I was reviewing the sales of Smartphones from the third quarter of 2010 and from the looks of things, I am going to surmise that people are tired of ATT&T service or just plain, outright want or like the Google Android based phones so much better. Or is it just something new?
Regardless, nationally speaking, Google’s Android software has been installed on over 9 million smartphones that were shipped in the U.S. between 7-1 and 9-30 2010.
National vendors put Android on over 43% of their products while Apple was installed on 26%. Globally, Android was installed in 25% of product while Apple, only 17%.
Word on the street is that Apple is coming to Verizon Wireless, but it would seem in steps and not leaps like it should be doing.
Because of my experiences, both personally and vicariously, with AT&T, I would never snatch up an iPhone. The potential for them to iSuck seems greater with AT&T. I knew for the last year or so they were headed to Verizon, but when Google hit up Verizon with their Droid smartphones, I took pause. I further took pause to see that the Droid is not only popular, but holding its own in the market. IE: it wasn’t a flash in the pan that faded after initial consumption. That alone says a lot to me. And made me happy that I now have an alternative to the iPhone.
I’ve appreciated the iPhone for what it has done, but I’m a Motorola / Verizon man who made a dreadful mistake rushing into smartphones and taking up business with a Samsung Omnia.
From the looks of some sales statistics over on Amazon, people seem to gravitate to the HTC EVO 4G Android Phone from Sprint, and then 2 spots down on the chart, they’re in love with the Samsung Fascinate on Verizon, followed closely by the HTC DROID INCREDIBLE from Verizon. Fascinating. (Amazon: Smartphones
For now… I bide my time! Then again, “’tis the season,” and I have to start looking at what gifts to buy folks. ( Amazon: Motorola Droids
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B: The Daily News, 11/2/10, “Android dominates software market“; by Troy Wolverton, Bay Area News Group.
