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NPD says Android Sales Surpassed iPhone in US Q1 2010

Posted by Simon Judge, Freelance Mobile Developer in Android, Market Share on May 10th, 2010

npdIn the US, Android Sales overtook iPhone in Q1 2010 according to NPD…

“based on unit sales to consumers last quarter the Android operating system moved into second position at 28 percent behind RIM’s OS (36 percent) and ahead of Apple’s OS (21 percent).”

While I had no doubt this would occur eventually, I am surprised (sceptical?) that it has happened already. NPD’s methodology is…

“The NPD Group compiles and analyzes mobile device sales data based on more than 150,000 completed online consumer research surveys each month. Surveys are based on a nationally balanced and demographically-representative sample, and results are projected to represent the entire population of U.S.”

The only skew I can possibly see is that the survey was online. How did people find the survey? Might this have affected the results?

Whatever the real figures, it’s clear that Android is becoming a strong competitor to the iPhone.

IDC on Android

Posted by Simon Judge, Freelance Mobile Developer in Android, Market Share, phones on May 13th, 2009

idcFrancisco Jeronimo of IDC expects Android to grow around 420 per cent to a total of 3.6m units worldwide in 2009. Why are operators keen on Android? He says..

“Operators want to balance power between OSs in order to keep control of the market”

“Android is a free OS, it’s a sufficient mature platform for most operators and vendors, has a powerful brand behind with all Google’s services integrated and it has a good touchscreen user interface”

So why are some operators seeking to remove Google specific services?

Android Smartphone Shipments to Grow 900 Percent in 2009

Posted by Simon Judge, Freelance Mobile Developer in Android, Market Share on May 11th, 2009

strategyanalyticsThere’s an interesting press release at StrategyAnalytics claiming that Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009.

“Android is expanding from a low base and it is consequently outgrowing the iPhone OS from Apple, which we estimate will grow at a relatively lower 79 percent annually in 2009.”

T-Mobile recently announced they have shipped about 1 million devices in the US and 100,000 in the UK. However, some of these sales were already in 2009. So we can say it will be less than 10 million for the year. Remember, this is an analyst guess which could be wildly out either way.