Nielsen sums up Q4: iOS leaps forward, but Android still leads
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- Tizen Takeover
- jxx
- 18 Jan 2012
Android is Good. No debating that, but I wanna see how Tizen fares against it in about 2 years when it's matured.
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- yazbuh
- t7D
- 18 Jan 2012
The reason why iOS is gaining is because RIM is loosing much sales...
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- AnonD-9745
- LAB
- 18 Jan 2012
AnonD-37627, 18 Jan 2012Android still rules and IOS is doing a great job but tough ... moreYou don't even know what you're talking about
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- t}B
- 18 Jan 2012
AnonD-4697, 18 Jan 2012Much of today Android users was iOS users..... :D this is w... moreAnd much of apple users in the past were symbian users(Lg prada and etc) and thats y it gained...
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- 18 Jan 2012
Android accounted for 51.7% of all smartphone purchases in Q4, but its share in November and December dropped to 48.7% and 46.9%, due to the strong iPhone sales. The Apple platform had a market share of 44.5% in December...
Wait... Android sold more in the whole quarter and more in December and yet you manage to bring some good news for iOS?
You see, Android phones sell all year, not just at Christmas, and even then, they sell more.
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- mhP
- 18 Jan 2012
Anonymous, 18 Jan 2012Almost every WP7 users who i have heard have said that WP7 ... moreI meant users who had android phone before WP7 phone.
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- 18 Jan 2012
Dave, 18 Jan 2012I dunno if all the people went to apple. I know alot of peo... moreI have seen lot of people pissed , same case for galaxy nexus with 5 mp camera or other android phones which dont get updates or flash will die soon on mobile or 4S came instead 5.
Since android failed to leap forward this time , iOS Leaped and still this list doesnt include ipod touches and iPads and iOS increases to >50% if they are included aswell. Maybe android will get 40% or so.
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- Anonymous
- mhP
- 18 Jan 2012
Fruitcake, 18 Jan 2012Android doing well because its the easiest to use,an alot o... moreAlmost every WP7 users who i have heard have said that WP7 is much better than android. I havent heard iPhone users to choose WP7 devices, but android users have been very happy with their WP7 devices.
This sounds like a big problem for android in future. But it's great for competition android need to lose some market in future. I want to have more good options than iOS and android.
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- LhR
- 18 Jan 2012
Android doing well because its the easiest to use,an alot of Nokia symbian users switch to Android as they are roughly the same,because Nokia chose Windows,Android seems to be the only software other than Symbian the allows Bluetooth sending an recieving,plus you can put micro sd cards in Android phones but iPhones an Windows phones will not let you do that
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- 18 Jan 2012
AnonD-37627, 18 Jan 2012Android still rules and IOS is doing a great job but tough ... moreWell WM back some years ago was the premium OS, iOS wasn't there and Android even didn't exist on paper...WM was a good OS with a lack of support...but was the "silver-bullet" for XDA and many other modders and cookers :D
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- fqe
- 18 Jan 2012
Android still rules and IOS is doing a great job but tough luck for Nokia and i'm sure they will file bankruptcy soon with their beloved WP7 which is less than 2% and it has been released for over a year with a popularity over last ten years with WM6 which proves that WP/WM is not welcome by users
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- 18 Jan 2012
Dave, 18 Jan 2012I dunno if all the people went to apple. I know alot of peo... moreMuch of today Android users was iOS users..... :D this is why Android is gaining ground in this battle....
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- nxF
- 18 Jan 2012
How can apple close the gap to android when in the last 3 months there were 20% more devices sold with android platform?
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- LuN
- 18 Jan 2012
Dissapointment on Symbian...still loosing ground even vs. the WP7
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- ikkie
- nxX
- 18 Jan 2012
True, but just an observation. It appears about equal. There may have also been a fair few activations of new contracts, undoubtedly.
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- Dave
- myA
- 18 Jan 2012
ikkie, 18 Jan 2012That is quite a jump for iOS. However, the decline in Andro... moreI dunno if all the people went to apple. I know alot of people were pissed because they thought they would get the i phone 5 and just got the 4s
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- ikkie
- nxX
- 18 Jan 2012
That is quite a jump for iOS. However, the decline in Android seems about the same as the increase in iOS. Could be upgrades that have gone over to Apple? If so, Apples marketing sure did work.