60% growth vs. 300% growth, Apple better be worried about this. Sure, they are in the drivers seat now, but Android has the momentum of a bulldozer going 100 MPH, whereas the iOS app market has that of a 1986 Yugo going 30 MPH.
That's a bit silly. Android's 300% growth equates to about 300 million dollars. Apple's tiny 60% growth represents way over 1 billion dollars. So who's racing ahead of who?
These are Androids best years IMO, with millions of dumbphone users reaching the end of their contract and defaulting to the cheapest iClone they can get. The evidence is there in the app sales figure. Why are people getting Android devices and not doing anything with them? IMO it's because they didn't purposely select the phone, it just looked pretty in the shop and the sales guy was pushing it. The interesting battle happens when the Market is saturated. When everyone's got a smartphone then it will be tough to win new customers.
Edit: btw this also explains why Androids tablet offerings aren't taking off yet. A tablet isn't something you have to choose on contract expiry day. You're not given it for free as a reward for making phone calls. You have to want a tablet. And if you want one that bad are you going to settle for an obscure copycat?
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