China leads the world in Android and iOS activations
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By at least one metric, it appears that China has now passed up the U.S. in premium smartphone sales. Mobile analytics company Flurry created a measurement that adds activations for Android and iOS devices. According to Flurry’s numbers, China passed up the U.S. in Android + iOS activations sometime last month. If you look at the chart below, you can see that China's current activation numbers wouldn’t beat monthly U.S. activations over most of the last year – the U.S. saw its usual decrease in activation rates after the holidays, while China has continued steady growth in its activation rate. With the release of a desirable new Android handset of iPhone we would expect the U.S. to regain the lead again, at least temporarily.
And with China having more than four times the U.S. population, you can bet on the fact that any U.S. leads will ultimately be temporary. Sure, China has a long way to go in terms of spreading economic wealth to their less urban residents, but over time the trend is clear: as China’s economy grows, they will eventually be the largest consumer in all aspects of the smartphone market. Which won't be the end of the world, but we can probably expect more China-only and China-first releases from the smartphone manufacturers of the world.
source: Flurry via AllThingsD
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7 Comments
1. PAPINYC (limited) posted on 21 Mar 2012, 14:48 10 4
Makes sense with Android but, I'm surprised with iOS; iThought the Chinese were smart?
BTW, NiHaooooooô
5. Shangri-La posted on 21 Mar 2012, 15:43 5 2
And dont forget those lolPhones are more expensive in China than the US.
18. christianqwerty posted on 21 Mar 2012, 18:25 4 0
You just proved the american stupidity stereotype
6. matrix_neo posted on 21 Mar 2012, 15:48 3 1
So what if there are cheap android phones at least some specs of these phones are just the same with iphone and sometimes better than iphone. The chinese people can own and use smartphones without too heavy in their pockets. Yeah apple gaining bigger profits but look those chinese working in foxconn, they cant afford to buy iphone. Theres no need to tell the reason coz you obviously knew it.
12. drtech (banned) posted on 21 Mar 2012, 17:07 1 0
China will be an interesting market. There's so much potential for profit there for these smartphone makers. It will be a real battle there. Apple in insanely popular in China right now and android I'm sure will do well with their strategy of low budget phones.
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