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steverhcp02 on 11 May 2010
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mrstickball said:
FaRmLaNd said:
How many phones and companies use the Android OS?

About 27 phones between 3 major companies by the end of March (Samsung, HTC, Motorola) and a few minor ones...Plus tablets and other products running Android.

Every American network has an Android phone....With a 250 million subscriber base between 'em.

  • Verizon - Droid Incredible, Droid Eris, Droid, Devour
  • T-Mobile - G1, MyTouch (and MyTouch Slide), Cliq, CliqXT, Nexus One
  • Sprint - Evo, Hero
  • AT&T - Backflip

Those are just off the top of my head, FYI. I believe some of the minor companies are starting to get the low-hanging Android fruit.

As others have said, Apple's decision to align with the crappy AT&T network in the US sealed the deal for Android in the US. You just can't compete on one network with a 70-80 million subscriber base vs. Verizon which has more by itself, and T-Mo + Sprint having an equal base to Verizon as well....Thats about 160m between all non-AT&T US companies PLUS the Backflip on AT&T. However, the Backflip is about the worst Android phone out there....And that is coming from a guy who uses a MyTouch and brother has an ancient (by Android standards) G1.

Jeez. Its wierd thinking that the G1 is so crappy compared to the new stuff like the Incredible and Evo.

 

Well based on the sheer amount of Android OS phones apple selling 21% to 28% is pretty damn impressive considering the BOGO on so many of them and the network limitations you speak to. So im not sure how many people are "rebuying" Iphone models in Q1 as another poster mentioned for the inflated Iphone sales numbers, but i sure as shit would be "upgrading" now to a 3gs after the leak of the 4G and the imminent OS4 coming this summer.

If/When Apple branches out it will quite literally crush the Android ratio. Android OS is to the PSP and the Iphone is to the DS. Everyone knows what theyre getting with an Iphone. It works, works well and people love it. The Droid OS is so continuously evolving its not clear to most people which phones have it, how it works and what it is and does.

Once OS4 drops this summer, and the imminent Verizon Iphone and possible Sprint Iphone announcement its going to get ugly for smartphones i do believe.

Apple and th eIphone have been handcuffed by the ATT deal, theyve still dominated, once thats gone its going to be gross.




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