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Apple – Apple’s iOS Winning The Race Against Android, But Not For Long

Apple – Apple’s iOS Winning The Race Against Android, But Not For Long

iPhone Apps – 15 Billion Downloads

Last week, Apple announced that it’s iPhone App Store has reached 15 billion downloads. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, said “In just three years, the revolutionary App Store has grown to become the most exciting and successful software marketplace the world has ever seen.” “Thank you to all of our amazing developers who have filled it with over 425,000 of the coolest apps and to our over 200 million iOS users for surpassing 15 billion downloads.”

Solid Growth From Android As Well

Google’s SVP and advertising chief, Susan Wojcicki, said that the Android Market has 250,000 apps and 6 billion downloads on 135 million devices. This is very promising growth. In just two months, the number of devices has risen from 100 million to 135. This is most likely due to the incredible amount of new Android smart-phones and tablets newly released. Since Android tablets haven’t become really popular yet, most of the 135 million devices are smart-phones.

iOS Still Bigger Than Android

Larry Page from Google stated that there are 550,000 new Android activations every day. That’s an a 10% increase in just 2 weeks. Android is growing at an alarming rate. Despite this, iOS still massively outnumbers Android, by about 65 million. (iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad). In any case, iOS is bigger than Android as a mobile platform.

Android To Surpass iOS

The question is, how long will Apple stay at the top? At Android’s current growth rate, they will catch up in 8.5 weeks. This means that Android could pass iOS in just two months if people stopped buying iOS. However, Apple might be able to slow down Android if they announce some new hardware. This smart-phone market race is certainly starting to get interesting.

Last week, Apple announced that their iPhone App store has reached 15 billion downloads. That’s 425,000 apps and 200 million iOS users in just 3 years. According to Susan Wojcicki, the Android Market has 6 billion downloads on just 135 million devices. The number of Android devices has grown from 100 million in the last two months. According to Larry Page from Google, 550,000 new Android handsets are activated every day, an increase of 10% in the last two weeks. At the current rate, Android will pass iOS in a matter of a few months. Apple can slow them down, but how they do it will be interesting.

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