Nielsen: Android overtakes iOS in desirability, sales in the US

27 April, 2011
Nielsen asked US consumers about smartphone OS' during the first quarter of this year and found out that Android has been the most popular with new buyers lately and the most desirable OS too. Interestingly...

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  • 27 Apr 2011

Anonymous, 27 Apr 2011Yeah! cheers to the creative r&d team of apple who can ... moreYeah! cheers to the creative r&d team of apple who can only design one phone!!! nice job guys! I'm sure the next gen of iphone will look different from the latest one and will fix all of these flaws:
Hardware design is prone to reception issues >> Have you used the iPhone 4 or any other iPhone? or just a reader? I never experienced signal reception issue on iPhone 4, its better since my iPhone 3G, as good as my Palm Treo 650.
MicroSIM card support only>> does it matter? I guess not, and MicroSIM will be the future, just wait and see.
No Flash support in the web browser>> You can find a lot of write-up about it, technical and non-tech. Flash is not optimized for Mobile, it non-sense to use on Mobile.
No true multitasking for all applications>> Read more how it's being implemented. I don't have to explain.
FaceTime video calls work only over Wi-Fi>> Does other Smartphone have this??? Solid implementation?
No file transfer over Bluetooth or USB Mass Storage mode>>>
No hardware shutter key for the camera >>> So??? This is phone, get a camera if you want shutter key, and better photos.
No FM radio >>> what's the use? You have media player.
No stereo speakers >>>can you appreciate the stereo sound on a mobile? Get a mini-component.
No microSD card slot >>>So? Does it matter? carry a laptop if you have terrabytes of data to load coz even SD card cannot handle it.
No smart dialing>>>???
Too dependent on iTunes for loading multimedia content>>> This one i don't like first, but when you get used to it, i like it even more, it's easier to organized and managed music.
Poor loudspeaker performance >>>This is a mobile, get a loudspeaker if you really need it.

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    • 27 Apr 2011

    Anonymous, 27 Apr 2011Sorry fandroid but Android still CRAP os - Millions of An... more"if you want to store your apps,photo,songs etc... you have to root the device to store your staff on the memory card slot! what a joke "

    imbecile iTroll detected....
    since when android user need to root device to store files on memory card?

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      • AnonD-2663
      • 2CR
      • 27 Apr 2011

      Desired by who - 15 year old fanboys?? All of these surveys are a crock, especially ones conducted by Nieslon.

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        • Harsh Vora
        • KSt
        • 27 Apr 2011

        Where is Bada in the race...............Plz Samsung do something to estalblish your OS in the market


        Bada

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          • AnonD-1825
          • mhT
          • 27 Apr 2011

          eky, 27 Apr 2011symbian is to dificult for US people :)) poor of themThey dont want laggy outdated phones, me neither, there are so many better choices nowdays.

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            • Anonymous
            • nCi
            • 27 Apr 2011

            Sorry fandroid but Android still CRAP os
            - Millions of Android phones Round
            - Updates true problem cause theres milions of phones around that using Android os and all those companies has diffrent hardwaer that make the updates for those phones mission imopssible for google/Android!
            -Framentation issue
            -Market place tons of apps with worst quality
            -if you want to store your apps,photo,songs etc... you have to root the device to store your staff on the memory card slot! what a joke
            Motorola defy owner

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              • Anonymous
              • vkU
              • 27 Apr 2011

              Exactly android is much newer than apple and is just starting to become well known (or heard of) to the majority of the people around the world.

              Must young people like iphone because they think it's trendy, stylish, hip, cool etc. and a lot of the older generation only know the iphone due to it's marketing hype and over exposure in media etc.

              Android will soon conquer smartphone market worldwide, unless other os have something special to come...

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                • wrm
                • 27 Apr 2011

                even though i am an android fans, i honestly says it's probably because due to the much greater variety of phone with the android.. and for ios, well u stuck with the iphone, nonetheless it still does a very god job.. from my point of view, they maybe lost to android, but they do had a die hard fans, whom willing to buy any crap that apple shits for..

