Three out of four smartphones sold has Android
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kanej2007
I'm not at all surprised. Android is easy to use, customizable as hell & has no limits...
iFRAC7UR3
great news as android really continue to thrive Dora a better experience with each update. I can't express how much I'm looking forward to the 32gb nexus 7 tablet!!! 😀
although I would like to see windows phone 8 flourish . I think it can do great things
miffywiffy
But I heard Android is a buggy mess that drains the battery down in 5 mins and required 600GB of ram because it's so inefficient? I thought everyone was getting Apple phones?
mikeysg
Sorry, my sarcasm detector is offline, you are being sarcastic, right? I have an S3 (with Jellybean) and a Tab 7.7 (with ICS) and they are the best mobile devices I've used by far.....'course, I absolutely detest anything with an 'i' prefix, so this is good news to me.
hallryu
*groan*
Apple sarcasm and hate is not required anymore. It's getting very old and oh so very tiresome to read on the forum.
sverek
But we need common enemy to keep us together...
Elder III
Android is by and large an excellent mobile OS. I'm kind of surprised that Blackberry is still kicking that strong. I can't think of more than 1 person under 50 that uses one of them...
buddybd
I thought it has been that way for a long time. Considering the number of Android devices out there, this should not be surprising for anyone.
BABA-The Hacker
I think.....users....just go according...to branding........they dnt even know about "OS"....most of the.... 75% of 181.1 million....smartphone users...
Do the number:
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75% of 181.1 million....smartphone users...
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would have changed if all smartphones would have Nokia or iPhone OS or Guru-OS(fiction)......
.......... These numbers are just figures......
Not every one of them are techs....
The post should have been some kinda of :
WHY THERE SO MANY FREE ANDROID ANTI-VIRUS APPS ON THE SHELVEs....
BABA-The Hacker
hysteric.....
Neo Cyrus
...... This is with a 1720mAh battery with security constantly running in the background:
http://i.imgur.com/sSWcY.png
That picture is actually deceptive because I had it on a lot more than it indicates. Since it's ~5 days compressed into that space it doesn't show quick calls, not enough room, it just shows a blank.
It took almost 5 days before it hit 0% and I plugged it in. If I didn't have the security running or if I didn't watch any videos on it, it would have lasted over 5 days. There are 4000mAh batteries available which are legitimately towards that rating range, likely 3600-3900mAh.
But like any smartphone it will drain in a matter of hours if you watch HD video on it. That still lasts longer than any iPhone.
As for it being "buggy", that sounds like something written by the Apple PR staff. I use nightly builds and I rarely ever run into any bugs or crashes. The very rare occasion which I do, it's because of Flash which iStuff don't even have.
Tat3
3/4 of the smartphone market and I cant really work out why... Sure if you want to mess around your phone and modify everything then it's a way to go but there are not that many people. Most would be better off with something else.
Neo Cyrus
How so? It doesn't get any more simple or intuitive, not to mention accessible at any price range. My mother who knows absolutely nothing about computers effortlessly uses a Galaxy Nexus.
Aside from how intuitive it is, people really like that they can just drag and drop any files on it without having to go through iTunes or any nonsense like that. If you want anything sync'd you can even do so with Google servers if you want.
So yeah... how are they better off with something else?
BABA-The Hacker
...Smartphone manufacturers works according to OS......may be...
what surprises me.... is Windows Mobile OS which should have been the top of the Mobile OS today where [about 80% of users are are familiar with Windows OS system]...
Even Windows 7 mango (could not match android).... even windows 8 still "a mystery"..
So there are many pros and little cons for Androids..... Am i right????
sykozis
Part of the reason for WP7 not having more market share (at least in the US) is that sales people actively push consumers towards Android based devices, regardless of what they're actually looking for. As I stated in other threads....MY experience while attempting to buy my HTC Trophy was a battery of sales people doing everything possible to sell me an Android based phone, evening going to the extent of flat out lying to me about security, stability and usability of WP7. Most US carriers pay bonuses to their employees for sales of Android based phones. AT&T did this for the iPhone when it first launched as well. Verizon, until recently, offered no training to their employees for WP based phones.....only Android and iOS based devices. They were also (supposedly) paid bonuses for meeting sales marks for Android based devices....which I understand are ceasing with the launch of WP8.
For most smartphone users...no platform has any real advantage over the other. All 3 are fairly easy to use....all 3 support web-browsing....all 3 can make phone calls, send texts and check e-mail. Unless you require the ability to "customize" your smartphone, they're all pretty equal.
BABA-The Hacker
Got it clear now....as everything runs for money nowadays....
...Thanks guru...:)
Tat3
Well, there are great Symbian phones from Nokia at price range which sells the most, which are easier to use than Android. Drag and drop works. You can sync files to cloud if you want. Good cameras (mostly) also.
As for simple and intuitive, there is no phone OS which is even close, EVEN CLOSE as intuitive and easy to use as the one what I have in my Nokia N9 (MeeGo/Harmattan).
Neo Cyrus
Really? I've seen very few Symbian phones and all I saw were overpriced and cheesy with tiny screens. Not to mention functioned extremely slowly. I thought that was a dead OS... but I see they've been updating it. Are there any with reasonable sized screens now?
Tat3
5800XtremeMusic did not have that good screen indeed and OS was not really the best out there, but Symbian has had few updates after than which have made it smooth, better to use, screens (nothing to do with the OS) are nice, many have glass screens. Reasonable sizes ? 808 Pure View has 4" display with Gorilla Glass. 4" is the one I'm interested, 4,5" gets a bit too big for my pockets and 3" is kind of small... Anyways, Nokia 309 (aroud 100 USD phone) has 3" display, which prolly is not gorilla glass, but some "sratch resistant" glass. 603 has 3,5" screen and 700 has 3,2" screen (AMOLED).
Now that they are bringing Windows Phone OS (which IMHO is good) to cheaper phones too there should be some new interesting phones out (there are few already). And lets not forget the Nokia Maps and navigation which are worth mentioning.
EspHack
hahah i want to see the incoming flame wars between iOS android AND wp fanboys, thats triple the fun for sure 🙂
