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"Most of the phones running 2.3 aren't shipping with Google Play (is Play even compatible?)" This is wrong, Google Play is compatible with every Android device

"Most of the phones running 2.3 aren't shipping with Google Play (is Play even compatible?)" This is wrong, Google Play is compatible with every Android device. (link: http://source.android.com/compatibility/ http://source.android.com/compatibility/) I don't know where you got this information from, but I can assure you that 99,9999% of all Android devices you'll find outside of China will have Google Play on it. "These are drastically underpowered devices. Even if an app can run on 2.2, it doesn't mean it'll run well (or at all) on sub-$100 hardware." Drastically underpowered like an iPhone4/4S? Most 2.2 - 2.3.3 devices out there are just 1-2 year old phones, so of course they are underpowered compared to todays standards. Still, most apps will run on those devices the same way they still run on an iPhone4/4S - in a few cases slow, but still usable for the mayority of consumers.

Tloewald 13y ago
I think Amazon devices comprise more than 0.0001% of non Chinese devices. OK not exactly Android.
- DominikR 13y ago
  Like you said, Amazon devices are not Android, even though they are architecturally very close.
bdcravens 13y ago
Stop and read my grandparent post. 99,9999% of all Android devices you'll find outside of China - yes, but I was referring to phones in places like China. Drastically underpowered like an iPhone4/4S? Obviously you're so hyped up by your anti-Apple venom that you failed to read my original post, so all is forgiven. No, think underpowered like an original iPhone - if that powerful. My original point: there's tons of phones out there that aren't even remotely in the same category as the market that Apple and Samsung are selling to. Yet, those numbers keep getting included in the discussions about the Android install base. Samsung and other mid-to-high end Android makers are killing it; there's no need to be intellectually dishonest by including number that are irrelevant to their market.

Tloewald 13y ago

I think Amazon devices comprise more than 0.0001% of non Chinese devices. OK not exactly Android.

DominikR 13y ago
Like you said, Amazon devices are not Android, even though they are architecturally very close.

bdcravens 13y ago

Stop and read my grandparent post. 99,9999% of all Android devices you'll find outside of China - yes, but I was referring to phones in places like China. Drastically underpowered like an iPhone4/4S? Obviously you're so hyped up by your anti-Apple venom that you failed to read my original post, so all is forgiven. No, think underpowered like an original iPhone - if that powerful. My original point: there's tons of phones out there that aren't even remotely in the same category as the market that Apple and Samsung are selling to. Yet, those numbers keep getting included in the discussions about the Android install base. Samsung and other mid-to-high end Android makers are killing it; there's no need to be intellectually dishonest by including number that are irrelevant to their market.