achieved limited success in Mexico in comparison to its popularity in the rest of the world. At the end of 2016, the Apple operating system held *** percent of the market share in Mexico, which is significantly lower than the **** percent market share it enjoyed globally.
The mobile phone industry in general has grown in Mexico since 2009. An estimated 70 percent of the population, are forecast to use a mobile phone by 2017, this is the equivalent of around 86 million people. Of these mobile users in Mexico, **** percent are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, in comparison to just **** percent of all mobile users in 2013. This means that **** million people are expected to be smartphone users in Mexico by 2017.
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Market share held by smartphone operating systems in Mexico from 2013 to 2018, by month* [Graph], Kantar Worldpanel, January 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/245193/market-share-of-mobile-operating-systems-for-smartphone-sales-in-mexico/