IOS-device for the first time caught up with the PC in terms of sales

Tonight, Apple He summed up the financial district. 47 million iPhone and iPad 10,9 million secured an impressive 57.9 million sold iOS-devices, and it is not given the iPod. Thus, Apple was able to achieve the level of sales of computers on Windows.

Starting in 2008, sales of iOS-devices showed a steady annual growth, which is not the PC. From the peak in June 2011, the number of Windows-based computers sold decreased gradually, reaching 300 million in the last year. More than successful for Apple quarters also contributed to the fact that Benedict Evans of a16z, sales of both categories equaled the statistics.

Android unit sales, of course, passed Windows PCs back in March 2012. Mobile is a bigger ecosystem than PCs. Much bigger.

- Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) July 22, 2015

In fairness, it should be noted that smartphones and tablets on Android managed to achieve this goal in March 2012. In addition, Google's mobile platform is superior to Windows and the number of activated devices, which has 1.5 billion personal computers for desktop operating systems. If the sales figures remain the same, Apple also soon reach that mark.