Nielsen Company reported Monday August 1 that Android smartphones topped iPhone sales for the first two quarters of 2010. Within that time smartphones running Google’s Android operating system made up 27% of sales, while iPhone accounted for 23%.
While iPhone4 got the big song and dance in the media, Android phones quietly gained popularity and market share. Overall, however, more smarthphone users still own iPhones than do Android-based phones. Both fall behind Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the Blackberry which still runs the show, accounting for one-third of smartphone sales over the last six months thanks to all the QWERTY addicts. It’s interesting to note that Nielsen also did a brand loyalty survey in which 58% of RIM users said they would probably try another phone/carrier with their next purchase.
Another report by Canalys shows that shipments of phones running Google’s Android operating system grew 886% worldwide in Q2 2010!
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