The 3G tablet market is still quite unpopular. Only 12% of tablets are connected, while the rest are WiFi. And we understand why cellular tablets are unpopular; they don’t have many uses, and tethering is far more useful. A hotspot will allow you to refrain from buying new hardware, like a 3G tablet and 3G cards for your computer. However, people still… Read more
According to market intelligence company IDC, tablet sales have skyrocketed over the last year. Their data states that total shipments rose almost 150% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012. But you don’t read DroidDog for information about general tablets. The amazing thing about this growth is that Android tablet sales,… Read more
Android continues to gain popularity and grow, not that we’re surprised. According to Kantar’s current market share numbers, Android has a 51.2% market share in the last three months, raising 5.8% since last year. In comparison, iOS currently holds 43.5% of the market share, a 3.5% drop from last year. Little by little, Windows Phone is growing,… Read more
Every time we see statistics about the mobile world, they’re a bit different. Even in the same month, two different reports will have two sets of information. However, comScore seems to be the standard these days, and their numbers for the three month period ending in January are up. As you can see, Android took a small hit while iOS is still growing at… Read more
Samsung’s global domination of the Android platform is, on the one hand a testimony to the strength of both Android and Samsung together. On the other hand, it’s leading Google execs to worry that Samsung’s lions share of the Android market (about 40%) could lead to Samsung renegotiating their contract with Google and leveraging their market share… Read more
The December 3 month period comScore numbers and in, and it’s more of the same thing. In the software part of it, Android rose 0.9 points to 53.4%, while iOS rose a whole 2 points to 36.3%. Blackberry dropped 2 points, but that might very well change in the next few months. Sadly, Windows Phone dropped 0.7 points to only 2.9%. Symbian stayed constant at… Read more
The newest craze is to put LTE into every phone possible (except the Nexus 4). The Apple iPhone finally got LTE, Samsung sacrificed their Exynos quad core for a Snapdragon S4 dual in the US Galaxy S III for LTE, and every manufacturer has tried to get an LTE device out in the US. This is because the US is one of the three biggest LTE markets in the… Read more
Though Android tablets have been doing better and better, until recently they were absolutely no competition to the iPad. In a shocking bit of news, apparently that gap is closing fast, with the iPad holding a 55% market share and Android tablets holding 44%. But consider that many analysts thought that it would take even longer for Android to catch up… Read more
The iPhone 4S reign has finally come to an end as a new report by Strategy Analytics shows the Galaxy S III overtook Apple’s device as the best-selling smartphone in the third quarter of 2012. The figures show the S III shipped 18 million units in the third quarter, compared to the iPhone 4S shipping just 16.2 million. As for market share, the Galaxy… Read more
Marketing research agency, Ask Your Target Market (AYTM), recently published an infographic regarding the smartphone market for late 2012. In response to the release of the new iPhone 5, 600 Americans were surveyed with online questionnaires to gather these results. I’m no statistician or economist so I can’t comment on the validity of these… Read more
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