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Android device diversity pictured

Posted: 16 May 2012, 03:18, by Victor H.

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Android is a huge ecosystem, but it’s hard to wrap your head around just how big it is - literelly thousands of different devices with all kinds of screen sizes, shapes and forms, all united under the Android umbrella. OpenSignalMaps refer to this as fragmentation, and we prefer to use the word variety, but finally what matters is that a massive study of 681,900 devices shows a very accurate picture of the widely diverse world of Android today.

The study by the application was conduced over the last 6 months and covered 192 countries, with the most popular devices from ones you’ve probably never heard of.

So how many distinct Android device are there? The study found 3997 devices running on Android, and among them Samsung products being the most popular, with the Galaxy S II grabbing the popularity crown. The study uses stats from customers who have downloaded the OpenSignalMaps application. The Galaxy SII (GT-i1900) had 61,389 of its users downloading the application in the last half a year.

When it comes to Android vendors, Samsung again had the lion’s share, followed by HTC, and this will hardly surprise anyone. Samsung won with 270,144 devices, grabbing 40% of the market.

Interestingly, the study showed a higher percentage of ICS devices than the official Google data. ICS was adopted by nearly 8% of users as of April 2012.

source: Open Signal Maps

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1. Jonathan41 posted on 16 May 2012, 03:25 3

Wow sure are a lot of Android manufacturers. Reminds me of Windows.

5. PhoneArenaUser posted on 16 May 2012, 08:07 0

Why it reminds you Window?

6. -box- posted on 16 May 2012, 08:42 1

Probably because there's lot of OEMs who put Windows on their computers

10. Mario1017 posted on 17 May 2012, 21:21 0

a lot of OEMs use windows for their OS. and why are t-mo, sprint and verizon vodaphone and all other carriers on there...they dont MANUFACTURE phones

2. anywherehome posted on 16 May 2012, 03:45 4

great!! this is called democracy everything else is called dictate.....sometimes my Android is not supported but in 95 % it is OK, so no problem, just marketing misleads :-P

4. RamyRamz69 posted on 16 May 2012, 07:50 3

SEMC = Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

Damn they big.

7. Commentator posted on 16 May 2012, 12:21 1

Nice to see my Evo 4G clinging to a relatively large spot, for a phone being available on only a few carriers (PC36100)

8. GeekMovement posted on 16 May 2012, 16:08 0

Gotta love android.

9. highkingfan posted on 17 May 2012, 01:53 0

This is an innovative idea i just came across recently . Exclusively for Black Berry users!!!!! There are almost 2 MILLION USERS for this application.just used this application.Best android application ever…
URL : mintmapp.com/mobile

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Samsung Galaxy S4
- Announced: 14 Mar 2013
- OS: Android 4.2.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1900 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Apple iPhone 5
- Announced: 12 Sep 2012
- OS: iOS
- Hardware: Dual core, 1300 MHz, Apple Swift, 1016 MB RAM
- Display: 4.0 inches, 640 x 1136 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1700/2100 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS EV-DO Rev.A EV-DO Rev.B
Samsung GALAXY Note II
- Announced: 29 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.1.1
- Hardware: Quad core, 1600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.5 inches, 720 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 35 hours of Talk Time, 980 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
HTC One
- Announced: 19 Feb 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1700 MHz, Krait 300, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 4 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900), CDMA (800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Sony Xperia Z
- Announced: 07 Jan 2013
- OS: Android 4.1.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13.1 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 11 hours of Talk Time, 550 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
Google Nexus 4
- Announced: 29 Oct 2012
- OS: Android 4.2.2 4.2.1 4.2
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15.3 hours of Talk Time, 390 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS
LG Optimus G
- Announced: 28 Aug 2012
- OS: Android 4.1.2 4.0.4
- Hardware: Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 2048 MB RAM
- Display: 4.7 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 13 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 15 hours of Talk Time, 335 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE HSPA (unspecified) UMTS EDGE GPRS
Nokia Lumia 920
- Announced: 05 Sep 2012
- OS: Windows Phone 8
- Hardware: Dual core, 1500 MHz, Krait, 1024 MB RAM
- Display: 4.5 inches, 768 x 1280 pixels, Capacitive Touchscreen
- Camera 8.7 megapixels, 1920x1080 (1080p HD) video
- Battery: 17 hours of Talk Time, 400 hours of Stand-by
- Technology: GSM (850 900 1800 1900)
- Data: LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s UMTS EDGE GPRS

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