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Analyst Predicts Android Overtaking iPhone In 2012

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the crystal-balls-and-voodoo dept.

Market watcher Gartner is claiming that by Q4 2012 Google's Android smartphone OS will have overtaken Apple's iPhone. Currently only the sixth most popular phone OS, Android is set to rocket into second place behind Symbian if the predictions are to be believed. The reason for the changing of the guard is that "many handset makers are betting their futures on Android, while Apple is just one company." 2012 rankings place Symbian at the top followed by Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry."

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  1. I could see that by wcrowe · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sure, I could see Sybian at the top.

    What?

    Ohhh, Symbian... Uh... Sorry...

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  2. Re:Can we please stop quoting "Analysts"?? by swanzilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    i.e: "Dude thinks Android will overtake the iPhone by 2012". ...Yeah, and?

    The Analyst abides.

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  3. Re:Oh that's convenient by jmerlin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty sure that's what will cause the end of the Earth. Let's see if we can get the Discovery Channel to do a special on it.

  4. OK by PinkyGigglebrain · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe its just me but has anyone else noticed how almost everything seems to be happening during or in 2012?

  5. re: Where do I get me a paranoid android phone by MRe_nl · · Score: 2, Funny

    At the Radiohead Shack.

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  6. Re:I dont' see it this way by sakdoctor · · Score: 3, Funny

    A common misconception.
    It's actually the year the Mayans predicted as the year of the linux desktop.

  7. Re:I dont' see it this way by SputnikCopilot · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, just like Gmail, and we all know how unsuccessful that was.