Android Traffic to Surpass iPhone Soon in the U.S.
AdMob's most recent metrics for mobile OS traffic show that although the iPhone continues to dominate, Android is on the way up. In fact, in the US market, Android is about to surpass Apple's smartphone.
Looking at the graphs below, you'll see that Android has seen significant growth over the last year and right now, the amount of traffic AdMob is seeing from Android devices is nearly level with the iPhone. Although Android has the advantage of a surge in new devices (from the likes of Motorola, Samsung and HTC), it's definitely a change from the indomitable force that was the iPhone at the same time last year.
Outside of the U.S., it would seem the iPhone is still untouchable, accounting for 50 percent of AdMob traffic. Though Android did rise from roughly three or four percent during the same period last year to past 20 percent in 2010, there's still a bit to go before it starts really threatening the iPhone.
Ars Technica repots that AdMobs uses ad requests for ads from its network as its primary metric.
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Android is a great phone OS
Android would be the platform I would buy if I weren't old fashioned and do not regularly use cell phones.
Didn't Google acquire AdMob recently? And aren't a lot of ads flash based? iPhones/iPods don't do flash. The results may not be as unbiased as they report - just something to think about.
too much apple fan boy out there ~ including me ? hehe
This won't last for very long. Android violates several of our patents. Once we start suing more companies besides HTC then Android will probably be no more.
I have regained a little faith in humanity, to see that people are still capable of making logical purchasing instead of just following fashion trends.
Long live Android!
this doesn't mean much apple caps a lot of the bandwidth and forces you to use wifi for HQ you tube or apps that are over 10mb.
Didn't Google acquire AdMob recently? And aren't a lot of ads flash based? iPhones/iPods don't do flash. The results may not be as unbiased as they report - just something to think about.
Admob has native SDKs for both iPhone and Android, and Android doesn't support flash either yet.
this doesn't mean much apple caps a lot of the bandwidth and forces you to use wifi for HQ you tube or apps that are over 10mb.
Doesn't matter, they are detecting OS, not whether you connect via 3G or Wifi.
As i post this on my droid... android is great barely use my laptop for surfing just games work and school
Android here I come! I wonder how long till Steve Jobs tries to sue them.....
Just like Microsoft, Googles Andriod is a open OS that companies can support on thier phones. Apples OS is locked to the iPhone. I think it's great that Apple created such a sucessful phone so other competitive companies will eventually out-do the iPhone. Once again proving that having closed off software and having a higher premium price on products is not only bad for the computer illiterate, uninformed customer that Apple suckers in to buy their products, it's also greedy.
Where's my HTC Incredible!!! ?
It is interesting to note that on a global scale, the Android and iPhones are growing at similar rates. But in the US, they seem to have an inverse correlation (i.e. Android is taking business from iPhone). I would speculate that has to do with the fact that AT&T is really a crappy network. Once Verizon came out with Android phones, people started leaving AT&T in droves.
...and the EVO 4G will be yet another nail in Steve Jobs' coffin.
Somebody should frame that top chart and put it on his wall.
This won't last for very long. Android violates several of our patents. Once we start suing more companies besides HTC then Android will probably be no more.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa wow dude how on earth did you get the steve jobs user name i want that
doesn't seem like a good thing to have the phone that abuses networks the most, lol. I mean RIM has more smartphones out there than apple and their usage is way lower. Doesn't that mean RIM phones are more efficient than iPhones?
I for one is planning on getting an Android phone. Time for me to throw away my candy-bar phone. Never liked the iPhone.
And for a fact, I have not seen many iPhones in Asia. Most iPhones I saw in Asia were from foreigners, not the locals. Because people in Asia have so many other choices. So I wonder what the article meant by "Outside of the U.S.,... iPhone is untouchable"?? Maybe it's refering to South pole region? *haha*
doesn't seem like a good thing to have the phone that abuses networks the most, lol. I mean RIM has more smartphones out there than apple and their usage is way lower. Doesn't that mean RIM phones are more efficient than iPhones?
I dunno about efficiency, I think it has more to do with what people use the BBs for. From my own personal experience and based on the coworkers that own BBs, we generally don't download lots of apps or browse the internet too much with them. I primarily use the phone for email, texting, calls and occasionally as a GPS. The only time I use it for internet browsing is when I'm trying to look up a nearby (insert store/restaurant here), phone number or something else I can do quickly, I don't spend much time just 'browsing' with it. The features are there but I just don't use them that much. I tend to use it as a work device and not a fart machine.
...and the EVO 4G will be yet another nail in Steve Jobs' coffin.Somebody should frame that top chart and put it on his wall.
Hell yeah! I plan on switching from Blackberry to Android when that comes out.
Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that Android devices are LOT more affordable than the iPhone, both immediately and in the long-term.
In the news again....Uh.... Oh!! there are graphs, um, nevermind i'm out.
As i post this on my droid... android is great barely use my laptop for surfing just games work and school
How can they monitor your bandwidth used on your home connection? That makes no sense and would be a violation of privacy. Just because it says OS does not mean it's monitoring your data usage on wifi.