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This is fascinating...

it measures usage based on website metering.

The short version is that iOS beats Android in the developed world, but Android absolutely creams iOS in developing economies.

Android is quite far ahead in Germany but far behind in the UK where even Blackberry still has a large marketshare...

Also Android has a very low market share in Australia and New Zealand (Oceania).

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Yea its strange...

Do a Google search or something.

They work fine for a while and then stop working.

I did. They pages load fine when searched through Google. It's very strange...
 
So many conflicting reports about this, I don't know what to believe anymore.
It's always up then down then up. All I can say is where I am, I do see more droids and less apples. Sad really.

Come on folks, there is nothing inconsistent between the two sets of data. The comScore tracks installed phones, while the Kantar data tracks smartphone sales. Now, you might think that if Android is outselling iOS, then Android's marketshare should be increasing, but that is not necessarily the case. What you haven't accounted for is what phone the new phone is replacing.

Almost everyone now has a smartphone, so, at least in the US, for every sale there is a phone that is likely decommissioned (recycled, used as an ipod, etc). So, in Nov. 2012, Android had 53.7% of the market, Apple had 35% of the market. Over the ensuing year, many of those people replaced their phones. But only 50% of the new phones were Androids. If the number of people replacing phones is proportional to the installed base, 53.7% of people replacing phones were Android users, but only 50% of new phones were Androids, so the number of installed Android phones will go down. Likewise, if 35% of the people replacing their phones were iPhone users, but 43.5% of new headsets were iPhones, you would expect the insalled base of iPhone users to increase.

As long as the Android percentage of phones coming out of circulation is greater than the Android percentage of phones coming in, the share of installed phones held by Android will drop. And as long as the share of new phones sold by Apple is greater than the iOS share of discarded phones, iPhones will gain market share. Of course, eventually you will reach a steady state, where the number of phones coming out and going in will be the same. But if that state is based on even the most recent Kantar data, the share of iOS phones will continue to rise from 38.9% to 43.5%, while the share of Android phones will continue to drop, from 51.7% to 51.2%.
 
How does that matter for you?

As a stock holder and an apple fan, I want the company to succeed.. I realize the iOS system is becoming stale to some, it's apparent when I roam out into the city. I believe that if apple has a strong year they can bring over a lot of android users,
 
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Samsung ain't All That ...but Google...

Well I had a chance to renew my Verizon contract and get an upgrade. I was leaning towards Android and I looked at the Samsung. However, the extra layer of Samsung software ontop of Android jellybean was not appealing.

I chose the Motorola RAZR Maxx HD. It felt "better" in terms of build and it had a purer Android flavor of Jelly Bean. The camera actually was better. It also have a very nice and large screen. Plus the battery life on this thing was much better.

The Motorola was a great phone. Considering the phone I am replacing is the Motorola Droid X that is over three years old and it still works like new (on Ginger Bread though) and still looks like new.

I think Google can really leverage their Motorola acquisition - they can get some independence from Samsung and put together a great phone experience.
 
Personally I'm just looking forward to the Iphone 5S. No more Androids for me.
 
Maybe with the older generations - But with the younger ones Android phones seem to be becoming very popular... Although that's probably because cheap Androids have replaced cheap fliptops.

I think price is probably the deciding factor in this.
 
Wonder what Fandroids are going to make up as an excuse now...

I'm not a FanDroid or an iFanBoy. Not about to join the Apple/Google National Guard or cheerleading squad like some do all over the internet. It's stupid to defend a company that doesn't care who you are. We're all dollar signs to them. And they just laugh all the way to the bank as their customers fight amgost each other on forums.

But facts are facts. Hardware wise Apple is leading yes compared to HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc. But software wise Android has the lead in market share. Not by a huge amount, but currently Android is 'winning.'

