Report says to expect Android to top the iOS installed base by next year
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Of course, momentum is not a static number. Things change, new features get offered, and the analysis done by Dediu assumes that everything stays the same. The analyst adds, "One should be careful about drawing conclusions that this implies effective competition. Both platforms are growing very quickly. iOS is growing at at least 100%/yr and Android’s second year was 65x bigger than its first. iOS growth is limited by the ramp rates of a limited portfolio of products. Android growth is limited by how quickly vendors can bring out products. Neither platform is demand constrained and hence they are competing for share of growth not for share of a fixed pie."
He also says that "extrapolation is a dangerous game." For example, had he done this comparison even just a week prior to the launch of the original Motorola DROID, the results would have looked quite different.
source: asymco via AndroidGuys
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According to analyst Horace Dediu of asymco, by next year Android users could number the number of iOS users |
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11 Comments
1. the dude (unregistered) posted on 19 Apr 2011, 17:52 0
so wait even though android is ranked ahead of apple in terms of os (# of users) apple is still ahead .....something here smells a little fishy
2. Kjayhawk posted on 19 Apr 2011, 18:24 1
No iOS is number one including iphone, ipod and ipads. Android is the number one smart phone OS.
7. google lover (unregistered) posted on 19 Apr 2011, 23:14 2
android is the best one because of google is everything.....
11. tuminatr posted on 20 Apr 2011, 01:07 1
although I own a droid comments like this are like this are kin to Vanilla is the best flavor. there is no best device. I will say android has more features than Ios
12. 530gemini posted on 20 Apr 2011, 02:21 1
Based on growth percentage, YES.
Example:
Android in 2010 = 5000 phones
In 2011 = 7500
that's 50% growth
Apple in 2010 = 1000
in 2011 = 2000
that's 100% growth
So based on those numbers, eventhough android has actually more number of phones activated, their growth percentage is slower than Apple. Get it?
4. bossmt_2 posted on 19 Apr 2011, 19:24 0
I wonder if month 7 was the month that the Droid launched on Verizon. Nothing did Google more good in the Android world than Verizon not having the iPhone for as long as it did.
10. Lucas777 posted on 19 Apr 2011, 23:35 0
well their lineup sucked before. so it was good for vz. cant say their lineup is amazing at the moment though...
8. Eingild (unregistered) posted on 19 Apr 2011, 23:18 0
Is this relevant for users around the globe? or just USA?
13. 530gemini posted on 20 Apr 2011, 02:29 0
This analysis is pretty accurate and actually predictable. With the number of phonemakers adopting android, it will definitely overtake iOS in no time. But it does not mean that iOS won't be the biggest winner in terms of profit. Always remember, Apple is the SOLE owner of iOS, android is free.
14. IOS5 (unregistered) posted on 20 Apr 2011, 06:28 0
I think the reason that 50% of saymbian user going to shift to Android cus saymbian it's going to finish not exactly finish cus nokia shifting to wm7.
