Apple's 64 - bit processor Drove , Android Disadvantaged

Apple started the trend of 64 - bit processors in mobile devices through a series A7 processor introduced last September 2013 . Quoted from PC World , research firm ABI Research estimates that as many as 182 million units of mobile 64-bit processors will be shipped during 2014.

Of these , the majority share of the market will be dominated by Apple A7 processor used in the iPhone and iPad . Android devices predicted only gets about 20 percent . 64- bit processor version for the Android operating system itself will present a new estimated in the second half of 2014.

However , the situation is expected to reverse in a period of four years . In 2018, an estimated rate shipping 64-bit mobile processor will reach 1.12 billion units with a 60 percent market share controlled by Android , Apple's 30 percent , while the rest by a Windows Phone device .

Such as a personal computer , slowly but surely , the smartphone and tablet processors will experience a transition to the 64 - bit format . Devices with 64 - bit processor can have more than 4GB of memory , there is also another form of video performance improvement and increased compression , as well as tasks that require heavy processing .

7 mobile operating system iOS has supported 64 - bit , while the 64 - bit versions of the new Android available for x86 architecture processors ( Intel ) , the ARM is not the most widely used . Google would not comment on schedule availability definitely Android ARM 64 - bit .

ABI Research states that the mobile industry quickly sought to make mobile processors 64 - bit , but it is more of a catch up with Apple .

Since the appearance of the A7 , a number of processor manufacturers such as Nvidia , Samsung , and Qualcomm , have expressed a commitment to make a 64 - bit processor in a mobile device .