Once again the US falls to China in another category. The mobile device leader in the world has now switched to China. The U.S has about 300 million people versus the 1.3 billion people in China and with those numbers China is said to continue to outdo the U.S in the mobile market.
China is one of the leading nationals in the world. It has recently become the greatest mobile smart device market. These statistics are based on Tablets, iPads, Android phones and iPhones. At the end of January, reports say that China and the U.S were neck and neck with 222 million device and 221 million devices. China is expected to increase that number to 246 million and the US only to about 230 million.
The US is not expected to regain the lead because of China’s population. The only country that would even come close to taking control of active smart device would be India, but even then that is far off. China is not the “fastest” growing market anymore though. Smaller countries have been surpassing china. Countries like Columbia, Vietnam, Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt are all growing faster in the mobile device area.
Android and the iOS markets have been going head to head for a while now. The Android phone and tablet market is the leader in China and the iOS market recently has taken the lead in the US. The only reason that the US has been leading in the smart device market is because of the holidays, which gives the devices a huge boost. The market in the US has hit a plateau and now that the market is saturated, it will only stay the same or become less over time. I can’t wait for the next big device to hit the mobile market.
