The Android vs. iPhone battle got a lot more entertaining as the Android underdog phone outsold the Apple iPhone in first quarter 2010. Android won this most recent iPhone vs. Android battle, but Apple is nevertheless winning the iPhone vs. Android war. Over the Android, the iPhone has a lead in total smartphone sales. Blackberry dominates the field. While Apple iPhone and Blackberry sales are down, the Android market is trending upward. Some analysts think the trend will continue making the iPhone vs. Android margin smaller.
Milestone of Android vs. iPhone
The Android vs. iPhone hit a milestone when the Android caught 28 percent of smartphone sales last quarter reports the NPD group. NPD reports that Apple’s iPhone won 21 percent of smartphone sales, while Research in Motion’s Blackberry took 36 percent. As outlined by ComScore, which is a digital market research firm, a key stat in Android vs. iPhone is that Google’s Android operating system had just nine percent of the market as of February 2010, compared with the iPhone’s 25.4 percent.
Others falter with Android phone gains
In winning the latest round of iPhone vs. Droid, PC World reports that Google’s OS is the only smartphone OS whose share of sales grew exceptionally over the previous quarter. iPhone sales within the meantime are failing and Blackberry, Windows, and WebOS sales are falling like a mortgage loan modification. If this trend continues, PC World’s J.R. Raphael said Android will catch up to its competitors for total market share in a very short time.
How did Android beat iPhone?
Android phone sales may have overtaken Apple’s iPhone, according to the Los Angeles Times, because of Google’s freewheeling partnering tactics that have gotten the Android operating system onto as numerous phones as possible. There are now a lot more than 30 Android-powered devices from 12 equipment manufacturers. Android devices are available from each and every major wireless carrier, including T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT and T.
Will iPhone be sold by Verizon soon?
The much speculated iPhone Verizon offering looms larger as Google wins the latest round of the iPhone vs. Droid scuffle. Apple is tied to AT and T in an exclusive partnership in what may be a saturated market. Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, told Computerworld, “That’s your classic technology acquisition curve. Of those within the U.S. who are interested in an iPhone and willing to put up with AT and T, quite much all have already bought one. What’s left for Apple — as long as it’s tied to AT and T in its exclusive partnership — is largely the iPhone replacement market”.
iPhone worldwide soars
Most analysts expect iPhone Verizon to happen eventually in the U.S., but Apple’s not saying when. Apple is continuing the iPhone vs. Droid matchup everywhere else. Last month Apple announced Worldwide iPhone sales ended being up 131 percent in the first quarter compared to the very same three-month stretch in 2009.
Sources for the article
NPD reports
http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_100510.html
PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195958/android_outsells_apple_iphone_at_last_says_npd.html
Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/05/google-android-overtakes-iphone-npd-research.html
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