Android usage surpasses iPhone in 1st Quarter 2010, RIM still the leader

I'm surprised that it took Android this long to pass Apple, given the fact that Android has more than one device available, and they are sold on all of the leading wireless carriers, compared to the Apple iPhone which is only being sold through AT&T.……

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I think part of it is just consumer education learning about Android. Apple has been producing electronics for decades, including the iPod for I think 6 years before the iPhone came out. They had a built-in user base wanting to get their product.

 

Talk about divergent paths: Apple iPhone - 1 carrier, 2 phone versions. Android - 4 carriers (so far), many phones (with more on the way). I'm glad Android has become a parallel to Apple versus trying to play catch-up and becoming a clone. The more divergence, the better, IMO.

 

Nope. Not going to happen till 2012. If the deal that was made between AT&T, and Apple stands. http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/files/Apple_iPhone_Ex_brief.pdf

 

Apple questions Android smartphone surge :

Apple Inc on Tuesday questioned recent data showing smartphones using Google's Android operating system surpassing iPhone sales in the United States, and said there are no signs that the competition is gaining in the smartphone market.
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Smartphones using Android accounted for 28 percent of U.S. unit sales in the first quarter, ahead of Apple at 21 percent, research group NPD said on Monday. Research in Motion Ltd was No. 1 at 36 percent, NPD said.

Apple said the NPD data didn't provide a complete picture.

"This is a very limited report on 150,000 U.S. consumers responding to an online survey and does not account for the more than 85 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide," said Apple spokeswoman Natalie Harrison.

She said the iPhone far outsells Android on a worldwide basis, and pointed to a report from IDC last week which showed the iPhone with a 16.1 percent global market share, behind No. 2 RIM and No. 1 Nokia Oyj.

"We had a record quarter with iPhone sales growing by 131 percent and with our new iPhone OS 4.0 software coming this summer, we see no signs of the competition catching up any time soon," Harrison said.

Apple has sold more than 51 million iPhones since it started selling the device in 2007.

Apple questions Android smartphone surge - Yahoo! Canada News

 

Re: Apple questions Android smartphone surge :

If they are going to do a study in which Apple put up against multiple Android devices that are being sold to multiple carriers, then I think it's important to look at ALL the numbers. Like you said, the Apple iPhone is currently only being sold through AT&T here in the US, yet the numbers that were given, included all of Android's devices that are sold on all 4 of the wireless networks. It doesn't seem like a fair study to me given this fact. And I'm not just saying this because I happen to own and use the iPhone 3GS on AT&T's network. :wink: Data on the iPod touch can only work while using a WiFi connection, so saying that it is better than the iPhone, which gets a continuous data flow is nothing more than a joke.

 

Re: Apple questions Android smartphone surge :

Finally, we have come to something that we can both agree on. However, as an iPhone owner, I would expect that Apple's iPhone sales would be down in Q1, as a lot of customers hold off on purchasing one while they await the 4th generation iPhone.

Obviously the iPhone is working for those that are on AT&T's network, either on EDGE, or 3G, or it would not continue to sell as good as it has been. My iPhone with AT&T gets a full 3G signal at home and at work for me, so I'm happy with it.

 

I think it's only a matter of time before Android becomes the #1 OS simply because it's on a variety of different phones (and most of them are nice ones too). HTC and Motorola are pretty much building all their new smartphones around Android, and SonyEricsson, Samsung, LG and others are also getting Android devices out there too. Nokia is sticking to Symbian, mainly because they have to after all the millions of $'s they dumped into it.

As for the metrics, you can have a look here, on p.9 it shows Android passing Apple in OS share, but Apple having more device share (huh? )

Admob takes statistics about phones that hit websites with Admob on them, and Admob is owned by Google, so not sure how that factors in. Anyway, metrics will always be disputed, but I think there's no disputing Android is rising quick :browani: