Android already on top of the iPhone, according to Eric Schmidt

07 December, 2011
Reasons for that, according to Schmidt, is the upcoming ICS, the lower prices and high unit volume.

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  • 08 Dec 2011

AnonD-1825, 08 Dec 2011Back to reality: Apple Only Vendor to Show U.S. Market ... moreU know, your talking about the US. I love the US, lived there for 2 years, but if there is one thing I really really hated there, is those trends, that get started there and makes every american crazy.

Dont believe me?

McDonalds
Starbucks (the hell, I saw a 6 year old kid, wanting a starbucks coffee, when I wanted to have one, thats crazy)
Ali G (I know, he is from UK and I love his comedy, but after the Borat movie they hyped him so much, that he can never do any Borat anymore, because all know him now)
Motorola Razr V3
iPod
iPhone

And you know what... Nokia never were big in the US and still where the biggest phone manufacturer with the best phones until the last 2-3 years sadly. What I am trying to say is, Apple doing good in the US, aint something to compare the whole world with. After the Market crisis Obama made propaganda, saying "BUY AMERICAN". Apple is american and just like most companies, they have the biggest success in their own country, thats why the big Nokia news, that they aint biggest anymore in Finnland, because they were till now or look at the car industry... Toyota sells most in Japan, VW in Germany and Ford in the US... So whats the point of showing us, that apple is doing good in the US?

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    • 08 Dec 2011

    i was shocked to see this story, i thought crapple would of sued gsmarena as they thought of this website and the internet first, we should all be careful about breathing as crapple might sue us all as they thought of that first as well, bless em

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      • 08 Dec 2011

      AnonD-9023, 08 Dec 2011tbh , iOS is still the better one for me. I liked androi... moreHuh? Not supported, cuz the Android version is 4 month old? You have no understanding of how a OS works, it seems and how Android makes its ways to the phone... Same would go for iOS, if there where more iOS devices or at least some from other manufacturers. Also same goes for Nokia with their Anna and now Belle update... do you consider it an old update, because other phones had it already? I am happy to get the latest firmware for my phone, even if I have to wait a bit, better than getting it buggy.

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        • 08 Dec 2011

        AnonD-9023, 08 Dec 2011tbh , iOS is still the better one for me. I liked androi... moreHardware acceleration!

        And the other thing... SGS2 benchmarks are grat as of right now, but Android till now, had no real dual core cpu support and not at all a quadcore gpu support. ICS will offer that, at least to some degree and that will boost the phone, like nothing in the PC industry has seen before, from 1 cpu core to 2, from 1 gpu core to 4 in one software update, which finally makes full use and will also save some of the battery, cuz more cores running at 25%, need less power, than one at 100%. We will talk, after that happened!

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          • 08 Dec 2011

          kurotsuki, 08 Dec 2011True that developers targeting bigger volume. But earning u... moreThey talk about malware, but I never ever found any app in Android market or like my 10 friends who also have an Android device, which had malware... In market is no real malware, there might be some apps, but apps, nobody wants. I remember, when Gameloft Games where full of Malware, but that were Apps you needed to download elsewhere, not from the market.

          More positive than negative, you can just download an app from anywhere and install it, Apple is so moneyhungry, that they do all, to keep you buying at the Appstore and tries to ban Cydia and the jailbreak itself...

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            • 08 Dec 2011

            android should show maturity by making their software updates available OTA. this is a lot easier and stressless on the part of the consumer. symbian,meego,ios, webos all do OTA updates

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              • 08 Dec 2011

              AnonD-977, 08 Dec 2011Mango doesn't lag.Yeah, but Mango aint nowhere, where Android or iOS is right now and they have Hardware Acceleration, not many apps and no widgets, which run constantly.

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                • 08 Dec 2011

                AnonD-977, 08 Dec 2011Why don't you keep poking your flawed device with annoying,... moreBecause of the trackball UI it renders its screen pictures different... You seem to know, how a computer works pretty well ^^

                Battery drain is an issue of all smartphones and iPhone is no exception here. iPhone has one of the worst batteries i know.

                And I wont say more than HARDWARE ACCELERATION to you, nothing more.

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                  • 08 Dec 2011

                  AnonD-9023, 08 Dec 2011tbh , iOS is still the better one for me. I liked androi... moreDo some research, get some facts, then try again.

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                    • 08 Dec 2011

                    Anonymous, 08 Dec 2011Bye bye Crapple. At least this will force Apple to make ... moreBack to reality:

                    Apple Only Vendor to Show U.S. Market Share Growth in Q3

                    "According to Comscore, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was the only top-five mobile phone company to have grown its U.S. mobile subscriber share in Q3 2011 to give it share of around 10%"

                    So you see Apple doing great. Because Apple is one company just like htc, samsung etc. Android is OS.

