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"We know that effectively nobody browses the web on their Android tablets full of stretched-out phone apps." this is false. android tablet browsing is substan

• YooLi 13y ago
  That's Marcos hyperbole based on the fact that Android has, according to IDC, a 63% tablet marketshare in 2013 (iOS has 33%), yet, as you stated, only 25% browsing share. So, Android has double the market share, but only a quarter the browsing share. Hence, the comment generalizing that people with Android tablets aren't browsing the web with them.
  • zmmmmm 13y ago
    The whole thing is silly because browsing is clearly a reflection of installed base while "market share" is (usually) talking about the current rate of sales, which are fluctuating year by year on an exponential scale.
    • Samuel_Michon 13y ago
      Android phones came a year after the release of the iPhone. 5 years later, the iPhone still dominates web usage share. I see a similar trend when comparing web usage share between Android tablets and iPads.
      • zmmmmm 13y ago
        > Android phones came a year after the release of the iPhone In 2010, 3 years after iPhone release, Android had around 8% market share. It grew something like 1200% that year. These things aren't linear with time.
        • Samuel_Michon 13y ago
          Currently, Android has 80% smartphone market share. Android smartphone market share growth is over. And yet, iPhone web usage share remains much higher than Android’s.
          • spot 13y ago
            "Android barely beats iOS in terms of mobile web browsers that actually go online." http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-online-browsing-habits-favor-iphones-and-ios-devices-over-android/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-onl... where do you get your numbers?
            • Samuel_Michon 13y ago
              Hitslink and Statcounter.
              • spot 13y ago
                so you are tracking your own sites. well maybe they appeal to iOS users.
                • Samuel_Michon 13y ago
                  Eh, no. Hitslink’s data[1] comes from approximately 160 million visitors per month. StatCounter’s data[1] comes more than 3 million websites. Caveat: StatCounter’s hasn’t been reporting very reliable global stats lately, it’s most useful for Europe and North America. Personally, I use Mint[3] for analytics on my websites, iOS usage share is much higher for those. [1] http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=1 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qp... [2] http://gs.statcounter.com/ http://gs.statcounter.com/ [3] http://haveamint.com http://haveamint.com
                  • spot 13y ago
                    neither of those is specifically for tablets.
• mrich 13y ago
  Who needs a tablet when you can surf on a reasonably sized phone/phablet? You know, the kind of size Apple doesn't sell.
  • jusben1369 13y ago
    I agree with this but in a much less snarky way. ;) I have an iPhone 4 and an HTC One. I find the 4 now frustratingly small and I'm sure if it were my only phone I'd use an iPad mini or iPad at home a lot more. With my HTC One I'm rarely frustrated. I'd be interested in a tablet but just don't feel I'd really use it because the HTC One is bigger. So that might be an odd factor driving iPad Mini's/iPad's in an Apple centric customer.
• teh_klev 13y ago
  Eh? That's all I mostly do on my 7" Asus, it's what my friends and family use their Android tablets for. Unless "browses the web" means something different in Apple parlance? But hey, no surprises from Marco with his partisan love of Apple, no doubt we'll have some additional Apple waffle like this from from Gruber on the front page.
• zmmmmm 13y ago
  I think even Marco says that kind of thing tongue in cheek. At least, I hope so.