iOS User Gains are Outpacing Android in the U.S. [Chart]

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Posted April 6, 2013 at 3:14pm by iClarified

Asymco analyst Horace Dediu has posted some charts showing that iOS user gains have outpaced Android for the last four periods in the U.S. The data is from comScore whose last report indicated that Android dropped 2.0% in marketshare last quarter.

Dediu suggests the reason iOS is growing more rapidly may be due to three factors:
● Broader distribution with three out of four major operators carrying the phone
● Availability of three product variants with $0 starting prices.
● Increasing awareness and use of apps and content ecosystems due to network effects.

Take a look at the charts below...

iOS User Gains are Outpacing Android in the U.S. [Chart]

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4af6a46 - April 6, 2013 at 8:36pm

I decided to try Android for the first time with the Note 2 earlier this year. While the device was quite impressive, the OS and especially the apps were an embarassment to smartphones! In the long run open source is a stupid idea and not good when trying to use it for work.

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Mrstudz - April 6, 2013 at 6:45pm

Wow that chart looks to me like android has the lion share and is growing.

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Ken - April 6, 2013 at 11:57pm

Read the charts properly.

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Enemona - April 16, 2013 at 7:56am

You're right, the second chart shows that Android has more market share and it is growing faster than iphone. Since 2009, Android has been picking up the market shares lost by the others, most notably, Blackberry. The first chart also points to the fact that Android is gaining more installs than iphone. People either don't know how to read charts or they choose to ignore some charts.

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Copperhead - April 6, 2013 at 4:22pm

Omg this is such a lie... Apple lives to pay for fake statistics. They feel it makes them look better giving false data to people. Their stocks are dropping like a rock and they will do anything to keep float.

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52f3a66 - April 6, 2013 at 5:12pm

I never understood why people who don't like Apple come to troll Apple themed sites. Apple had nothing to do with this. ComScore is a company that tracks user trends, independent from Apple and Google.

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penaleixo - April 7, 2013 at 11:42am

They are using OBAMAPHONES !!!!!

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