Google’s head of Android Andy Rubin has announced that over the Christmas weekend, the search giant saw 3.7 million Android activations, following the recent declaration that the open-source mobile platform had topped 700,000 activations a day.
The festive statistic was posted on Google+ by Rubin: “There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-Android!”
Google has seen impressive growth of its Android platform over the past 16 months, rising from 200,000 activations a day in August 2010, hitting 500,000 activations in June and posting 700,000 activations on December 21. Whilst the figures don’t show whether Android is getting a new user, many people upgrade or buy a second device, adding to the search giant’s count.
The boost in activations has had a knock-on effect on the Android Market, with the marketplace passing 10 billion downloads earlier this month. However, users are averaging 53 apps per device, which is still short of 83 on the iPhone.
A recent report by Localytics suggested that Google saw 12x as many Android devices being activated over the Christmas period, experiencing the most growth in South Korea, Sweden and Spain. South Korea saw 80% more Google-powered devices than iOS, with Japan and Sweden seeing up to 50% more use than Apple devices over the Christmas weekend.
My congratulations to Android! Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2012! Top 5 Android Christmas applications. http://k-selezneva.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-2012.html
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_yavin_ Les Kindle Fire (qui ont ensuite été retournés à Amazon) ça compte ?
scalbatty Je sais pas si ça s'active avec un compte Google ou pas :) Mais si oui, alors oui.
_yavin_ Houba Houba Hop ! :p
eebrah it don matter the iPhone 4s as of now remains to be the fastest selling gadget of all time. Plus show me a device topping the iPhone
RamanusAsango I am talking about OS's, you are talking about gadgets. avoid much? also http:\/\/t.co\/VXhSs6Hx, cite your references
eebrah oh by the way. Here are some figures for you. More ios devices where activated than droid based devices http:\/\/t.co\/a523AKNq We Win
RamanusAsango After being in the market for a year longer? compare for similar time in the market. !android wins
eebrah Dude now you change the argument! when I have an upper hand now you talk about that. Dude stick to the context of the topic please
RamanusAsango Like you did on the morning? check yourself before you throw around accusations
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Had to spend 2 days trying to get that Samsung crap to work. Wouldn't install apps and wouldn't connect to pc/mac and didn't recognize its sd-card, which came with the phone. Now all I have to do is get it to recognize the sim card and make it able to make phonecalls or send sms.
I love Android ( have 3 Nexus phones ) - all we need now is more developers developing for Android and making quality apps. I think Google really needs to make 2012 the developer year and start reporting on how many new developers are coming over to Android and how many apps are top quality apps rivaling or bettering iOS.