Posted on 06/14/2010 11:41:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Online tracking firm Quantacast confirms that Google's Android continues to rapidly gain mobile operating system market share at Apple's expense.
"The biggest player by far is Apple's iPhone OS (from now on to be known as iOS), but the biggest winner is clearly Google's Android," Quantacast explained in an official blog post.
"Android continues to capture more share, and if the recent launch of the HTC Incredible on Verizon and Sprint's HTC Evo 4G is anything to go by, Android will continue to rapidly gain share."
Indeed, during the past year, Android has taken market share from all parts of the market - but most noticeably so from Apple's OS.
SEE ALSO HERE :
http://blogs.computerworld.com/16320/android_star_is_rising_can_apple_respond
TITLE : The Android star is rising, how will Apple respond?
If Apple worked with Verizon, Android would be out of business tomorrow.
MORE HERE :
Android shines in latest mobile Web report from Quantcast
June 14 2010 - 11:55 am ET | Matt Kapko | RCR Wireless News
Android’s share of mobile Web consumption has hit overdrive in the past few months, according to a new report from Quantcast Corp. While other operating systems are losing share to Android as well, the biggest loser appears to be Apple Inc.
Shares for Google Inc.’s Android operating system of mobile Web traffic jumped 12.2% in the 12-month period ending in May while Apple’s iOS share dropped 8.1% in the same period. According to Quantcast’s data, Android’s been on a particularly impressive tear in the last three months when its share rose 4.6% as iOS dropped 4.7%.
At least some of that growth can be attributed to the incredibly fast growing arsenal of Android devices hitting the market, most recently HTC Corp.’s Evo 4G at Sprint Nextel Corp. Later this summer we’ll see if Android’s upward trend can hold as Apple’s iPad and new iPhone 4 gain momentum.
To be sure, it’s hard to know which report or data-collection method to believe when it comes to mobile operating systems. One metrics firm will hype Android’s surge based on its growing share of mobile browser usage and another will downplay Android’s position with data that shows the OS commands mobile ad requests only in the single digits.
Last month, the latest JiWire Mobile Audience Insights research report showed that the iOS accounted for 95.4% of all mobile ad requests while Android grabbed only 2.3% in the same study. Keep in mind, however, that only about 2,000 respondents were surveyed for that report.
In a chart from Quantcast dating back to January 2009, Android’s share of mobile Web traffic was in the mid-to-upper single digits while iOS neared 80%. While Android’s share has undeniably increased of late, its latest climb didn’t begin until around August 2009 or about 10 months ago.
Quantcast’s latest figures pinned iOS at the top of the mobile Web usage chart with 58.8%. Android followed in a distant second at 19.9%, others commanded 10.9% and Research In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry OS grabbed 10.4% of the market at the end of May.
Anyone know where you can get a good deal on one???
Well, on the flip side, Apple beats Android in # of dead sweatshop workers who produce their products. Foxconn suicides are keeping Apple #1.
I see a lot of comments around the internet posting good things about Verizon, and then I know people personally who have Verizon, and it sucks.
That's good for Apple, but what's less good is the 19.9 percent market share Android now holds, because it confirms just how quickly the Android market is growing.
From the article linked in Post 2.
Competition is healthy, and I think Apple is very forward looking.
The iPhone 4 is simply an amazing meld of technology and art.
I realize everyone doesn't want to be Apple, but make no mistake about it, every phone manufacturer is envious of Apple.
check out wirefly.com or walmart.com, great deals on phones...same call/data packages, but the phones are dirt cheap. I got a droid for $29.
comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
Smartphone Platform Market Share
RIM was the leading mobile smartphone platform in the U.S. with 43.0 percent share of U.S. smartphone subscribers, rising 1.7 percentage points versus three months earlier. Apple ranked second with 25.1 percent share (up 0.3 percentage points), followed by Microsoft at 15.7 percent, Google at 7.1 percent (up 4.3 percentage points), and Palm at 5.7 percent. Google’s Android platform continues to see rapid gains in market share.
Yes, the engineering and quality of iPhone is far above the competition.
I see the Droid as a kind of knockoff. Inevitable that something like it would come after the iPhone.
IMO, you’ll end up with the typical market tiering with Apple taking the more profitable high end again.
iPhone on Verizon would give Apple a healthy boost though.
I and a lot of people I know have Verizon and it provides great service; definitely better than the other providers I’ve tried.
Hey buddy.
Do you know an easy way out of your contract with Verizon? I have 1 more year to go on this BB Storm and I abolutely hate it.
I’d be happy to start a new 2 year contract if I can get a phone that works as designed.
Thanks.
If the iPhone were available on Verizon’s network, then Apple would have access to over 60% of the wireless market in the US. The iPhone would sell at least another 5 million units in a matter of months.
For the life of me, I still don’t understand why Apple limits themselves to AT&T’s network in the US.
Okay FReepers ... taking everything into account (useability, price, coverage, carrier, etc) between droid, iphone and Dell’s upcoming creation, any thoughts on which would be the better option?
Apple has responded in the courts. It has filed a lawsuit against HTC (and indirectly against Google), the Taiwanese manufacturer of Android devices. Apple is claiming an extremely broad set of patents basically covering the next generation of user interfaces for mobile devices. Here is one article about the lawsuit.
http://www.slate.com/id/2246902
My guess is “contracts.”
We don’t know what Apple/ATT’s real deal is, and, I believe, iPhone requires some additional work at the carrier for full functionality. So Apple and Verizon would need to agree on cost and services and who gets what.
Perhaps the Droid will spur some activity here.
Oh I dont dispute that, but in my neck of the woods its pretty much Verizon, or nothing.
I know probably a dozen folks who are using blackberrys that would switch to an iphone in a second (me included.)
It has little to do with the quality of the network, but more with the contracts that are just too onerous to get out of.
I agree with your comments, but I’m not as inclined to agree with your Verizon comment. You may be right, but there may be issues with app provision and the like (and some additional inside things we’re not privy to), that make it better to be tied to one provider. I can’t honestly say.
My service with AT&T has been quite good since I’ve been with them. I go all the way back to L. A. Cellular, so I’ve &T all the way back, and have had some bad and good experiences until AT&T took over.
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