Is Android About To Crash The iPhone Party?
(UPDATED) iPhone apps for artists are the rage. In fact, Hypebot added it own free iPhone app just last week. But there other brands still dominate the smartphone market and a new survey from Comscore suggests that phones running on Google's Android platform could be set to explode in 2010.
By early in Q1 of 2010, Android phones will be available from a variety of manufacturers through multiple carriers, and consumers are taking notice. Among American consumers in the market for a smartphone, 17% are considering the purchase of an android-supported device in next 3 months, just 3% less that the 20% saying that they plan to purchase an iPhone.
Chart: Which phone to you plan to buy in the next 3 months?
Intended Smartphone Purchasers Which phone to you plan to buy in the next 3 months? Custom Survey, n = 2,300 November 2009 United States Source: comScore, Inc. | |
| Device | % of Respondents |
| Blackberry Pearl | 18% |
| iPhone 3GS | 14% |
| Blackberry Storm | 13% |
| Blackberry Curve | 11% |
| Verizon Droid | 8% |
| iPhone 3G | 6% |
| T-Mobile MyTouch | 5% |
| Blackberry Bold | 4% |
| Blackberry Tour | 3% |
| Other Android Device | 3% |
| Palm Pre | 2% |
| Other Blackberry | 2% |
| AT&T Tilt | 2% |
| T-Mobile G1 | 1% |
| Palm Centro | 1% |
| None of the Above | 8% |
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Andriod will definitely start taking market share, but iphones have a 100k app headstart. And I also wouldn’t count out Blackberry or Symbian(nokia- who has the largest market share)
Thanks for posting. Great stats!
great post! i think that we’ll see what happens when google releases its new so called googlephone… i think it all will depend on the price tag…
Google is sitting on 40 Billion in cash. Don’t be surprised if they make a bid for one of the mobile carriers(best guess is Sprint). We’ll see.