[Perceval]

I think Apple is pretty well set on mobile browsing as the future growth market. They don't seem to mind cannibalizing desktop sales for iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches. In mobile browsing, Safari has ~60% market share. As long as mobile browsing keeps growing, Safari will remain an important asset for Apple.

http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpri...

[dm2]

I'm not sure I trust that site, they also claim that IE had 56% of the Desktop market share during 2013, while all other reports claim to have very different data: http://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpri...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

Here is StatCounter for Mobile for the last 6 months, the iPhone browser with 23%: http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-monthly-201207-...

[extra88]

You just posted the netshare link again instead of a StatCounter one. StatCounter's Mobile OS shows iOS at about 24% last month. http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201207-20130...

But I don't think they count iPads and other tablets as "mobile." Their Mobile Browser chart listed iPhone and iPod touch separately and didn't list iPads at all. Mobile Screen Resolutions doesn't include iPad resolutions. Browser Versions (Partially Combined) has a separate entry just for Safari iPad (which actually exceeds Safari 6.0 and Safari 5.1, combined).