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iPhone vs Android....Android has more market share now?

According to this Marketwatch story, Android phones now have more market share than iPhones.

What do you think the future of the Smartphone industry is going to look like?

Will the Android get enough traction in it's appstore to compete with the iPhone?

Where does the Android beat the iPhone and vice versa?

Tags: android, iphone

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas Nagao on June 6, 2010 at 11:40am

Great graph Ben. It's amazing how much the data is differing from what MarketWatch is reporting. I just reread the article I posted to make sure I didn't mistake "New Sales" with market share, but to quote from the article:

"The Android mobile operating system passed the Apple iPhone in terms of U.S. market share during the first quarter, according to a report issued Monday by the NPD Group."

"According to the study, the Android OS -- developed by Google Inc. (GOOG 498.72, -6.88, -1.36%) -- ended the period with a domestic market share of 28%. That's up from about 20% in the December quarter, and is due mostly to strong sales of handsets such as the Droid and Droid Eris at Verizon Wireless (VZ 27.21, -0.43, -1.56%) , according to the report."

"The iPhone from Apple Inc. (AAPL 255.97, -7.16, -2.72%) saw its U.S. share remain relatively flat at 21%. The leader in the U.S. remains Research In Motion (RIMM 59.68, -1.97, -3.20%) , whose BlackBerry family of "smart phone" devices has about 36% of the market, according to NPD data."

The Engadget article says this: "In spite of collecting 28 percent of all consumer smartphone purchases in the first quarter of 2010 (according to NPD), Google's OS was only able to climb up a couple of percentage points in terms of total market share, showing just how long a road lies ahead of its world-conquering plans. Guess that now explains why Apple's response to the earlier numbers was so nonchalant."

So I guess the NPD report is talking about SALES in Q1 2010, while the graph is showing active handsets? I think the Marketwatch report is worded very badly, because based on personal observation, the Engadget interpretation seems to be correct.

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Permalink Reply by Robyn Bagy on June 7, 2010 at 1:46pm

Iphone is releasing its newest version today - http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/07/technology/new_apple_iphone/

Probably the nicest feature i s..."The new phone will give users the ability to talk for seven hours on one battery charge, up from five hours on the iPhone 3GS," and it is 24 % thinner.

Robyn

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas Nagao on June 7, 2010 at 2:28pm

So much great stuff coming out! Check out these tablets PCs running on Android and Windows

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177698/Visual_tour_iPad_riv...

Should be an interesting year for gadgets.