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                  • 27 Apr 2011

                  Shreshth, 27 Apr 2011B4 commenting without thinking ppl.. Just keep tht in mind.... moreI think it's fair to say that the iPhone is not just ONE phone as there have been a number of versions since the original release all of which have some footprint in the smartphone OS market.

                  Remember as well that iOS had a 2-year headstart on Android as a smartphone OS so it's not really surprising that it has a relatively big market share. If iOS and Android were launched at the same time (and if Apple didn't have such extraordinarily unwarranted marketing hype!) it's likely that Android would be way WAY ahead of iOS right now.

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                    • KId
                    • 27 Apr 2011

                    basically ifone n its os is a big crap.. so y not go for batter in low prices..??
                    android holding the users coz its very elastic n frndly

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                      • MVg
                      • 27 Apr 2011

                      Shreshth, 27 Apr 2011B4 commenting without thinking ppl.. Just keep tht in mind.... more1 iPhone? ... iPhone ... iPhone 3G ... iPhone 3GS ... iPhone 4 ... iPad ... ipad2 ...

                      yeah android are on many phones, because other phones are licensed to use the Android software :-)

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                        • HB6
                        • 27 Apr 2011

                        android is the best, already worked with symbian, windows mobile and ios has no future too , is always the same and always need itunes to everthing!

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                          • tinyiko-south africa
                          • f31
                          • 27 Apr 2011

                          i would buy an android device anytime its the most easy to use beautiful interface all together,ios is full of crap and expensive unnecesary applications, it will never run flash meaning poor web browsing for life

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                            • APPLE4EVER
                            • 3Hw
                            • 27 Apr 2011

                            I've had 5 Android devices in my life, Hero, Milestone, Desire HD, Xperia Arc and Desire S.
                            and its all just the same crap at the end of the day. No matter what phone you get Android is exactly the same.
                            Apps are crap,
                            its buggy,
                            even games by Gameloft on Android have lag.
                            Most apps are just a copy from Apple appstore.
                            Also there a gamesw on the appstore that cost 59p and on the android market its £2.99 (WTF)
                            Battery is crap,
                            phone switches off.
                            Had to force close my phone call few times

                            Can't wait for iPhone 5

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                              • Kornetbeef
                              • sS%
                              • 27 Apr 2011

                              Android is The King!!!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vI7
                                • 27 Apr 2011

                                iOS will decline even more . No one wants to be the slave of the phone

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                                  • Xena
                                  • GgL
                                  • 27 Apr 2011

                                  Shreshth, 27 Apr 2011B4 commenting without thinking ppl.. Just keep tht in mind.... moreWhat you say would be ok if you are talking about the physical phones... but this survey is about the desirability of the OS.
                                  So, the operating system has to be powerful enough to attract the buyer to the phone.
                                  In this case it is a triumph for Android over iOS and not that of some phone brand over the Apple brand. :)

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • sxr
                                    • 27 Apr 2011

                                    Shreshth, 27 Apr 2011B4 commenting without thinking ppl.. Just keep tht in mind.... moreYeah! cheers to the creative r&d team of apple who can only design one phone!!! nice job guys! I'm sure the next gen of iphone will look different from the latest one and will fix all of these flaws:
                                    Hardware design is prone to reception issues
                                    MicroSIM card support only
                                    No Flash support in the web browser
                                    No true multitasking for all applications
                                    FaceTime video calls work only over Wi-Fi
                                    No file transfer over Bluetooth or USB Mass Storage mode
                                    No hardware shutter key for the camera
                                    No FM radio
                                    No stereo speakers
                                    No microSD card slot
                                    No smart dialing
                                    Too dependent on iTunes for loading multimedia content
                                    Poor loudspeaker performance

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • IWQ
                                      • 27 Apr 2011

                                      Shreshth, 27 Apr 2011B4 commenting without thinking ppl.. Just keep tht in mind.... moreApple choose it this way (since they consider android a fragmented piece of shit) so it's IOS against Android not 1 phone against many others.

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                                        • MVg
                                        • 27 Apr 2011

                                        Android! Android! Android!