We’ve all heard the stories about Android gobbling up iOS’s marketshare like nobody’s business, but a new report from Netmarketshare paints a very different picture. What’s interesting is that this is both iPhone and iPad, covering all sorts of mobile data for cellphones and tablets. The tablet sphere is still one where the iPad is controlling far more marketshare than smartphones, so this doubtless helps bump the numbers a little.
From November 2010 to September of 2011, iOS moved up from 46.06% to 54.65%, Android climbed from 10.27% to 16.26% — that’s actually a bigger improvement for iOS than it is for Android. The big loser on this research is Java, with Symbian dropping notably and Blackberry slightly.
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Kind of a pointless comparison if they are lumping tablets in there. Adding numbers from a tablet that has no real competition yet is certain to slant the numbers.
How about we only take numbers for devices with 8mp cameras and above? Or how about only devices that have a physical keyboard? How does iOS fare then? Again that would be a pointless comparison.
6 days ago Nielsen reported iOS market share far below Android. 43% to 28%. This article clearly adds iPad numbers in just to slant the numbers in favor of iOS.
As much as I like my Apple products, Tablets and phones are 2 different things. Report the numbers for phones and tablets separately.