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Samsung the top Android dog in China April-June, HTC follows, Galaxy Ace most popular

Samsung the top Android dog in China April-June, HTC follows, Galaxy Ace most popular

Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 08:11, by Daniel P.

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Samsung the top Android dog in China April-June, HTC follows, Galaxy Ace most popular

The battle for the hearts and minds of Chinese consumers is raging between the big smartphone makers, and rightfully so - the untapped market has millions upon millions of potential smartphone customers, and disposable income is on the rise, as is status-chasing.

According to the Chinese research firm Umeng the Android market is currently dominated by Samsung with 23.8%, followed by HTC, Motorola, and the locals from ZTE and Huawei. The "Others" category represents just 6.5% of the market. The firm counted device activations with at least one app session among the 40, 000 apps it tracks in the April-June period.

The breakdown by handsets shows that mostly affordable devices is what goes in China, as the first place is occupied by the Galaxy Ace, which was considered midrange even when it came out, let alone now, whereas the Galaxy S II is right smack in the middle of the list, as the only more established handset in the top 10. The Motorola Defy's second place shows that the Chinese like their smartphones longer lasting.

Umeng's statistics also tracked a whopping 87% increase in active Android users in Q2, and 42% in iOS users, which shows the growth potential of the Chinese smartphone market. Have look at the slideshow below for some interesting tidbits about Apple and Android device distribution in China.

source: Umeng (Slideshare) via TNW

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1. megaSUNNY posted on 23 Aug 2012, 08:19 3 3

GREAT NEWS!!! but they should really improve their build quality

2. loken posted on 23 Aug 2012, 08:28 3 0

samsung iz always top :P

8. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 23 Aug 2012, 19:01 1 0

but build quality wise... motorola own them!!!

3. mercorp posted on 23 Aug 2012, 08:29 1 5

No iphone?

5. whoisnetworkdood (banned) posted on 23 Aug 2012, 08:43 9 1

nope...why would they want an outdated OS/model?

9. anywherehome posted on 23 Aug 2012, 23:33 1 0

and boring...

4. tiara6918 posted on 23 Aug 2012, 08:33 0 2

That photo over there is what I exactly saw when I went to china but mostly the phones I saw were iPhone, sgs2/3, note(of course there were also htc,sony,lg,etc.) I don't think they can live properly without these smartphones, because in every place you go, you will always see some people using them(usually besides texting and calling, they're using it for it games,apps or watching videos). Let's just see what xiaomi, huawei, zte, meizu will do for them to change the game...

6. hitmantb posted on 23 Aug 2012, 09:13 2 3

Cheap handset dominate the country, unless Apple launches low end models there they will remain a luxury item/status symbol, not mainstream.

7. b1acktiger posted on 23 Aug 2012, 13:57 2 0

where is sony ? R.I.P ?

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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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5. whoisnetworkdood (banned) posted on 23 Aug 2012, 08:43 9 1

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