As a stock holder and an apple fan, I want the company to succeed.. I realize the iOS system is becoming stale to some, it's apparent when I roam out into the city. I believe that if apple has a strong year they can bring over a lot of android users,

Based of Apple's history and what they consider 'updates' I find it unlikely. Don't get me wrong, if Apple updated iOS out of 2007 and actually made it decent I'd consider switching. But after a few minutes with iOS, you've pretty much seen it all.
 
it is very funny how figures are tweaked to show apple is gaining marketshare.

Beofe, people were talking about number of phones shipped, today, they talk about subscribers. Not the same.
 
This is fascinating...

it measures usage based on website metering.

The short version is that iOS beats Android in the developed world, but Android absolutely creams iOS in developing economies.

No wonder there's rumors of cheaper iPhone coming for these markets. :cool:

It really does make sense based on this sort of data.
 
How can there be sites that claim Apple lost market share during the same period that these other sites listed in this article claim Apple gained? Obviously someone has to be wrong here. Take these claims with a grain of salt.

Apple is definitely gaining market share in the U.S. I haven't seen a single report say it hasn't. The reports someone posted earlier was showing the difference between last year and this year. However Comscore is comparing what's currently happening... last quarter compared to this quarter. They also showed a drop in Android market share to Apple with the previous quarters comparisons.

Also, Comscore is the one the fandroids have been pointing to all along showing that Android had more marketshare because that only happened recently. It still does, but it is loosing share rapidly. So now they want to go back to last year and compare against back when iOS was still in the lead. Remember, they dismissed those reports at the time by saying they're not recent enough!

Hilarious the hoops these shills go through to try to make Android look good and Apple bad. On an Apple focused site at that!
 
Actually there were articles yesterday saying iOS lost marketshare....

http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/01/an...-a-massive-52/

http://bgr.com/2013/04/01/ios-androi...tm_medium=home

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-575...s-says-report/

Which is it? They're completely different. Would like some clarification.

Edit: with more links.

Those are using "shipped" numbers. I can ship a million phones but it doesn't mean I sell them, or someone buys it, hates it, returns it, etc. The numbers in the report use usage numbers rather that shipped/sales numbers.
 
well one report says up the other down, all I know I'd what I see with my own eyes and that's here in the UK everyone I know is buying Samsungs phones. People might like an iPhone but it's just to expensive, there are so many deals here for cheaper Samsungs, and people are getting used to the Android system.
If only Apple would bring out a larger screen and something a bit cheaper, if they don't they really have lost the plot as Samsung & Google will clear up here I think.
I'll keep hanging onto my 4s until they do I suppose..
 
Apple is definitely gaining market share in the U.S. I haven't seen a single report say it hasn't. The reports someone posted earlier was showing the difference between last year and this year. However Comscore is comparing what's currently happening... last quarter compared to this quarter. They also showed a drop in Android market share to Apple with the previous quarters comparisons.

Also, Comscore is the one the fandroids have been pointing to all along showing that Android had more marketshare because that only happened recently. It still does, but it is loosing share rapidly. So now they want to go back to last year and compare against back when iOS was still in the lead. Remember, they dismissed those reports at the time by saying they're not recent enough!

Hilarious the hoops these shills go through to try to make Android look good and Apple bad. On an Apple focused site at that!

Except the three other articles posted in this thread that say ios has lost marketshare!

Whats that? They dont count because they have a years worth of data compared to just 3 months?! :rolleyes:

Amazing what ios fans say and do to help them validate their purchase!

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Hilarious the hoops these shills go through to try to make Android look good and Apple bad. On an Apple focused site at that!

And the other way round. There are tons of reports that show different results. It depends on how you measure. The Android fans chooses some reports and iOS fans choose others.

I think the bottom line is that one should take all these reports (no matter if they are pro Android or pro iOS) with a big pinch of salt, because it all boils down to how they measured and what the reports are based on. If you want a certain result I'm sure you can find some kind of report that supports that (and another that shows the opposite).
 
It's funny how some take it personally what market share either ios or android has. They are phones, not family members, Neither apple or google could care less about you, they care about $. Why take it personally?
 
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