Android Continued Global Market Dominance in 2012 Q4

[zakislam]

Google's platform was installed on more than 70 percent of worldwide devices during Q3.

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[audi90]

that pictures look badass

 

[JOSHSKORN]

All I have to say is, Jelly Bean is awesome. ICS kinda sucked (the life out of my battery). DROID RAZR MAXX user here. Even though what I have was an accidental JB update.

 

[bombebomb]

ICS= this is a fairly nice OS, nice job google, jellybean = holy awesome batman where did this come from.

 

[teh_chem]

Jesus dude, stop reporting phone activations as market share, and for the love of god please stop referring back to that terribad report that iOS claims more than 50% of phone market share. It does not. New phone activations are not and will never be a representation of market share.

And lastly, Kantar Worldpanel does not at all track market share. They're a consumer-study group, and only look at device sales. No amount of examining device sales will tell you if someone abandoned their old iOS device for a new iOS device (android, windows phone, whatever), so it says nothing about market share and the overall total number of actual ongoing users of the platform.

 

[mydrrin]

[citation][nom]teh_chem[/nom]Jesus dude, stop reporting phone activations as market share, and for the love of god please stop referring back to that terribad report that iOS claims more than 50% of phone market share. It does not. New phone activations are not and will never be a representation of market share.And lastly, Kantar Worldpanel does not at all track market share. They're a consumer-study group, and only look at device sales. No amount of examining device sales will tell you if someone abandoned their old iOS device for a new iOS device (android, windows phone, whatever), so it says nothing about market share and the overall total number of actual ongoing users of the platform.[/citation]

Listen dumbass, activations is a metic none same. The number of activations means the number of phones that are put into the pool, and shows how healthy companies are. Nokia still has good marketshare right? 'Nuff said.

 

[davewolfgang]

Hey Dumbass Mydrrin - New phone activations only tell us...I know, get this... NEW PHONE ACTIVATIONS!!!

New phone activations =/= market share.

I've had my phone for three years - but MY market share isn't with iOS - so since I'm NOT on that new activation "report" - I don't count? I'm sure GooglePlay counts me since I HAVE purchased apps in that three years.

So again - new phone activations DO NOT EQUAL market share. Because NOT EVERYONE get a new phone in whatever time period they are using.

 

[DjEaZy]

... in other news...
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-Botnet-Trojan-China-Google,news-16613.html

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]All I have to say is, Jelly Bean is awesome. ICS kinda sucked (the life out of my battery). DROID RAZR MAXX user here. Even though what I have was an accidental JB update.[/citation]

I agree with this (ASUS TF700 user here) even though the two are not all that dissimilar, there is just something about jellybean, it seems more refined and smoother

 

[dthx]

[citation][nom]So again - new phone activations DO NOT EQUAL market share. Because NOT EVERYONE get a new phone in whatever time period they are using.[/citation]
Sorry, but you are confusing two things here... Market Share and MIF
Wether you are a PC's, printers or bikes manufacturer, your market share is always the volume of your sales compared to the total sales volume of the market, for a given period (a quarter, a month,...) and region. You may expect as well that the new activation figures are close to the sales figures as not many people buy an expensive smartphone not to use it...

You would apparently like to see market shares calculated in terms of MIF (Machines in Field). The MIF is a estimation of the amount of devices truly in use at a given time. The MIF can be a very interesting figure for a company that manufactures consumables or provides repair services... as it gives a good idea of the quantity of customers you can reach by providing a product for a certain device, but in terms of sales strategy, the MIF gives you very little clue about the future of a product. Market shares, based on recent sales or activation volumes are much more relevant for your sales strategy.

 

[hate machine]

lol Kantar Worldpanel...

 

[john15v16]

I have Jellybean on my phone as well and it is awesome but, I got a Nexus 7 for Christmas with Jellybean and I have to say that it is a stunning experience!

 

[hate machine]

[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... in other news...http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Androi [...] 16613.html[/citation]

Sideloaded pirated apps have malacious code, News at 9pm!

Who would have thunk it...

 

[homiedontrightclick]

Now even more people than ever can join the Fandroid circle jerk! STD's won't be the only viruses they'll be getting, though!