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Best Answer: What Operating System Do Smartphones Use?

Elena Rostova • • 3 min read
Best Answer: What Operating System Do Smartphones Use?
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The two major smartphone operating systems are Android and iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), with Android being the market leader worldwide. BlackBerry switched to Android in 2015. In the past, Nokia’s native Symbian OS was extremely popular.

What is smartphone operating system?

What are the different operating systems for mobile phones?

  • Android (Google)
  • iOS (Apple)
  • Bada (Samsung)
  • Blackberry OS (Research in Motion)
  • Windows OS (Microsoft)
  • Symbian OS (Nokia)
  • Tizen (Samsung)

How many operating systems are there for smartphones?

Mobile devices, with mobile communications abilities (e.g., smartphones), contain two mobile operating systems – the main user-facing software platform is supplemented by a second low-level proprietary real-time operating system which operates the radio and other hardware.

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Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.