Kantar: iOS gaining at the expense of Android

07 January, 2015
Kantar Worldpanel, a popular research agency has recently put out a report on mobile OS popularity.

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  • 11 Jan 2015

Anonymous, 09 Jan 2015"And S5 still reached very high numbers surpassing 40 ... moreLol. And I love how just not selling as much as past units but still being the best selling flagship of the year is a "dissapointment"

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    • Scq
    • 09 Jan 2015

    Anonymous, 09 Jan 2015S4 sold way more than 40. It was in fact S4 and Note 3 that... more"And S5 still reached very high numbers surpassing 40 million"

    This is very far from truth :D if S5 would have sold 40 million, samsung wouldnt have had very bad last year.

    "Samsung's flagship phone, the Galaxy S5, is officially a disappointment. The phone has sold 40 percent fewer units than expected and is selling fewer units than the Galaxy S4, according to the Wall Street Journal."

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      • q8Q
      • 09 Jan 2015

      Anonymous, 09 Jan 2015"Really? Then explain just how galaxy and note alone h... moreS4 sold way more than 40. It was in fact S4 and Note 3 that sold so many. And S5 still reached very high numbers surpassing 40 million. Note 4 is still selling well.

      S3 sold a lot. Note 2 sold well too.

      Why so hurt?

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        • 09 Jan 2015

        Anonymous, 09 Jan 2015Really? Then explain just how galaxy and note alone have co... more"Really? Then explain just how galaxy and note alone have come close to or surpassed iPhone sales in the past couple years."

        And where you got this info? :D

        iPhone 5 have sold over 100 million and so is 5S and 4S and...

        So which galaxy have sold near 100 million? or note, or combined :D

        Last time i checked best selling galaxy S4 got about 40 million sales which are great result for android company, but not even half what iPhone sells.

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          • q8Q
          • 09 Jan 2015

          aaa, 08 Jan 2015dear friend Lollipop caused more performance problem inste... moreWow. You are one of those hive mind ones

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            • Anonymous
            • q8Q
            • 09 Jan 2015

            aaa, 08 Jan 2015Dear Friend android market share is huge due to milions ... moreReally? Then explain just how galaxy and note alone have come close to or surpassed iPhone sales in the past couple years.
            That's not including any other Samsung higher end device, any other flagship from any company.

            Then not including any mid range device from Samsung or HTC or lg.

            Not including all the high tech low cost devices from any company.

            Then there is all this "cheap"devices" you were whining about.

            And those are just the facts. Obviously as iPhone is the one and only phone line sold by Apple and is the only choice of phone for ios phone it will sell more numbers compared to a single android device that has to face the competition of every other Android out there and the iPhone.

            You don't know how to think much do you

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              • 09 Jan 2015

              Fan of All, 08 Jan 2015any smartphone, any OS whether android ios or windows mobil... moreIf that is true then why have they been the world leaders of crashes for years and released so many horrible updates repeatedly in the past couple years?

              Are they doing it in purpose?

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                • 08 Jan 2015

                I am an avid droid user, however have an iphone for work. I have used both OS's for many years and can honestly say IMO droid is for me. I can see the appeal of iOS to allot of users but i am a geek so like to customise allot.

                I find it odd that the only country listed with higher iOS ratio to droid is Japan.

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                  • 08 Jan 2015

                  AnonD-175158, 08 Jan 2015Child! This 2 generation old tech will still run much smoot... moreReally, maybe in your dream

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                    • 08 Jan 2015

                    aaa, 08 Jan 2015Dear Friend android market share is huge due to milions ... moreDear friends and I think you're one of greedy ifans, cheers your ios share,

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                      • 08 Jan 2015

                      Anonymous, 08 Jan 2015Ios has always had way more performance issues than people ... moreany smartphone, any OS whether android ios or windows mobile has its own set of bugs. its just that its easier to fix / isolate in IOS since they only release few units per year compared to others.

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                        • 08 Jan 2015

                        Just my two cents, I thought there are so many fan-droids in the comments section but it seems they got us in reverse psychology... LOL

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                          • 08 Jan 2015

                          AnonD-349723, 08 Jan 2015Guys it is clearly seen that ios is not preferred in many o... moreDear Friend

                          android market share is huge due to milions and milions of cheap crap phones you cannot compare iphone to sub 100$ android phone market shar, compare it to other phones of similar price in which iphone outperforms all the brands combined. so please and the other friends also stop talking about android market share as a success factor it is only because poor people is more then rich people so cheap phones are more than expensive phones.

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                            • 08 Jan 2015

                            lonesomedovepk, 08 Jan 2015After CES 2015, and Lollipop running on newer devices I am ... moredear friend
                            Lollipop caused more performance problem instead of improving check the internet the memory leak problem is widespread now. it is an impossible dream that a day come when android can perform close to ios or even windows phone. packing multi giga hertz and bytes will not solve the problem the core in the os is buggy and cannot be solved unless it is totally re-engineered form scratch.

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                              • 08 Jan 2015

                              If it only was true..but not...

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                                • Scq
                                • 08 Jan 2015

                                AnonD-190566, 08 Jan 2015What surprises me is there are more ios users in Japan than... moreNo there isnt, where you got such a idea?

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                                  • 08 Jan 2015

                                  What surprises me is there are more ios users in Japan than in the USA..

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                                    • 08 Jan 2015

                                    lonesomedovepk, 08 Jan 2015After CES 2015, and Lollipop running on newer devices I am ... moreWhich dream world are you living in? Samsung has long since outclassed Apple's display technology, all other major players have either also done the same, or will do so in the near future.

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                                      • 08 Jan 2015

                                      lonesomedovepk, 08 Jan 2015After CES 2015, and Lollipop running on newer devices I am ... moreIPhone's display quality? Lol, that's why my friend becomes sad every time he looks at my Note 4 screen. He is using the iPhone 6. The other girl who's got the 6 plus, and when she looked at my Note 4 she simply said "wow" LOL...

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                                        • 08 Jan 2015

                                        lonesomedovepk, 08 Jan 2015After CES 2015, and Lollipop running on newer devices I am ... moreIos has always had way more performance issues than people want to admit. It is after all a product of reality not fantasy.
                                        As well as they have never had the best display.
                                        And Android has performed a lot better then given credit for