The Android operating system will reach 1.1 billion users this year across all device types, a jump of 26 percent over the 2013 shipments figure, according to Gartner.
But the analyst firm is actually predicting a larger percentage increase for iOS and Mac OS devices, up 29 percent from 267 million devices shipped in 2013 to a projected 344 million in 2014.
"There is no doubt that there is a volume versus value equation, with Android users also purchasing lower-cost devices compared with Apple users," Gartner principal analyst Annette Zimmerman said in a statement.
"Android holds the largest number of installed-base devices, with 1.9 billion in use in 2014, compared with 682 million iOS and Mac OS installed-base devices," she said.
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