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o_O.Q on 25 July 2011

link : http://blog.gsmarena.com/androids-uk-market-share-grows-at-a-furious-rate-should-be-ahead-of-ios-by-now/

 

"According to the latest numbers posted by comScore, Android is continuing with its plans of world domination at freakishly fast pace. The market share of Google’s operating system grew by an astounding 634 percent in May 2011 in the UK in the past one year.

In comparison, iOS market share grew by only 46 percent, which might not seem much but it is still doing a lot better than the others, particularly Symbian and Microsoft, whose market shares fell by 10 and 32 percent respectively.  The graph depicts that iOS is ahead of Android by 0.4 percent but in all likelihood Android must have have already blitzed past by now.

Meanwhile, RIM showed a positive growth of 59%, which is pretty good considering the gloom and doom surrounding the company."

 

pretty surprising to me the rate at which android seems to be growing

 



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famousringo on 26 July 2011

This is actually tracking behind other markets, for whatever reason. For example, Android seems to have hit 50% and plateaued in the US market. Worldwide, it claims 35% share. It seems like Android got a late start in the UK, and is rushing to catch up.



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mrstickball on 26 July 2011
famousringo said:
This is actually tracking behind other markets, for whatever reason. For example, Android seems to have hit 50% and plateaued in the US market. Worldwide, it claims 35% share. It seems like Android got a late start in the UK, and is rushing to catch up.


Android hasn't plateaued anywhere. There isn't enough data to suggest that it still isn't gaining marketshare. Gartner has never suggested such in its quarterly reports.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

superchunk on 26 July 2011

This was due to Samsung Galaxy S 2, while not launching in a single carrier in NA it has become Samsungs fastest selling phone world wide. Image what the numbers will be in a month when in launches across various US carriers. Galaxy S line has been incredibly popular. Hopefully I can get another Best Buy free friday deal too. :) even www.bgr.com (who is apple fanboy city) said the GalaxyS2 was by far the best hardware out yet.... granted they'll probably change tune next when i5 launches. lol

What I find most interesting about that chart is RIMs rise in YOY sales. More than Apple... odd.



famousringo on 27 July 2011
mrstickball said:
famousringo said:
This is actually tracking behind other markets, for whatever reason. For example, Android seems to have hit 50% and plateaued in the US market. Worldwide, it claims 35% share. It seems like Android got a late start in the UK, and is rushing to catch up.


Android hasn't plateaued anywhere. There isn't enough data to suggest that it still isn't gaining marketshare. Gartner has never suggested such in its quarterly reports.


I'll see your one analyst who hasn't said anything and raise you two analysts (Nielsen and IDC) who see a leveling off:

http://www.wpcentral.com/nielsen-has-android-us-marketshare-falling-wp7-hovering

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/21/needham-androids-market-share-peaked-in-march/

Disclaimer on the Nielsen: It's looking at installed base, not share of new sales. Comscore still sees the installed base of Android regress towards the ~50% of new sales it has. That makes Nielsen a little incongruous, but it does suggest a slowdown in Android adoption.

From here, Android in the US might creep up or it might slide down, but I'm pretty confident that the explosive growth seen due to carriers and manufacturers adopting the platform is in the past for that market.



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.

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mrstickball on 27 July 2011
famousringo said:
mrstickball said:
famousringo said:
This is actually tracking behind other markets, for whatever reason. For example, Android seems to have hit 50% and plateaued in the US market. Worldwide, it claims 35% share. It seems like Android got a late start in the UK, and is rushing to catch up.


Android hasn't plateaued anywhere. There isn't enough data to suggest that it still isn't gaining marketshare. Gartner has never suggested such in its quarterly reports.


I'll see your one analyst who hasn't said anything and raise you two analysts (Nielsen and IDC) who see a leveling off:

http://www.wpcentral.com/nielsen-has-android-us-marketshare-falling-wp7-hovering

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/21/needham-androids-market-share-peaked-in-march/

Disclaimer on the Nielsen: It's looking at installed base, not share of new sales. Comscore still sees the installed base of Android regress towards the ~50% of new sales it has. That makes Nielsen a little incongruous, but it does suggest a slowdown in Android adoption.

From here, Android in the US might creep up or it might slide down, but I'm pretty confident that the explosive growth seen due to carriers and manufacturers adopting the platform is in the past for that market.

:-

One quarter does not make a trend. Any analyst should know that. Its interesting, but I don't think that one quarter means that Android will forever be locked at that market share.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

famousringo on 27 July 2011
mrstickball said:
famousringo said:

I'll see your one analyst who hasn't said anything and raise you two analysts (Nielsen and IDC) who see a leveling off:

http://www.wpcentral.com/nielsen-has-android-us-marketshare-falling-wp7-hovering

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/21/needham-androids-market-share-peaked-in-march/

Disclaimer on the Nielsen: It's looking at installed base, not share of new sales. Comscore still sees the installed base of Android regress towards the ~50% of new sales it has. That makes Nielsen a little incongruous, but it does suggest a slowdown in Android adoption.

From here, Android in the US might creep up or it might slide down, but I'm pretty confident that the explosive growth seen due to carriers and manufacturers adopting the platform is in the past for that market.

:-

One quarter does not make a trend. Any analyst should know that. Its interesting, but I don't think that one quarter means that Android will forever be locked at that market share.


Are you reading what I'm writing, or are you reading what you wish I had written?



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.

mrstickball on 29 July 2011
famousringo said:
mrstickball said:
famousringo said:

I'll see your one analyst who hasn't said anything and raise you two analysts (Nielsen and IDC) who see a leveling off:

http://www.wpcentral.com/nielsen-has-android-us-marketshare-falling-wp7-hovering

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/21/needham-androids-market-share-peaked-in-march/

Disclaimer on the Nielsen: It's looking at installed base, not share of new sales. Comscore still sees the installed base of Android regress towards the ~50% of new sales it has. That makes Nielsen a little incongruous, but it does suggest a slowdown in Android adoption.

From here, Android in the US might creep up or it might slide down, but I'm pretty confident that the explosive growth seen due to carriers and manufacturers adopting the platform is in the past for that market.

:-

One quarter does not make a trend. Any analyst should know that. Its interesting, but I don't think that one quarter means that Android will forever be locked at that market share.


Are you reading what I'm writing, or are you reading what you wish I had written?

Yes.

You said that Android plateaued. You then said you don't believe that it may increase slightly or slide down. I don't believe it will, thus why I said it wouldn't be locked there - it should continue to increase market share within the next quarter.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

h2o1977 on 29 July 2011

interesting...



famousringo on 31 July 2011
mrstickball said:
famousringo said:
mrstickball said:
famousringo said:

From here, Android in the US might creep up or it might slide down, but I'm pretty confident that the explosive growth seen due to carriers and manufacturers adopting the platform is in the past for that market.

:-

One quarter does not make a trend. Any analyst should know that. Its interesting, but I don't think that one quarter means that Android will forever be locked at that market share.


Are you reading what I'm writing, or are you reading what you wish I had written?

Yes.

You said that Android plateaued. You then said you don't believe that it may increase slightly or slide down. I don't believe it will, thus why I said it wouldn't be locked there - it should continue to increase market share within the next quarter.

That's funny that I gave you an either/or question and you answered yes.

Read it again. There was no negative in my sentence. 

C'mon, it would be boneheaded to assert that market share for any product will never change. Have a little respect for me, will you?



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.