Android is top smartphone OS in the US, iOS is a close second

01 June, 2011
According to the latest report by the analysts from Nielsen, Android enjoys the highest usage among smartphone platforms in the United States, followed by iOS and BlackBerry OS. Some 36 percent of US users...

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  • AnonD-8044
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  • 02 Jun 2011

AnonD-7439, 01 Jun 2011Symbian is still at the top in India because Nokia have bee... moreI stil buy and support nokis/symbian and its far from dead.Just because its lost a few shares and only recieving support till 2016 its still an alive platform.Nokia will start to introduce 1GHZ proccessor symbian because they have 18 months worth of smartfones to bring out.When Elop did the burning platform speech there was around 56 symbian smartfones still in development ready to bring out.These will be brought out till w7.5 arrives OR w7.5 dies and Nokia revive symbian and meego or adopt web o/s.

Android is starting to fail even normobs are getting fed up with its fragmentation and security.Are folk using Android or fake Android ie htc sense/touchwizz/motoblur.

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    • AnonD-8044
    • mX7
    • 02 Jun 2011

    I still love windows mobile its a real techy smartphone o/s..All the new o/s are simple and thats what folk want,,but not me i love getting into guts of stuff tweaking etc.

    In the old days we searched for apps even back in 2002 i was downloading apps.I can still enjoy those days using symbian and windows.

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      • Anand
      • S35
      • 01 Jun 2011

      Ashura, 01 Jun 2011Your still using Symbian in india?Symbian is a dieing/dead ... moreWhat mentioned by Milindian is not the case. That might have been the case almost 6 years back. You're right Symbian is dead and so is happening with Nokia. Wake up Nokia and adopt Android. Now Nokia is no longer the market leader in India. People are now looking out for more options like Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Blackberry and HTC are the most sought after brands.

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        • 9y1
        • 01 Jun 2011

        The apple nedd open the eys for the market phones fast, because do not have bluetooth to other phones, or only can pass via usb using itunes.

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          • AnonD-7439
          • Hkv
          • 01 Jun 2011

          [deleted post]Symbian is still at the top in India because Nokia have been king of Indian mobile world. Nokia India gives better after sale services than any other phone maker here. Lots of India centric apps are available on symbian. Devanagari font is still not supported on android phones though with few exceptions. Nokia handsets are considered as good build quality with better battery life. But it is also true that Samsung has challenged Nokia in India with more advanced android OS, cameras and touchsceens at competitive price tags. Android is growing fast without killing Symbian as more people have started buying smartphones. It would be interesting to see smartphone users' reaction to Nokia+WP7. By the way people will laugh at you if your phone dont have 'basic things' like FM radio, blutooth file transfer or USB mass storage. So God bless iOS. :)

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            • Ashura
            • MA%
            • 01 Jun 2011

            AnonD-7439, 01 Jun 2011For smartphones in India, Symbian is top OS. And Android is... moreYour still using Symbian in india?Symbian is a dieing/dead OS.I hope you guys switch over to Android/WP7 soon because that´s the future of smartphone/tablet os

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              • AnonD-7439
              • Hkv
              • 01 Jun 2011

              For smartphones in India, Symbian is top OS. And Android is competing at second spot sure to win the crown. Thanks to Samsung wave series, people use Bada more than iOS! Some rare fellows use windows mobile.

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                • pit
                • 0Tt
                • 01 Jun 2011

                Android actually is the best
                OS in now days and it got great future we will see new amazing things on the next year

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                  • Winberry IDroid Mee
                  • K7g
                  • 01 Jun 2011

                  Why did Android takeover the market against iOS? Simply because Android provided more CHOICE and properly segmented to different markets and users. It's developing very quickly and has a certain hip and coolness or appeal. It gives users the option to what type of phone, form and set of features they want. It could belong to your kid or to your uncle. It surpasses iOS in terms of market. Android is found in qwerty-touch bar, mini(x10 mini), bar, touchscreen-slideout qwerty, slate, tablet, 1.3 mp,2mp,3mp,5mp,8mp,12mp cams w/ or w/o led flash. different type of displays, brands, price-range and so many more. It simply offers endless possibilities. Will iOS or any OS for that matter win against Android's edge?

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                    • mxh
                    • 01 Jun 2011

                    AnonD-291, 01 Jun 2011Making a phone call.love your comment, made me laugh :-)

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                      • AnonD-4467
                      • tA$
                      • 01 Jun 2011

                      I love Android

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                        • rebel
                        • JyA
                        • 01 Jun 2011

                        no other os can give you more then android at the moment

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                          • 01 Jun 2011

                          Iphone+ android, 01 Jun 2011The situation is this more hand set manufactures are using ... moreNo my friend whats you say would not happen because 1 android is base on linux and 2 its open source. Every compagnie can do what ever they whant whit the os.

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                            • Ashura
                            • MA%
                            • 01 Jun 2011

                            Predictable.Not only does Android offer more freedom and better free apps but like it´s already been said here it´s on many more phones than IOS.This just proves it´s superiority...for now

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                              • Crazy people
                              • vGF
                              • 01 Jun 2011

                              AnonD-7471, 01 Jun 2011andriod they don't have any good apps, people say andriod i... morewait for couple of years for the results.................

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                                • Jasveen
                                • utX
                                • 01 Jun 2011

                                No bada os? I find if apps is not a top priority bada gets everything else done but is a bit behind on the app store. However IOS has it's restrictions...Android phones mostly have shitty battery life and bugs (wifi bluetooth switch fail)...bada is winning me over.

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                                  • Ios boy
                                  • v0X
                                  • 01 Jun 2011

                                  Android is very similar to a jailbroken ios and thats the best thing about it, you can do a lot of things the only limitation is the cpu and RAM.

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                                    • anon
                                    • ut3
                                    • 01 Jun 2011

                                    AnonD-123, 01 Jun 2011That's like saying if I stick different SD cards in my phon... moreeven in ipad-2 keynote

                                    jobs said "we got 6 models work for both at&t and verizon"

                                    what does model = mean ?

                                    so u mean white iphone and black iphone are same ? so if i order iphone they give me both "32gb and 16gb " + "white + black" so they give me 4 phones ?
                                    if not we can say "CDMA verizon of verizon and GSM at&t phones same ?"

                                    so if i go to apple store and ask give me an iphone they ask me "which model sir or something " but they never give me directly simply by asking for "iphone"

                                    but they wont give me CDMA+GSM+black+white+16gb+32gb phones lol

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                                      • RIM Basher
                                      • M3s
                                      • 01 Jun 2011

                                      "I hope Android/Joint Manufacturers 'PLOUGH' the RIM company into the ground, i would love to see that happen, RIM are the worst handset manufacturers of all time, rubbish OS and handset reliability. And before you say anything all you BB misguided pathetic individuals, having a high level of security and instant messaging service for a handset is not good enough in todays OS developments. Someone please buy out RIM and stick the Co. in the trash can. All hale ANDROID!"

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                                        • Alexander
                                        • 3SM
                                        • 01 Jun 2011

                                        The title is a bit misleading. "iOS a close second"? Methinks not, since iOS has less than 2/3 of the amount of android users, and blackberry OS is just behind. The title implies that iOS is competing closely with android when, let's be honest, it's losing ground all the time.