That's an interesting chart, F1re, it has some real problems between it's first and second sections that other analysts have questioned.
All of the Android growth shown in the first section seems to be at the expense of losses to RIM and Microsoft phones... But the second section shows that the ONLY maker of phones with significant market growth in the same period was APPLE(!) . . . and the big three leading Android phone makers, Samsung, LG, and Motorola showed significant market loss or, in the case of LG, only anemic growth! There's a data disconnect occurring! So what and where are the Android phones that are causing that amazing growth during that period??? What unknown maker builds them? The only analisys that makes sense is that these companies are canabalizing their own markets of feature phones and that they are counting lesser feature phones that run Android. Later statistics show Android is stalling now that the iPhone4 is available in more markets. In fact the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3Gs are the #1 and #2 best selling handsets in the world, not any of the hundreds of the Android models.
I’m not here to defend ComScore or their methodology, but they are widely accepted as the industry standard. I’m thinking that if the numbers were a more rosy for Apple you wouldn’t be questioning it as much.
“Later statistics show Android is stalling now that the iPhone4 is available in more markets.” In fact the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3Gs are the #1 and #2 best selling handsets in the world, not any of the hundreds of the Android models.”
LOL at that. So Android has “stalled” only picking up 5.2% market share. Apple gained 1.3%, so what’s that? I’m sure any phone maker would be delighted to pickup 5% market share from 1 quarter to the next. That reminds me of the games Democrats play when Republicans propose slowing the growth in program “X” by “X” percent...only giving a 2% increase instead of a 5% increase. The program in still growing, yet the Democrats call that a “cut”. Same tortured logic.
You can question the data all you want, but I’ve seen nothing to indicate a “stall” in android, especially with all the new android handsets being released over the summer. And considering from a hardware standpoint that the iPhone is now outmatched by several Android handsets, Apple has some work to do. Samsung can’t churn out phones like the Galaxy S II fast enough.
“In fact the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3Gs are the #1 and #2 best selling handsets in the world, not any of the hundreds of the Android models.”
So what? Samsung has 3 times the market share. There are 3 times as many people using Samsung phones than Apple, so if the fact the iPhone 4 and 3GS sell great makes iFans feel batter, then so be it.