While smartphones are taking over the world, statistics are available of which handsets and operating systems are taking the lead. Compared over 6 months; the number say a 1,000 words.
Admob Mobile Metrics, a mobile advertising marketplace founded in 2006 looked at some numbers. Those numbers (outlined above) compare the last 6 months of usage of smartphone models and operating systems. The handset side of things is probably no surprise with iPhones smashing the competition taking almost 50% of the market. Three of the top ten spots have been snapped up by BlackBerry models (which would equate to almost 20% of total devices).
Across the operating systems, given that iPhones take the cake for the number of physical devices, they swamp the OS stakes. The trends of OS however is interesting to see that with the added competition of Android, consumers might be jumping ship. The share of RIM, Windows Mobile and Palm have all dropped; and not be a little. From the statistics users are more than likely buying an iPhone or trying something new with Android. Why people are changing their phone would be a mix of things; requirements, options, price, availability and which one looks cooler.
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Phonemag, this is very disappointing. Everyone INFORMED knows Blackberry outsells the iPhone, yet you have the iPhone selling twice as much.
These numbers are referring to browser USAGE share, and bear very little relation to MARKET SHARE, ie.how many devices were actually brought and sold.
From your last few lines its clear you have no idea what the numbers actually means.
“From the statistics users are more than likely buying an iPhone or trying something new with Android. Why people are changing their phone would be a mix of things; requirements, options, price, availability and which one looks cooler.”
Lastly, while you may say this measures usage, the fact is that this only measures web browser usage on admob’s mobile pages, and its highly likely a lot more e-mail usage occurred on a blackberry, and a lot more GPS navigation on a Windows Mobile device.
I sincerely hope you correct this article before the gullible fall for it and the less gullible laugh at you.