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
A new analytic report from DigiTimes researcher Luke Lin suggests the smartphone market will continue to be dominated by Android devices for the rest of 2012. It’s expected that Android will strengthen its lead to 70 percent throughout the next two quarters, an increase of 10 percent over the first half of the year. The shift can be attributed to a… Read more
Ready for a nice dose of confusing analytics? Today we’ve got the latest on smartphone market share in the US. According to Strategy Analytics, smartphone shipments dropped 5% from Q2 2011 to only 23.8 million units this quarter. Also up is operating system shipments where Android fell from 15.3 million shipments last year to 13.4 million in this year’s… Read more
There have been plenty of doomsday reports indicating that Android’s incredible rise in marketshare will not only not last, but eventually begin to taper off. This new report courtesy of the IDC, the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker solidifies Android as the world’s top smartphone OS, but not without a bumpy road ahead. The IDC report… Read more
It’s no secret that Google’s little green robot holds the majority of the US smartphone market, but how is it doing internationally? CNET UK is now reporting that Android makes up 50.1% of the UK smartphone market, effectively making it the dominant OS across the deep blue. This is about a 5% increase over last year, where Android held about 44.6% of the… Read more
Oh Business Insider, you so silly. The reasoning for this crazy headline? A quote from Raymond James analyst Travis McCourt via Forbes: So, here’s a thought. Could it be the case that Google’s share of the smartphone market has peaked? That the phone-buying public simply is more inclined to choose Apple’s vertically integrated approach over the… Read more
We’ll get straight to the point: Sony’s Tablet S held 26% of the Android tablet market share in October of last year, making it the bestselling Android tablet at the time. This may come as a shock to some, as the tablet offered similar specs to tablets that had already been out for months at a higher price. Score for Sony’s customer loyalty. Eventually… Read more
Android Honeycomb, the OS that never really caught on. A new study has revealed that it only takes up 1% of all Android usage, with even Ice Cream Sandwich ahead of it. It’s not surprising that it takes up the smallest amount of Android usage, but by the fact that it’s only 1%. Considering that tablet makers are still churning out Honeycomb tablets, it… Read more
Android is everywhere. Phones, tablets, watches, cars, sound systems, and even heading to your home. But it all started on smartphones, and that’s where Android is really dominating. According to Nielsen 44% of Americans now own smartphones. A staggering 42% of those phones run the little green robot. Apple is in second place with 28%. Nielsen also… Read more
Remember Android Version 1.0? Google has come a long way since then. But you already knew that. The folks at MyCricket have put together an awesome infographic detailing the progress of our beloved mobile OS on its rise to the top. Check it out!… Read more
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