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 .