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                      • 08 Dec 2011

                      AnonD-977, 08 Dec 2011Apple didn't drop, they continue to grow.I will explain it to u in a mathmatical way... The growth is "G", the growth is a positive one, right. But what counts aint "G", it is "dG". "dG" is the gradient of "G". And as of right now "dG" is a negative one, meaning, that it is growing, but not for long anymore and reaches its max. "dG" is the important thing here, because it tells ya, how much the market will probably change in near future. If "G" would be the only thing important for you, we would have a worldwide market crisis more often, than we have now.

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                        • 08 Dec 2011

                        AnonD-9023, 08 Dec 2011tbh , iOS is still the better one for me. I liked androi... moreMate, I have never heard so much drivel. There are so many factual errors in your post that I wouldn't know where to start!

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                          • 08 Dec 2011

                          AnonD-9023, 08 Dec 2011tbh , iOS is still the better one for me. I liked androi... moreha ha ha!! better you simply say "im the iphan"

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                            • 08 Dec 2011

                            Striker, 07 Dec 2011Eric, Eric...you and Giggle will never be anything more tha... moreGoogle copied? Yeah, it also copied when it revolutionized the whole internet, which you use every single day. They invented the first real search engine and even if you dont you google, its mkost likely, this search engine is based on googles, so cut the crap. Smartphones would be nothing, without google and Internet and googles makes internet worth it, what you give is is pure fanboyism.

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                              • 08 Dec 2011

                              AnonD-2663, 07 Dec 2011this guy's a clown. google is about to face harsh reali... moreNever to iOS, maybe WP7, even though, i dont think so, but iOS devices are way to expensive to actually rule, not all want an iPhone (like me) and most people cannot afford one, so if apple doesnt release a cheaper phone, that will NEVER happen.

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                                • 08 Dec 2011

                                AnonD-33321, 07 Dec 2011Android is like China, they copy and tries to out produce a... moreSo... that Google gives away its OS is a bad thing? Yeah, right! ^^

                                And who the hell told you, that Android copies... Tell me what they copied and I tell you, what was really innovative and other OSs copied it of Android. Like all High End devices right now with their notification bar. Probably one of the biggest improvements and almost all have copied it from Android adn that more of a neat feature, than a stupid design. And not Android copies, its funny, how people say Sammy copies, but not the other Android phones, but once something like "Android is better" is said out loud, than people like you come crawled out of their wholes and than shout things like that into the world. You only had a Apple device and never ever REALLY used an Android, maybe youve held one in your hands and because it wasnt like iOS, it was worse, but if it is like iOS, it is copied.... so freakin stupid to act that way....

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                                  • 08 Dec 2011

                                  tbh , iOS is still the better one for me.

                                  I liked android but honestly u can't get good experience unless u design a phone just like iPhone.

                                  When u look at benchmarks u see galaxy nexus and 4S are at top 2 positions.both have no sd-slot , both have no UMS , Both have no flash (surprise).
                                  Remaining android phone lag very much backside very far even galaxy s2. (in benchmarks i mean)

                                  Android users say bla bla flash is full web experience and if turn flash on and test both iphone and nexus nexus goes behind since every website has ads based on flash but without flash android goes good head to head. but as far as i know (why turn off flash when its full web experience ?) (if u want to turn it off and use why buy android ? which doesnt even support a phone for 1.5 years instead go for WP7 or iOS)

                                  My point is they say (18 months of updates)

                                  Here's where u get brainwashed :
                                  ICS already arrived and Sony Ericsson said 2012 update for their phones.
                                  in reality , Arc released in March and ICS came november right ?

                                  So u must get update in 8 months (march >> november)if u bought phone in march.

                                  but SE offering update somewhere in March 2012 or February (almost 12 months after release)
                                  But according to media ur phone was supported for one year because u bought phone in march 2011 and got update in 2012 feb or march.

                                  In reality the update u will get in march is already 3-4 months old.So by math(12-4=8 months) (ur phone supported only 8 months instead of one year)(almost 1/3rd of period is gone)

                                  Imagine update promise of 18 months use same calculation.

                                  18 months = 18-4 = 14 months (because the update u got after 18 months of ur phone purchase is already 3-4 months old)(and then phone not supported)

                                  that is not case in iOS , 3GS works fine even today and supports games like infinity blade 2 or real racing 2.

                                  But android ? meh just for buy-n-throw type of phones always lag.

                                  today phones are good and after one year worst battery and worst lags no more support apart from rooting.
                                  galaxy S lags lot and iphone 4 which released around same time still runs very good.

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                                    • 08 Dec 2011

                                    Anonymous, 07 Dec 2011That is true. For a developer, i don think they would be ke... morethats what ICS wants to change

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                                      • 08 Dec 2011

                                      go google go....with your powerfull weapon "android"...finish off nokia and apple soon.....FTW!!

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                                        • 08 Dec 2011

                                        Anonymous, 07 Dec 2011The Google android software is not productively effective a... moreHardware acceleration? Ever heard of it?

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