The phrase "a base of devices" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a foundational group or collection of devices that serve a particular purpose or function.
Example: "The company has established a base of devices that support its new software platform, ensuring compatibility and efficiency."
Alternatives: "a collection of devices" or "a foundation of devices".
China's 209percentt growth rate on top of a base of 71 devices last January is no longer the leader in terms of growth.
Pansari says now that smart TVs increasingly come with browsers, there is a growing base of devices including smartphones, tablets, PCs to larger-format screens that should really support HTML5 gaming.
But of course an ecosystem needs a health base of device users if it's not to be dead in the water.
Google executives promoted the notion that Google seemed to have already surpassed its rival Apple in this respect, although Apple still has a far larger base of devices running the iPhone operating system.
The irony of the split between Android and iOS developer interest is that developers told Appcelerator that the most important factor for them in determining which platform to build for is having a "large installed base of devices". While no one knows the exact active installed base of devices, the number of daily active users that Facebook's Android app sees recently surpassed Facebook's iOS app.
The irony of the split between Android and iOS developer interest is that developers told Appcelerator that the most important factor for them in determining which platform to build for is having a "large installed base of devices".
It may take many more months (or years) before developers adjust to understanding that Android likely has a larger active installed base of devices.
Earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company hit a 1.3 billion active install base of devices.
We note that the installed base of devices has risen 100m in the last 12 months.
In April 2012, ComScore was quoted saying that in the US there were 31.3m iPhone users of Google Maps, and 38.2m users on Android (from a collective base of 88.4m devices, implying a 78% usage rate).
Apple also had an installed base of iOS devices that was finally large enough to produce the network effects that Instagram needed to take off.
