Oh, Do You Android Too?

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February 25, 2013

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I’m so enamored by iOS that I’ll admit I can get blinders at times with some of the other technologies and implementations, even the ones that are apparently getting more play time than iOS itself.

And some recent stats provided by Pingdom are blowing my mind this morning – for example, it seems that Android is up everywhere and is clearly dominating in nearly every comparison. I knew of this fact because it’s repeated enough in my own back-channel but to see it conclusively is pretty fresh.

Check out this compilation of facts related to Android:

Really makes me consider where I’m spending time with both my small part time side projects and where even WP Daily is headed.

I suppose my internal perception needed to be clarified and it certainly has. Now, not every WordPress-business has built native applications for iOS or Android, but if you were, building them for both platforms would seem like a complete no-brainer, right?

It’s an Android world. Where do you sit?

There are 5 comments

February 25, 2013 #

David L.

I straddle both. I have a galaxy nexus phone and an ipad. I just don’t understand how apps on iOS don’t have a better sharing mechanism. I mean, just look at how I can share at an article from Flipboard. It’s just absurd!
February 25, 2013 #

Mickey

Android, no doubt. In fact, I’m kind of surprised you’re still on iOS. iPhone was a great device for a while, but it’s fallen quite far behind Android now. It still has a few advantages, but not many.

What’s keeping you on iOS? The best excuse I’ve heard from friends is that they’d lose the investment in the apps they’ve purchased for their iPhone, which is quite valid. Beyond that, though, I can’t see a single compelling reason choose an iPhone over a high-level Android device.
February 25, 2013 #

Jonathan Howe

On the two major sites I run (both over 1.5M views per year), it’s 75-80% iOS, and there has been no change in the last year.

Is it possible that the sales are skewed due to different age demographics buying different types of phones. I know several teenagers who have used Droid devices as entry-level phones because of the price then switch to iPhones when they can afford it.
February 25, 2013 #

Dan King

Dude… totally Android here. And not surprised to see the steady growth in the Android market share. And honestly, I worry about a Jobs-less Apple… they never did do well with him not at the helm, so it seems to me like the trend will continue.
February 25, 2013 #

Chris Wilson

Okay bias admittance first. I’ve owned an Android tablet and smartphone but never an iOS (though my sister raves about her iPad)

It’s a shame there isn’t a country by country breakdown (or even continent) to reflect the difference between emerging and emerged markets.

Android has done a lot to impress me recently where as Apple hasn’t in the same way.

Things that should be interesting in the next few years though are the new fighters in the Mobile OS battles such as Firefox, Ubuntu and the new Samsung OS (especially Samsung, losing them could be very dangerous for Android.)

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