Android Overtakes the iPhone

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

IGN.com
US, May 11, 2010

[center]Report says Android has surpassed the iPhone in U.S. sales.

A report this week from market research firm NPD reveals that Google's Android mobile operating system has just surpassed Apple's iPhone in the ranking of most used smartphone operating systems.

According to the report, Android-powered devices have taken a lead in United States smartphone sales, accounting for 28 percent of the market, just behind RIM's Blackberry OS at 36 percent, and Apple's iPhone OS at 21 percent. It is important to remember, however, that the Android format extends to a wide range of devices, offered by multiple carriers, unlike the iPhone, which is currently only offered by AT&T. Moreover, NPD itself confirmed that their findings were based on only 150,000 online consumer research surveys, not official sales statistics.

NPD went on to report on the per-carrier breakdown of smartphone sales in the U.S., which found that AT&T dominated 32 percent of the market, followed by Verizon at 30 percent, T-Mobile at 17 percent, and Sprint at 15 percent.

Apple responded to NPD's report this afternoon, citing the limited nature of the surveys:

"This is a very limited report on 150,000 U.S. consumers responding to an online survey and does not account for the more than 85 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide," Apple rep Natalie Harrison told Reuters.

"We had a record quarter with iPhone sales growing by 131 percent and with our new iPhone OS 4.0 software coming this summer, we see no signs of the competition catching up any time soon." [/center]

[AYHJA]

Damn skewed statistics...

Been really thinking about upgrading my phone, but I'm on AT&T and the iphone is their flagship...I'll probably get a Blackberry...

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

If you go for the Berry, Get the Bold (I almost got one a week ago,then decided against it simply for the reason I won't be using Blackberry's exclusive features : berrymail, b-berry messenger etc).The Blackberry Curve is useless for 3G & WiFi.

[shining2001uk]

I've had an iPhone for about 6 months & its really user friendly as you'd expect from apple but sometimes its terrible as a phone. web browsing on the move is pretty slow, I guess because of the network.
most of my business friends have blackberrys but seems bit hardcore unless you're always working.
never heard of android...

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Android is an operating system developed by Google for smartphones,Shining.

[shining2001uk]

Oh I c!

[Skinny Bastard]

Damn skewed statistics...

Been really thinking about upgrading my phone, but I'm on AT&T and the iphone is their flagship...I'll probably get a Blackberry...

Dell has a SmartPhone on the AT&T network that uses the android op sys... the DELL Aero

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[jdog]

AT&T is the worst wireless network you can use. That's one of the prime reasons I won't even consider an iPhone.

[deepdiver32073]

Don't get a Blackberry. My son works for their customer service call center. They are very buggy and the OS apparently has not been beta tested adequately. He said, and I quote, "I would only take one if they gave it to me, and then only to see how many skips I could make it hop across the pond."