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Android U.S. Ad Request Market Share Surges Past iPhone, iPhone and iPod Touch Device Mix Detailed

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There are more handset makers out there than Apple and they are all selling Android phone. So, if you put that FREE OS onto the majority of the handset you get the results we see in the charts. NO BIG DEAL!
So when folks say Android is growing, it really means that more and more handset makers(that have been around even before Android or iphone) are trolling out Android enabled phones. It is free and they love that.
And this is the same damn business model Window uses with their partners. Give out a cheap license to use their OS and watch every tom, dick and harry OEM crank out a pc.
Then MS can say,"LOOK! WE BEAT APPLE AS THE OS OF CHOICE!" yet MS doesn't even make a fu***** pc.
 
TennisandMusic said:
This sounds a bit like rationalizing and/or denial.
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Well, I suppose th...

TennisandMusic said:
I think Android will probably end up doing better than the iPhone in the long run because of it's "free platform" nature. Most people just don't want to deal with a walled garden really. I mean, in five years do people really think the iPhone will be the market leader in smart phones?
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Oh, wait. What? So we are both predicting that the exact same thing for the future but I'm in denial? How does that work?
 
Small White Car said:
It's not like we don't all know that Android as a whole won't soon overtake the iPhone in terms of size.

With so many different models (and different software layouts) the platform as a whole is bound to overtake the '1 kind of iPhone' approach that Apple is pursuing.

I suspect the iPhone will be able to be the most popular model of smartphone as we go forward, but that's not what they're talking about here.
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Exactly. There's no way the iPhone would be the market leader. It's also as of now only on one carrier too. Android will be dominant, one might say the next Microsoft - at least in the mobile OS space.
 
Not surprising at all. Android is a mobile OS that is comparable to the iPhone, has more features, and is FREE to the hardware makers to license.

With that model in mind, there is no doubt that Android will pass iPhone in sales.

Google will not profit from Android as much as Apple has from iPhone though, and they know it. Their model this whole time has been to get the internet into people's hands so they can search, thus click on ads.

They've even made an app (Google Googles) where all you have to do is take a photo of something and it will Google search it.

They're an advertising company first and they openly admit it.

Even Chrome OS, an operating system based entirely on a web browser experience will be free.

I'm a previous iPhone owner who may switch to Android if the next iPhone isn't anything surprising.

Google has done a great job, IMO. I'm glad we have all these companies competing, otherwise we would never get such amazing products.
 
Android Passes iPhone Web Traffic In U.S.

TechCrunch said:
As we noted earlier, mobile ad network AdMob has released its monthly mobile metrics report for March, which takes a close look at Android OS traffic. One interesting stat that was hidden in the report was that Android ad traffic overtook iPhone traffic in the U.S. for the month of March.

According to the report, Android traffic in the U.S. increased to 46 percent of operating system share compared to 39 percent for the iPhone operating system. Worldwide, the iPhone OS still took the top spot, taking 46 percent of the OS share, with Android phones seeing 25 percent of impressions. AdMob measures mobile ad impressions, which is a proxy for overall traffic.

The Android ecosystem is steadily growing, with the App market counting 38,000 plus apps as of a few weeks ago, up 8000 apps from a month ago. This still pales in comparison to Apple’s booming App Store, but it seems pretty significant that one of the most popular mobile ad networks is reporting that Android ad traffic has surpassed that of the iPhone. Of course, Admob is still waiting for regulatory approval of its $750 million deal to be acquired by Google, so maybe it doesn’t want to call too much attention to how well Android is doing.
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/27/admob-android-passes-iphone-web-traffic-in-u-s/

Android = Windows & iPhone = Mac OS X?
I can see the same thing happening since you can only get iPhone OS on Apple hardware.
 
How about giving us some more details.........

I would like to see the pie chart in terms of market share of specific models? I am sure AdMod can show the top 10 smartphone's market share easily so people can get a good feel of which Android phone is doing well and which is not. (Just like the various iPhone model chart.) For instance, I will be very interested to see how Moto Droid is doing compared to iPhone 3GS. If AdMod is doing a truly independent study, it should be able to show such stat. If it is to serve to show how Android as a platform is overtaking iPhone OS for numbers of ads served, then this pie chart sure does the trick. ;-)
 
marco114 said:
just a thought, but maybe iPhones have less ads than Androids?

And there's many iPhone specific versions of sites out there with no ads more often than not.

