According to the results of a recent study, a BlackBerry-based smartphone is no longer a necessary means of communication in a business environment.

Gartner has published a report according to which in the third quarter sales of mobile devices reached 440.5 million units, which is 5.6% more than a year ago.

According to Flurry, China has surpassed the UK and has become the second most consumed mobile app market after the United States.

Apple has become the most profitable manufacturer of mobile devices, collecting 52% of the operating profit of this industry in the last quarter. At the same time, Apple’s share in the smartphone market was only 4.2%.

In 18 months, Google has managed to increase its market share in the UK by about 40% (which totaled about 50%).

Android has overtaken its competitors, winning half of the smartphone market in the UK. But, according to the company Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, now there is a fight between manufacturers of Android-based mobile devices.

Apple and Google already own more than two-thirds of the smartphone market in the US, according to the latest comScore report.