Just six months ago, in May during its Google I/O conference, the company said it had activated over 100 million devices globally, so in six months it has doubled that figure. Compare that to the first 100 million Android devices, which took about 2 1/2 years (from late October 2008 to
May 2011) and we've seen some serious acceleration. Moreover, over 550,000 Android devices are being activated daily, up from 500,000 daily in June and 400,000 in May. Apple had quite a head start with its iPhone, which first shipped in 2007, and in addition the total number of iOS devices that Apple cites includes iPod touches, as well as iPads and
iPhones. Still, Google is catching up fast, and unless something changes radically, it will undoubtedly pass Apple eventually. At the iPhone 4S Oct. 4 launch event, CEO Tim Cook said that Apple had sold 250 million iOS devices up to that date.
According to the latest report from Gartner, Android's global smartphone market share is more than 52 percent, compared with iOS's 15 percent. A recent comScore report, looking at just the U.S., gave Android 43.7 percent smartphone market share and the iPhone 27.3 percent market share.
Fragmentation is still a problem, but most Android devices are currently running a version of 2.x, according to the Android Developers site. Data from devices that have accessed the Android Market shows that nearly 44 percent of them are on a version of Android ranging from 2.3.3 to 2.3.7 (Gingerbread). Meanwhile, 40 percent are running Android 2.2.x (Froyo), but --- showing the poor uptake of Android tablets --- only about 2 percent are running Android 3.x (Honeycomb).
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