Android Hits 73% of Global Smartphone Market

eldavojohn writes "Gartner's released a report on worldwide numbers of 2012 3Q phone sales and the staggering results posted from Android have caused people like IW's Eric Zeman to call for sanity. Keep in mind these are worldwide numbers, which might be less surprising when you realize that the biggest growth market of them all is China, which is more than 90% Android. It's time to face the facts and realize that Android now owns 73% of the worldwide smartphone market. While developers bicker over which platform is best for development and earnings, the people of the world may be making the choice based on just how inexpensive an Android smartphone can be. This same time last year, Gartner reported Android at 52.5% of market share and it now sits at 72.4% market share with over 122 million units sold worldwide."

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Re:Android users are poor and can't afford apps.

[evilviper]

"I'm still trying to figure out what else would be worth paying hundreds of dollars more for a bigger phone with a shorter battery life."

Navigation, POI (business search), and live traffic information is worth vastly more than $100 by itself.

Listening to your entire music collection and/or live streaming like Pandora and PRI/NPR/BBC World.

Watching youtube videos, or entire DVDs if you are so inclined (works out well on long flights).

Reading and replying to your personal and work email wherever and whenever you feel like it.

Having both your personal appointments and reminders, and your work appointments pulled from Exchange automatically.

Using a good RSS reader, allowing you to read the articles from a number of website you frequent (including /.) all in a slick interface, at a moment's notice, without needing to turn on/off a computer.

Replying to idiots on /. at work...

Having all your ebooks wherever you are, and a great screen to read them on.

Having a great SSH client wherver you are, so you can login to your Linux boxes and do... absoloutely anything and everything...

Scientific calculator with you at all times.

All the games you can stand... From strategy games to word games, to emulators allowing you to play any game for older consoles (Genesis, N64, etc).