This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted by Cint on the types of operating systems on smart phones used for personal purposes in South Korea between 2017 and 2018. In 2018, 76.86 percent of respondents in South Korea stated they use a Google Android-based operating system on their personal smart phone.
South Korea: If you use a smart phone for personal purposes, what operating system do you use?
* Number of responses, corresponds to year 2018. Multiple answers were possible. Numbers for 2017 were taken from previous data sets.
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Cint. (August 28, 2018). South Korea: If you use a smart phone for personal purposes, what operating system do you use? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/933718/south-korea-types-of-operating-systems-used-for-personal-purposes/
Cint. "South Korea: If you use a smart phone for personal purposes, what operating system do you use?." Chart. August 28, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/933718/south-korea-types-of-operating-systems-used-for-personal-purposes/
Cint. (2018). South Korea: If you use a smart phone for personal purposes, what operating system do you use?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/933718/south-korea-types-of-operating-systems-used-for-personal-purposes/
Cint. "South Korea: If You Use a Smart Phone for Personal Purposes, What Operating System Do You Use?." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/933718/south-korea-types-of-operating-systems-used-for-personal-purposes/
Cint, South Korea: If you use a smart phone for personal purposes, what operating system do you use? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/933718/south-korea-types-of-operating-systems-used-for-personal-purposes/ (last visited April 20, 2025)
South Korea: If you use a smart phone for personal purposes, what operating system do you use? [Graph], Cint, August 28, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/933718/south-korea-types-of-operating-systems-used-for-personal-purposes/
