With the raise of the smartphone, and with some help of tablets, Android has come to have the largest user base of any operating system. While Microsoft Windows is still has the second largest user base, iOS has the the third spot with quite a lead over the macOS at fourth place.
I find it interesting, that 2 out of the top 3 OSes used by people at large are used to power our mobile devices such smartphones and tablets. It means that we have shift the way we use computers, from desktops and laptops, to smartphones that we carry with us most of the time.
It all happen in a relative short time, compared with how long personal computers took to become as common as smartphones have. Nowadays, people are more likely to own a smartphone than they are to own a desktop, or a laptop, in most of the world.
What makes it all more impressive, is that in such a small package smartphones have more than enough power to do much of what can be done in a computer with quite an ease of use. Smartphone have become more than adequate for most uses that most people have for a computer.
While I doubt that desktops, and laptops, will disappear, they certainly will become more of niche products. Tablets will also find niche markets, while smartphones will continue to dominate the consumer market.
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