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I don't see how this can be true. iPhone far outsells Android, no?

IgorPartola 16y ago
Sales are not the same as usage. Also see this: http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005344/android-unit-sales-catching-iphones/ http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005344/android-unit-sa...
smokinn 16y ago
I don't see how this is surprising. iPhone is a single device. There are many Android phones with many more to come. I would be surprised if any one device (say, Motorola's Droid for example) surpassed the iPhone but the Android OS as a whole? Not surprised.
ZeroGravitas 16y ago
The biggest flaw with the numbers is that it doesn't include iPod Touch or iPad traffic, as they are not smartphones. A second issue is that, because it is US numbers, there is only one carrier with iPhones, which will limit their numbers (presumably in exchange for a big bag of cash).
- abstractbill 16y ago
  The biggest flaw with the numbers is that it doesn't include iPod Touch or iPad traffic, as they are not smartphones. Why is that a flaw? Why should the numbers include those devices?
  - czhiddy 16y ago
    > Why is that a flaw? Why should the numbers include those devices? My guess is that he's trying to compare OS vs OS, as opposed to OS vs device. Do these #s include traffic from Android tablets or MIDs? (Are there even any available for purchase at the moment?)
  - ZeroGravitas 16y ago
    It's a (currently unique) advantage to the iPhone that it has a very popular sister device in the iPod Touch that is interchangeable in most respects e.g. designing a website, codec support, App market size. Ignoring it would be the equivalent of comparing iPhone sales against a single Android phone (which I've also seen done repeatedly) which ignores the Android advantage of being available on multiple phones from multiple manufacturers. Almost any actual decision you'd want to make about iPhone or Android as competing platforms will need to take into account the existance of iPod Touches or Android phones by a variety of manufacturers. The numbers in each case may be correct for the limited arena they cover, but they're still misleading for any realistic purpose.

Sales are not the same as usage. Also see this: http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005344/android-unit-sales-catching-iphones/ http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005344/android-unit-sa...

smokinn 16y ago

I don't see how this is surprising. iPhone is a single device. There are many Android phones with many more to come. I would be surprised if any one device (say, Motorola's Droid for example) surpassed the iPhone but the Android OS as a whole? Not surprised.

ZeroGravitas 16y ago

The biggest flaw with the numbers is that it doesn't include iPod Touch or iPad traffic, as they are not smartphones. A second issue is that, because it is US numbers, there is only one carrier with iPhones, which will limit their numbers (presumably in exchange for a big bag of cash).

abstractbill 16y ago
The biggest flaw with the numbers is that it doesn't include iPod Touch or iPad traffic, as they are not smartphones. Why is that a flaw? Why should the numbers include those devices?
- czhiddy 16y ago
  > Why is that a flaw? Why should the numbers include those devices? My guess is that he's trying to compare OS vs OS, as opposed to OS vs device. Do these #s include traffic from Android tablets or MIDs? (Are there even any available for purchase at the moment?)
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  It's a (currently unique) advantage to the iPhone that it has a very popular sister device in the iPod Touch that is interchangeable in most respects e.g. designing a website, codec support, App market size. Ignoring it would be the equivalent of comparing iPhone sales against a single Android phone (which I've also seen done repeatedly) which ignores the Android advantage of being available on multiple phones from multiple manufacturers. Almost any actual decision you'd want to make about iPhone or Android as competing platforms will need to take into account the existance of iPod Touches or Android phones by a variety of manufacturers. The numbers in each case may be correct for the limited arena they cover, but they're still misleading for any realistic purpose.