The Android vs. iPhone battle got more entertaining as the Android underdog phone outsold the Apple iPhone in first quarter 2010. Apple is winning the war, even if the Android did win one small battle. Over the Android, the iPhone has a lead in total smartphone sales. Dominating the field is Blackberry. When Apple iPhone and Blackberry sales are down, the Android market is trending upward. Some analysts think the trend will continue making the iPhone vs. Android margin smaller.
iPhone vs. Android milestone
The Android vs. iPhone matchup hit a milestone when the Android phone captured 28 percent of smartphone sales last quarter according to the NPD Group. NPD reports that Apple’s iPhone won 21 percent of smartphone sales, while Research in Motion’s Blackberry took 36 percent. As outlined by ComScore, which is a digital market research firm, a key stat in Android vs. iPhone is that Google’s Android operating system had just nine percent of the market as of February 2010, in contrast to the iPhone’s 25.4 percent.
Android phone gains, others falter
In winning the latest round of iPhone vs. Droid, PC World reports that Google’s OS is the only smartphone OS whose share of sales grew exceptionally over the previous quarter. iPhone sales within the meantime are failing and Blackberry, Windows, and WebOS sales are falling like a mortgage loan modification. If this trend continues, PC World’s J.R. Raphael said Android will catch up to its competitors for total market share in a hurry.
How was the iPhone beat by the Android?
Android phone sales may have overtaken Apple’s iPhone, according to the Los Angeles Times, because of Google’s freewheeling partnering tactics that have gotten the Android operating system onto as many phones as possible. There are more than 30 Android powered devices from 12 manufacturers. These devices consist of Sprint, AT and T, T-mobile, and Verizon.
Will iPhone be sold by Verizon soon?
As Google wins the latest round of the iPhone vs. Droid scuffle, the iPhone Verizon offering looms larger. Apple is tied to AT and T in an exclusive partnership in what may be a saturated market. Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, told Computerworld, “That’s your classic technology acquisition curve. Of those within the U.S. who are interested in an iPhone and willing to put up with AT and T, fairly much all have already bought one. What’s left for Apple — as long as it’s tied to AT and T in its exclusive partnership — is largely the iPhone replacement market”.
Soaring worldwide is the iPhone
It is expected that iPhone Verizon is going to happen in the US, but Apple isn't saying when. Apple is continuing the iPhone vs. Droid matchup everywhere else. Last month Apple announced Worldwide iPhone sales were up 131 percent in the first quarter compared to the very same three-month stretch in 2009.
Sources for the article
NPD reports
http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_100510.html
PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195958/android_outsells_apple_iphone_at_last_says_npd.html
Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/05/google-android-overtakes-iphone-npd-research.html
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