4 ms·

iOS has a 42.5% market share[1], where are you getting your info from? [1]https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8&qpcustomd=1

by rnovak 12y ago

iOS has a 42.5% market share[1], where are you getting your info from? [1]https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8&qpcustomd=1 https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...

mbrubeck 12y ago
That's their share of mobile web browsing. It measures usage, while the other numbers here are measuring share of unit sales. There's always been a big disparity between the market share and web usage share of Android vs. iOS: http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mobile-disparity/ http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mob... See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Mobile_devices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...
- bentcorner 12y ago
  Google (probably) knows the answer to this question. How many people completely miss the WiFi connection prompt? You could mix in data from browsers (how many people browse near a wifi point that they have connected to with their browser, but don't connect with their wifi? how many people browse in the evening/morning but not connected to wifi?) There's probably a wealth of demographic data they could correlate through gmail content and/or chrome browsing trends to correlate user income level, although I don't know if Google has privacy controls in place that makes sharing this data between divisions possible.
  - puranjay 12y ago
    Smartphones are the first computing experience for a lot of people. My mom, 64, had never used any sort of computing device before I got her an Android smartphone. She doesn't even know what a browser is. The only thing she knows is how to use WhatsApp and order things off a shopping app I installed for her. To her, that's the "internet". And she is perfectly happy with that.
testrun 12y ago
IDC: Android at 84% (http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp) Strategy Analytics : Android at 85% (http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/07/31/android-reached-record-85-smartphone-market-share-q2-2014-report/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/07/31/android-reached-reco...)

by rnovak 12y ago

mbrubeck 12y ago

That's their share of mobile web browsing. It measures usage, while the other numbers here are measuring share of unit sales. There's always been a big disparity between the market share and web usage share of Android vs. iOS: http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mobile-disparity/ http://blog.cloudfour.com/explaining-the-ios-and-android-mob... See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Mobile_devices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...

bentcorner 12y ago
Google (probably) knows the answer to this question. How many people completely miss the WiFi connection prompt? You could mix in data from browsers (how many people browse near a wifi point that they have connected to with their browser, but don't connect with their wifi? how many people browse in the evening/morning but not connected to wifi?) There's probably a wealth of demographic data they could correlate through gmail content and/or chrome browsing trends to correlate user income level, although I don't know if Google has privacy controls in place that makes sharing this data between divisions possible.
- puranjay 12y ago
  Smartphones are the first computing experience for a lot of people. My mom, 64, had never used any sort of computing device before I got her an Android smartphone. She doesn't even know what a browser is. The only thing she knows is how to use WhatsApp and order things off a shopping app I installed for her. To her, that's the "internet". And she is perfectly happy with that.

testrun 12y ago

IDC: Android at 84% (http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp) Strategy Analytics : Android at 85% (http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/07/31/android-reached-record-85-smartphone-market-share-q2-2014-report/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/07/31/android-reached-reco...)