Android Has The Lion's Share Of The Market

12.10.11 The Reporter 0 Comments

The Android as a platform has had its share of fanatics and naysayers. For the most part, consumers who have jumped from the iPhone complain of its bugs and flaws, while the switchers from Nokia smartphones and other smartphone brands are pretty satisfied with what an Android-powered phone can do. The Android uptake has been a debate, but if there’s a detail that is definitely not debatable, it would be the numbers.

As of September 2011, The NPD Group, a consumer market research group of companies, identified these statistics surrounding the Android:

• 63% are interested in the Android as a platform
• 36% identified that they are “most interested” in the Android over the other smartphone platforms
• 52% of smartphone buyers chose an Android device
• 29% of consumers preferred the iPhone
• 11% -- The Blackberry lost more market dominance falling to only 11% of the total market share on smartphones.
• 8% -- Divided among the Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile and webOS users.

As you can see, the naysayers can say whatever they like, but the numbers don’t lie. The Android owns the lion’s share of the market.