If a new survey released by Nielsen reflects the actual market environment, then we now know that 31% of potential smartphone buyers are eying an Android phone, while 30% want an iPhone. Six months ago, the iPhone was still ahead with 33% versus 26%. Other platforms follow at substantial distance and suffered loss of interest. Blackberry is down to 11%, Windows Phone down to 6% WebOS down to 1% and there is zero interest in Symbian.
Nielsen said that those numbers are translating into actual sales numbers. "Half of those surveyed in March 2011 who indicated they had purchased a smartphone in the past six months said they had chosen an Android device," Nielsen stated. "A quarter of recent acquirers said they bought an iPhone and 15% said they had picked a Blackberry phone."
Android now owns 50% of the smartphone market among recent smartphone buyers, according to Nielsen. Apple iOS is at 25%, followed by Blackberry with 15% and Windows Phone/Mobile with 7%. Android has about 37% of the overall Smartphone market, iOS about 27% and Blackberry about 22%. Microsoft is listed with 10%, which indicates that the company is still losing market share at a fast rate.
Not really because it's iPhone versus Android remember?
I predict Android will be like Windows, and iOS like the Mac OS; only for relics.
I do feel a lot of security issues will start rising with Android.
But as long as they CRUSH the iPhone, I don't care what they do.
Interesting logic. I for one had a iPhone 3G and when it was time to upgrade decided to purchase a Samsung Captivate which at the time was the newest phone AT&T and according to them was the best Android phone at that time. So speaking from both sides of the fence when it comes to voicing my opinion on this topic what you say is at least the way things are moving very unlikely. If the phone manf. of Android would make google themselves to release steady patches and upgrades to a single Android OS, ie like Windows update making the Android system universal there will never be Android dominance. The fragmentation is horrid and since it seems 90% of the phone manf. are more interested in making a new phone every 30 days instead of supporting and updating the systems they currenlty have, I see this never happening. I miss the quality software that's developed for the iPhone. Android has nice features, but until someone decides to start developing and people who own Android based phones decide to start paying for something Android will never pass iOS. The numbers this article report are very skewd considering if mobile carrier has Android based phones and of that it would seem 3-7 models at any given time.
this is about the OS comparison and their respective ability to gain more and more fans, not about manufacturers. After all, the hardware itself is pretty good for iOS devices, it's the software implementation that is extremely limiting, and people realize that, sooner or later ("why can't my iphone do this or that, like that guy's droid?").
So, it was time to upgrade? What do you mean? Your iphone was not satisfying anymore? How come? BTW, there are plenty of developers for Android, I have plenty of apps, both free or paid, and I prefer the paid ones. I guess you were frustrated with that Samsung phone, but that's you. Others seem to like them and yet others seem to like HTC or other brands. To each his own. Doing some research before buying a particular model is always a good thing, and having choices is the best thing of all. After all, when your iphone made you decide there was time for an upgrade, what other iOS choices did you have? None.
Android is not a phone.
It's like saying Dell is losing market share to iOS.?! It's purely nonsensical.
As for iPhone vs. Android, on one hand the iPhone will beat the popularity of any single Android phone hands down, but I can see where the other side coming from since the iPhone represents the entire line up of the iOS, you could technically compare it to the Andriod line up. Even if it is 4 phones being compared to 50+ phones.
then a couple win7 tab's(a 7 and a 12 or 14 maybe) once they hit with AMD APU's in them.