Akukaze nanini ngaphambili ukuthi i-Google ilawule imakethe yama-smartphone ngendlela ecacile nenamandla. Futhi kungenxa yokuthi, ngokocwaningo lwe-IDC, phakathi nekota yesithathu yalo nyaka, u-2012% wezinto eziphathwayo ezidayisiwe sezidayisiwe. Android. Isamba sama-smartphones ayizigidi eziyi-136, ukukhula okukhulu ngendlela emangalisayo uma ucabanga ukuthi isistimu yokusebenza ye-Google yethulwa eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Ama-25% asele ahlukaniswa phakathi kwawo wonke amanye amasistimu wokusebenza.
I-Apple, bekungaba kanjani ngenye indlela, iphakamisa lolo hlu lwezinhlelo zokusebenza zesibili ezisetshenziswa kakhulu, nezidumile iOS. Isistimu yokusebenza ye-Cupertino ibibusa u-14,9% wama-smartphones athengiswe phakathi nesikhathi esihambisana phakathi kukaJulayi noSepthemba. Kumele kucace bha ukuthi kwakungu-Apple owazala i-smartphone njengoba siyazi namuhla.
Blackberry kulandela ngemuva kwalabo abakwi-block, nakuba kahle impela. Okwake kwakhethwa yibo bonke ochwepheshe, namuhla kufiphele, futhi ukushabalala kwayo sekuseduze. Hhayi ngenxa yalokho abakwenzayo manje, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi akubonakali kunekusasa elicacile lenkampani. Okwamanje, bekhona ku-4,3% wamadivayisi athengiswa ngekota yesithathu ka-2012.
Okuphambene kwenzeka nge I-Windows Phone. Amaphesenti angu-2 kuphela amadivaysi athengiswayo aphethe isistimu yokusebenza ye-Microsoft. Nokho, amathemba aphakeme, njengoba ikusasa layo kulindeleke ukuba libe elithembisayo kakhulu. Eqinisweni, ukukhula kukhona. Basuke ku-1,2% baya ku-2%. Akuyona inombolo enkulu, kodwa okungenani ibavumela ukuthi babe nokulindela okuhle, into labo be-RIM abangenayo.
Yonke enye imakethe yabiwe Symbian y Linux, ngo-2,3% no-1,5% ngokulandelana. Futhi lapha sibona okuningi okufanayo. I-Symbian isendleleni eya ekufeni, futhi i-Linux isendleleni ekhuphukayo. Abasoze baba ngabaphathi abakhulu bemakethe, kodwa okungenani abawona amathoni amadala anciphayo onqenqemeni lokubandlululwa emphakathini.