You can quite clearly see that Android is going to pass iOS in time. At this rate I believe that by June it will surpass the iPhone's market share.
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iPhone Continues to Hold Off Android in U.S. Smartphone Market Share
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That 16(odd) percentage will contain a lot of legacy phones that are no longer supported.
Judging by the decline in Android 1.6/1.5 over the months, I'd figure that the majority of devices are being sold with 2.1 or above or are receiving firmware updates.
If Android 1.x was seeing a steady increase I'd be inclined to agree with your statements but they just don't add up.
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That 16(odd) percentage will contain a lot of legacy phones that are no longer supported.
Judging by the decline in Android 1.6/1.5 over the months, I'd figure that the majority of devices are being sold with 2.1 or above or are receiving firmware updates.
If Android 1.x was seeing a steady increase I'd be inclined to agree with your statements but they just don't add up.
What's funnier is my dad thinks the iphone is a girl's phone cause it's too big and no guy would want to put a phone that big in his pocket.
no it does not, not even close, it has the basic 3 for syncing email, calender, contacts, exchange 2010 supports lots more
read only is useless in a corporate environment (and still, no sharepoint integration)
of course you dont, your not using it from a corporate environment standpoint nor are you using any other product other than apple.
What about integration with iTunes or iPod or Apple TV. The iPhone has all of this right out of the box and it works well. I can go over to my friends house and stream a movie from my iPhone to his TV or play a song from my iPhone on his entertainment system or control his iTunes on his Mac/PC with my iPhone or control his Apple TV with my iPhone with 1 click over wifi...it's that simple!
sure but useless in a corporate environment
i would say DLNA would be more important than airplay
you didnt really read my post.....
i said if you want to charge for your app your better off with iOS
if you want to make money from ads in your app your better off with Android
Actually the phrase "hold off" implies an approaching competitor. Same as a horse in the lead "holds off" the second place horse through a turn. You don't "hold off" a fading competitor. You "hold off" a surging one.
Again, that phrase is less accurate than the original phrase because it does not make it clear that the data is only about smartphones.
It looks like Android is taking away from RIM market share and not Apple.
Since this is US only, it seems to mean that cdma users (sprint, verizon and gsm tmobile) are dropping Blackberries to Android smart phones, while ATT users are stable.
It will be interesting to see the trend when and if Apple releases the iPhone for Verizon. So its not clear that Android will surpass iOS...but anything goes.
The data seems to indicate that cdma (and tmobile) users want a better smart phone than BB has...and the only option is Android if they stay with Verizon, sprint, and Tmobile. Of course there are att users that switch, but on average, the plot show apple flat, BB going down at the same rate than Android moves up.
One thing that is under appreciated is service. Walk in to any apple store and get your hardware/software fixed or examined. No so true with all other smart phone makers. That is a big deal to customers.
Since this is US only, it seems to mean that cdma users (sprint, verizon and gsm tmobile) are dropping Blackberries to Android smart phones, while ATT users are stable.
It will be interesting to see the trend when and if Apple releases the iPhone for Verizon. So its not clear that Android will surpass iOS...but anything goes.
The data seems to indicate that cdma (and tmobile) users want a better smart phone than BB has...and the only option is Android if they stay with Verizon, sprint, and Tmobile. Of course there are att users that switch, but on average, the plot show apple flat, BB going down at the same rate than Android moves up.
One thing that is under appreciated is service. Walk in to any apple store and get your hardware/software fixed or examined. No so true with all other smart phone makers. That is a big deal to customers.
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Really? They still sell phones with outdated versions of the OS? And from what I hear you can't just updated to the latest version, you have to wait until your network provider offers a 'modified' version of the open system for you phone (which in some cases never happens) .... so much to the advantage of being an 'open' system ... maybe that explains some of the high sales numbers - people have to buy a new phone to get the latest OS update
The market is growing all the time. That is the silly thing about these graphs none of them show the market size or growth. There is room enough for 3+ OS/ecosystems to be profitable worldwide already.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a new major world wide player come out of somewhere like china and/or africa.
Both Android and iOS are good OS's in different ways. Both have their upsides and downsides.
Personally, I would absolutely love to own an iPhone; but as a student, I just can't afford to pay $70+ a month. (And that's limited features)
I own an Android device. For the most part I love it, but it's still a love/hate relationship sometimes. Functionality wise- Apple beats the pants off Android.
...but hey, I'm paying $25 a month for unlimited data, unlimited texting, and 300 minutes of talk time.
Personally, I would absolutely love to own an iPhone; but as a student, I just can't afford to pay $70+ a month. (And that's limited features)
I own an Android device. For the most part I love it, but it's still a love/hate relationship sometimes. Functionality wise- Apple beats the pants off Android.
...but hey, I'm paying $25 a month for unlimited data, unlimited texting, and 300 minutes of talk time.
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yes but there are like 50 android phones, the google tv, and some tablets with android. just cause g tv and android tablets aren't popular doesnt mean that they dont exist.
Kind of how the "300,000 activations per day" included the buy one get one free Android phones, music players, tablets, etc. yet they quietly left that out.
haha what? no he wont, and the android wont take the iphone over by that much...plus when iphone gets spread out more via carriers they will stay close or ahead.....
BTW its like 10% not 2......
Not sure how you came up with those exact numbers - but the exact number anyway does not matter: I agree he is happy with a smaller percentage of the market share as long as he makes more money with it than all the others with there big market shares. Market share (as long as above a certain threshold so that the product has some visibility) doesn't mean too much for a company - what counts (for the company, shareholders, etc) is how much money they squeeze out of this market share, and this is where apple (as a corporation) wins. What good is 90% market share if the one with 10% market share makes more money? Guess the one with 90% is doing something wrong in that case.
Are those price differences accurate for Chicago? Is there really no iPhone plan for less than $70+ a month?
Device:
HTC Evo 4G(last sync 2 h 13 min ago)
Apps:
83 total, 71 free (85%), 12 paid (14%)
Total Size:
186MB
Total price (currently):
$40.99
The difference is there is more free apps on android doesn't mean they can't make money. Its all about software/dev support as android has way more recent models/upgrades available. who cares if android passed or will pass ios? enjoy either phone you got.
linky
HTC Evo 4G(last sync 2 h 13 min ago)
Apps:
83 total, 71 free (85%), 12 paid (14%)
Total Size:
186MB
Total price (currently):
$40.99
The difference is there is more free apps on android doesn't mean they can't make money. Its all about software/dev support as android has way more recent models/upgrades available. who cares if android passed or will pass ios? enjoy either phone you got.
its quite obvious there is a lack of experience with android based on certain assumptions/comments, case in point more FUD about fragminiation which ios has more than android, but whatever enjoy the koolaid
linky
I think you can get an iPhone plan for $65a/mo, but that includes no texting, 200mb of data, and 200 minutes.
Geeze, if you look at another of my post, I link an article from the end of Nov. It gives more recently updated numbers. I also fail to see how that proves that iOS is more fragmented than Andriod. Angry Birds works on any iOS device (except the tv box) made in the past two years. Does it work on all Android devices sold today ?
Agreed. I read the same information on a different website, and it painted a completely different picture, showing Apple as losing ground, as a total percentage of smartphone purchases, to Android, WP7 gaining (it can only go up) and BB/WebOS/WM losing.
android is outpacing ios and the dev's themselves polled are more excited about android. use a product before you try and pass on fud