Just may not show the whole picture.
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They aren't trying to show the OS marketshare, but rather the ad impression marketshare. So in terms of that, it does show the whole picture. If the marketshare for Android is smaller than iPhone, then you are right. It can be assumed that there are more ads being shown on the android devices to make up for that.
 
tennisbum said:
I would like to see the pie chart in terms of market share of specific models? I am sure AdMod can show the top 10 smartphone's market share easily so people can get a good feel of which Android phone is doing well and which is not. (Just like the various iPhone model chart.) For instance, I will be very interested to see how Moto Droid is doing compared to iPhone 3GS. If AdMod is doing a truly independent study, it should be able to show such stat. If it is to serve to show how Android as a platform is overtaking iPhone OS for numbers of ads served, then this pie chart sure does the trick. ;-)
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This is not a pie chart but an android handset percentage chart.
http://metrics.admob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Android-Hset1.jpg

The Droid and Hero seem to be doing best. I'd assume the Droid stats include the Milestone as it isn't mentioned on the chart.
 
Guys - don't fool yourselves into thinking this has much to do with Apple - it has EVERYTHING to do with Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. You can get an Android phone on ANY carrier, and an iPhone only on ONE.

...do the math. Damn near EVERYONE wants an iPhone - not everyone wants ATT.
 
knewsom said:
Guys - don't fool yourselves into thinking this has much to do with Apple - it has EVERYTHING to do with Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. You can get an Android phone on ANY carrier, and an iPhone only on ONE.

...do the math. Damn near EVERYONE wants an iPhone - not everyone wants ATT.
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Really? Everyone wants an iPhone? Care to back that up? I know I don't want an iPhone :rolleyes:
 
Small White Car said:
It's not like we don't all know that Android as a whole won't soon overtake the iPhone in terms of size.

With so many different models (and different software layouts) the platform as a whole is bound to overtake the '1 kind of iPhone' approach that Apple is pursuing.

I suspect the iPhone will be able to be the most popular model of smartphone as we go forward, but that's not what they're talking about here.
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Perhaps. But, ubiquity isn't the only issue. Hopefully Google will be smarter than MS and come to a balance. They will need to work very closely with hardware manufacturers to maintain quality.
 
TennisandMusic said:
I think Android will probably end up doing better than the iPhone in the long run because of it's "free platform" nature. Most people just don't want to deal with a walled garden really. I mean, in five years do people really think the iPhone will be the market leader in smart phones? I sorta doubt it personally (and I'm an iPhone user for the past 2 years).
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I don’t believe “most people” even know what a walled garden is. They’re buying Android devices because they’re available on their carrier of choice at all different price points.

While this is dealing with ad marketshare, it only makes sense that Android’s actual smartphone operating system marketshare will surpass iPhone OS. iPhone OS is only available on two devices from one manufacturer, while Android is available on many devices from all different manufacturers.

It’s very conceivable that the iPhone and iPod touch will remain the number one selling smart phone and media player respectively, yet iPhone OS will rank third or fourth in smartphone operating system marketshare.
 
alexk82 said:
another interesting aspect of the charts is that the first gen iphone represents 2%. i was reading in another article which says that means 1 in 3 first gen iphones still are still in use
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Seems like flawed reasoning to me. First generation iPhones are poor internet browsers (by relative comparison to newer iPhones) and as such are bound to be used less for internet browsing. Also, the most tech-savvy internet denizens are sure to keep up on newer iPhones while regular users (who will browse less) are less likely to upgrade. Additionally, many of those old iPhones will be passed on to family members and the like (or resold) and, in doing so, will move away from the most internet-interested hands.

I think it is reasonable to believe that the majority of functional first-generation iPhones are still in use. There's still a real demand for them. There are still plenty of people who would like to have *any* iPhone. Any relative statistic based on ad impressions strikes me as near-useless.
 
TennisandMusic said:
I think Android will probably end up doing better than the iPhone in the long run because of it's "free platform" nature. Most people just don't want to deal with a walled garden really. I mean, in five years do people really think the iPhone will be the market leader in smart phones? I sorta doubt it personally (and I'm an iPhone user for the past 2 years).
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And by "Most people" you mean the 20 or so that really care and aren't just regurgitating the whining arguments they see on ZDNet and /.?

If anything, I would say the network is what's really holding the iPhone back. It needs to stop being tied only to AT&T and get on others in the US, at least Verizon. (Though I must say, I'm quite happy with AT&T in my area).
 
ChazUK said:
This is not a pie chart but an android handset percentage chart.
http://metrics.admob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Android-Hset1.jpg

The Droid and Hero seem to be doing best. I'd assume the Droid stats include the Milestone as it isn't mentioned on the chart.
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Charts comparing devices within the same OS are great to compare to other android handset manufacturers. As a collective group of android manufacturers, one can toast and celebrate a benchmark breakthrough. But if I am an android manufacturer, I would like to know how my handset is stacking up against the 3GS too so I can know how far off or how close I am to the 3GS, not just as part of a collective group compared to another group.
 
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