Android Outsells iPhone in the US
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th May 2010 14:55 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless When Apple sued HTC, and targeted Android specifically (news which came out of the blue), many people, including myself, were convinced this was Apple letting the world know they were afraid of Android's rising popularity. This notion was laughed away by many an Apple fan, but it turns out that this is most likely far closer to reality than many dare to admit: in the first quarter of 2010, Android conquered the number two market share spot from the iPhone in the US - and by a wide margin too. Update: Added a graph which better shows the trend.
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Thom_Holwerda
Member since:
2005-06-29

Now, Android devices are very good so they may, in fact, overtake the iPhone's mindshare but there is nothing in this report to suggest that, you just twisting facts to advance your own agenda.


The facts are such: in the first quarter of 2010, Android held 28% of the market. The iPhone 21%. As simple as that. It is YOU who is coming up with all sots of reasons as to why these figures are supposedly wrong - YOU are doing the twisting, not me.

People who said Android would overtake the iPhone in sales were derided for predicting something like that - and now that IT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, we're called biased because we merely point out that fact, and dare to draw some conclusions from it?

Priceless.

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stestagg Member since:
2006-06-03

Easy Thom, you spend too much time feeding the trolls, and they start feeding you ;)

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Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

Easy Thom, you spend too much time feeding the trolls, and they start feeding you


I know, it's just that this is a particularly insipid kind of troll, which attacks the messenger (moi) instead of the message. I mean, no problem if you do not think my prediction will pan out (in the end, I'm just an idiot), but you can make that known without foaming-at-the-mouth fanboyism.

Now, if you don't mind, my iPhone is ringing.

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David Member since:
1997-10-01

Thom, Android hasn't overtaken the iPhone, though. Since we're looking at one quarter's sales, and it's a quarter in which some exciting Android handsets have become available, and nothing exciting is happening in the iPhone world, Android has has big sales growth this quarter and Apple hasn't. But that doesn't mean that suddenly there are more Android handsets out there than iPhones. Far from it.

That's not to say that the trend isn't for continued growth for Android. And as it becomes more widespread among handset makers and carriers, it will be a robust competitor for Apple, particularly since Apple tends to restrict availability to one carrier. But those days will soon be over, I believe. Within a few years, iPhone will be available for most if not all carriers.

At that point, the competition will be based on several factors: price, features, handset design, app availability, and (probably last on people's radar) platform freedom.

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