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JimH

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Smartphone Market Share
« on: July 20, 2012, 10:57:44 am »

Gartner research:

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Here are the worldwide smartphone unit sales and market share in the first quarter of 2012, by operating system:

Android (Google Inc.) — 81.1 million units, 56.1 percent share (36.4 percent a year earlier)

iOS (Apple Inc.'s iPhone) — 33.1 million units, 22.9 percent share (16.9 percent a year earlier)


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http://news.yahoo.com/smartphone-market-share-microsoft-system-trails-174822734--finance.html
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Re: Smartphone Market Share
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 02:50:52 pm »

What also influences app writers, though, is iPhone buyers, statistically, are willing to pay and/or pay more for quality apps. Android, which spans a wider cross-section of handsets and so handset buyers, generates considerably less app revenue per handset.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2012/jun/10/apple-developer-wwdc-schmidt-android
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