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Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-competing-please dept.

tomhudson writes "Despite all the hype about Apple's latest iPhone, Android has sold more in the last 6 months (27% of all smartphone sales) than Apple (23%). The gains for Android are coming at the expense of RIM (still #1 at 33%, down from 45% a year ago), Windows Mobile (11%, down from 20%) and the iPhone (down from 34% at it's peak 6 months ago). If the current trend continues, Android is expected to be #1 within the year."

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  1. Already #1 in the US market by SilentSage · · Score: 5, Informative

    Boy Genius and Engadget are circulating a report that says that Android has already overtaken Apple and RIM in the US. Android devices collectively represented a 34% share of the US market in the quarter, and with growth of 851% Android became the largest smart phone platform in the country.

    1. Re:Already #1 in the US market by Fnkmaster · · Score: 4, Informative

      Eh? Android does support ActiveSync. It just that prior to 2.2, it didn't enforce all the corporate security policies of ActiveSync. See Feature Enhancement Request 4475 and see this article for a summary of related changes in 2.2.

      2.2 seems to address most of the password/security policy issues with ActiveSync. I have 2.2 running on my Nexus One, but don't use Exchange server, so can't comment here.

      For Droid owners, the update to 2.2 is supposed to come out officially this week, though I'm pretty sure there are unofficial 2.2 ROMs out there already. So basically, what you are talking about is no longer an issue, or at least not a particularly significant one.

  2. Re:Yawn... by ADRA · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IPhone_sales_per_quarter_simple.svg

    Yep, the market really cooled off in Q1/Q2 in bated anticipation...

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