Android now powers 51.8% of US smartphones, growth continues

13 July, 2012
The quarter saw smartphone growth continue as two thirds of all new customers picked a smartphone.

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  • 17 Jul 2012

Anonymous, 15 Jul 2012I am sure Windows Phone 8 will slow down Android. It has fa... morehaven't we already heard this stuff about windows phone os previously??? ur predictions have never come out to be true. so why dont you wait and see if windows 8 really has any chance of beatind android rather than bore us with the same crap again and again.

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    • 17 Jul 2012

    RIM still has a massive market share in countries like Indonesia, India, South Africa, and no doubt other. I use a BB9900 and a Samsung Note, but for security in business etc it is a BB or nothing. Frankly I dont have the time to spend all day playing with a mobile so it has to work for its intended purpose. Not interested in playing games. For me every day use the BB is just fine. So where did RIM go wrong. I think their quality dropped a bit after the 9700 (world class construction) and they made a mistake thinking slim is good (took the advice of too many so called market experts)for batteries. In any case I am very happy with my choices and will continue to buy what I need, and that is a BB.

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      • 16 Jul 2012

      Anonymous, 15 Jul 2012I am sure Windows Phone 8 will slow down Android. It has fa... moreI am sure it won't, especially after what Microsoft done to current WP7 user.

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        • X3t
        • 16 Jul 2012

        WP :(

        MS had better give Nokia a big hand, as Nok took all the risk with the WP7 experiment and ended up getting shafted by their "partner" MS! Necessary, maybe, but it can't feel good.

        WP8 with Win8 and Surface... fingers crossed! There's room in the market for a third player.

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          • 15 Jul 2012

          him, 15 Jul 2012Apple makes Great products! They are Luxurious and well mad... moreSo many exclamations in that post. Are you an Apple advertiser? LOL.

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            • Anonymous
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            • 15 Jul 2012

            Yani, 15 Jul 2012I guess Google named their mobile OS very well. The droi... moreI am sure Windows Phone 8 will slow down Android. It has fast OTA software updates for all phones that Android can't even do in a million of year. WP8 requires a built-in hardware security chip with BitLocker encryption and Secure Boot for businesses. The perfomance on Windows Phone 8 with NT kernel will blow away Android. Windows Phone 7.5 running on Windows CE kernel is already crazy fast and no lag. Windows Phone 8 with Windows NT kernel is even fast than Windows CE kernel on WP7.5. WP8 already supports processor up to 64 cores for future proof. Next year you might see a next-generation Xbox with Windows NT kernel for porting games/apps between desktop, laptop, tablet, console and phones easily. Microsoft will have an ecosystem that is hard to beat.

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              • 3pw
              • 15 Jul 2012

              I guess Google named their mobile OS very well.

              The droids are coming and you can't stop them! ;)

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                • 15 Jul 2012

                Anonymous, 15 Jul 2012and so what? samsung make components for their biggest enem... moreWhat is google doing then ? Isnt it doing same as samsung ? So plz stop nonsense.

                Samsung makes even qualcomm chips too , because they are suppliers , but competitors doesnt mean they have to be rude , even google's eric and jobs have maintained good relation after android came out , apple continued using google services like maps.

                These patent cases and other things wont even come near CEO's sight unless they cause bans , most of these are managed by marketing staff , they just take updates to CEO about happenings of these cases , while financial wing ensures company is healthy , and industry is running with profits , what will they do with their manufacturing plants without selling components to competitors ? It kills competition and Also shut down the plants because there is no production or other way is to produce only their own phones which causes left overs and over production , either way , thats a dumb decision.they doing their job , similarly google is a service provider , they dont care about what device their services run , but they have ad business as well , so they try to push their services to all platforms possible.

                Apple calls windows inferior and bla bla , but still they make itunes and quicktime for inferior windows , how come ? Why are they supporting windows then if its bad ? Every company says bla bla things about competitors but finally every company wants to reach as many consumers as possible , and if u see zune is not supported on mac , haha , while microsoft makes apps for iOS like skydrive and apps like office on mac so microsoft , apple , samsung and google are whores ? Wow , what a immature comment........



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                  • 15 Jul 2012

                  AnonD-53748, 15 Jul 2012Apple doesn't make it. Samsung makes their hardware and ch... moreand so what? samsung make components for their biggest enemy,apple. for money they kiss the foots of apple and accept all misery from apple like a cheap whore. apple did what they want with samsung

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                    • 15 Jul 2012

                    where Sony ...?????

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                      • 15 Jul 2012

                      him, 15 Jul 2012Apple makes Great products! They are Luxurious and well mad... moreApple doesn't make it.
                      Samsung makes their hardware and chinese factory workers from Foxconn

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 15 Jul 2012

                        Anonymous, 14 Jul 20121-in ear: sony mdr ex510,but ex310 are very close,both mode... morethanks for the recommendation, will try them out sometimes. have a nice day.

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                          • 15 Jul 2012

                          Clearly not everyone can be corralled into being a cashcow for Apple.

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                            • 15 Jul 2012

                            Hey GSMArena! Where is your favourite Nokia in all this??

                            I can't even SEE Nokia's market Share in the US...

                            Do you still think that moving to Windows Phone was a good idea???

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                              • 3dr
                              • 15 Jul 2012

                              Apple makes Great products! They are Luxurious and well made. They're high end and usually revolutionary. The problem is that they're also VERY Expensive! Apple is a bit like BMW or Mercedes. Not quite as fast as the latest and greatest Nissan GTR. But 1000 times better on everything else!

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 14 Jul 2012

                                Anonymous, 14 Jul 2012agreed. what's the headphone u use? any recommendation?i forgot to mention Technics RP-DH1200,simply brilliant at 150 euros

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                                  • 14 Jul 2012

                                  Anonymous, 14 Jul 2012agreed. what's the headphone u use? any recommendation?1-in ear: sony mdr ex510,but ex310 are very close,both models far better than any in-ear beats by dr.dre:ibeats/urbeats
                                  2-overhead: sony mdr xb500,xb700. xb 700 is better than Beats Studio in any aspect,except noise cancel function.

                                  And the best headphones for the street on ipod/iphone are Jvc-ha 600 with carbon diaphragm. This model is identical with Bose ae2,oe2 wich are 5x more expansive and better than Beats Solo.

                                  And the absolute kings of headphones are Sony mdr-xb1000 and mdr-ma 900 both with 70 mm drivers,but for indoor use,especially xb 1000 wich are huge. Both models are around 250 euros,but i wait to drop the price

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                                    • 14 Jul 2012

                                    Nokia should sell handsets that allowed users to install the OS of their choice. That would be a game-changer.
                                    Android still has to work on integrating Google play with Picasa and Google docs, gmail, google + etc. It should all be the same platform and there should be more quality control in terms of apps. In that respect iOS is still superior. Other than that Android is great for flexibility and sure has a lot of content.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • syw
                                      • 14 Jul 2012

                                      Anonymous, 14 Jul 2012if you can compare macbook pro,air and imac pc 27" wit... moreafter apple started this COURT thing. sueing every one who proves to have better sales than them. i rate it be worst electronic company that is there on the planet........ its for the materialistics not for the true fan of innovation or tech for that matter...... after all that andriod has proved arround the world... apple is just jelous... and apple fans have no arguement left other than saying this PRICE crap

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • syw
                                        • 14 Jul 2012

                                        Anonymous, 14 Jul 2012your comment, "i hope you'll have sometimes enough mon... morethe most expensive thing or food for that matter, is not always the best. in my xpereince iphone owned by ppl who dont know anything about phones other than the want to "show off"
                                        iphone is like silicon breasts