Android continues to lead the pack

Analysts believe the operating system will dominate global mobile phone market

Despite declining smartphone shipments by Samsung Electronics Co, which still accounted for the most smartphones running on the Android operating system last year, those using systems developed by Google Inc are expected to see their market share grow at a double-digit pace in 2015, thanks to the rise of Chinese device makers.

According to a report released on Jan 7 by information technology research and advisory company Gartner Inc on the global operating system market, Android-based devices surpassed a billion shipments last year, and are expected to grow another 26 percent over the next 12 months.