The number of Android users will be 1 billion in 2013

At the AllThingsD mobile conference in New York, Google CEO Erich Schmidt said that by the end of this year, the number of active Android smartphones will reach 1 billion. 

More precisely, it will take Google “from 6 to 9 months” to overcome this mark. Within a year or two, the number of Android smartphone users will reach 2 billion. The catalyst for growth, according to Schmidt, will be a drop in device prices. He expects that some of the devices on the company’s OS will cost about $75 – $100.

Currently, about 750 million Android smartphones are active. Schmidt, however, did not specify whether this number includes Chinese devices, most of which do not have a Play Store and there is no synchronization with a Google account. 1.5 million Android devices are activated daily.