Google refutes Steve Jobs’ activation count accusations; says 200K figure doesn’t include upgrades

“Steve Jobs started off the [Apple special event] presentation [yesterday] saying that Apple was activating 230,000 devices a day,” Seth Weintraub reports for Fortune. “Google’s Eric Schmidt last month said that Google was activating over 200,000 devices a day and growing. But Steve Jobs can’t believe those numbers are legit.”

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Weintraub reports, “He told the event audience that: ‘We think some of our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers.’ That’s obviously a direct accusation aimed at Google. He added, ‘we think we are ahead of everyone.'”

Weintraub reports, “A Google Spokesperson told me: ‘The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services.'”

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MacDailyNews Take: It’s highly likely that Steve Jobs can recognize numbers that do not add up. The find out whether Google’s numbers are sound, simply do the math.