Strategy Analytics forecasts the global smartphone installed base will grow +5% YoY in 2021, thanks to the economic recovery, eased pandemic situation, 5G migration and the availability of low cost smartphones in emerging markets. Android and iOS will continue to dominate global smartphone installed based. The Huawei Harmony OS has been recently launched in China on smartphones but the outlook looks a little certain and risky.

 This extensive report forecasts the global smartphone installed base, by 15 operating systems, for 88 countries worldwide, from 2007 to 2026. Almost every major country worldwide is covered, including United States, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. This report can be used by operators, software developers, content developers, handset vendors, component makers, car manufacturers and other stakeholders to determine the size and growth rate of the huge global smartphone OS market.