“Over the past 6 months we’ve been logging the new devices that download OpenSignalMaps, we’ve based this study on 681,900 of these devices. We’ve looked at model, brand, API level (i.e. the version of Android) and screen size and we’ve tried to present this in the clearest form we can,” OpenSignalMaps reports.
“We’ve spotted 3997 distinct devices,” OpenSignalMaps reports. “One complication is that custom ROMs can overwrite the android.build.MODEL variable that we use for the device model. This partly explains why a staggering 1363 device models appear only once in our database. That said most of these are indeed genuine devices, just not popular ones. Some examples of these solitary devices include: the Concorde Tab (a hungarian 10.1 inch device), the Lemon P1 (a dual SIM Indian phone), the Energy Tablet i724 (a Spanish Tablet aimed at home entertainment), the EBEST E68, the MASTONE W18.”
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“When I select a handset and Android version no one else has, I’m really just expressing my individuality. It’s important for me to be free from developer support like everyone else on Android.
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Yet Samsung sells more of these “fragmented” handsets than Apple.
PT Barnum said it best: “There’s a sucker born every minute”
Yeah, and Peugeot and Citroën, who also share stuff in their different car brands, also sell more than Ferrari…
Nicely said.
OMG! Nice how you manage to slip reference to French car icon Citroen into an MDN thread! I always loved the 2CV “Charleston” model that the Germans referred to as “the duck.” I call it the perfect anti-BMW – a status car for those who have no status.
http://tinyurl.com/7odfq8p
That’s because if you get something other than an iPhone you’d be stupid not to buy a Galaxy S or Nexus. Unless you don’t care about Android apps or Google. Samsung makes good phones that people like. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that their phones are the one mist resembling the iPhone.
Thank you MDN. Copy and paste the URL boys and girls. You’ll need it to tell those iHaters to STFU!
Funny: If you read the article, the developer who wrote it essentially says “Yay fragmentation! It’s exciting and adventurous and awesome!” Oookay. I think most developers would disagree with the guy.
——RM
Obviously posted sarcastically or by an Andtard.
The Lemon P1 …. what a name for a device LOL
So that’s what a “OPEN” platform looks like…..
OPEN = Out of Control
The marketing folks behind the Lemon Phone are no doubt feeling quite bemused concerning the woefully pitiful sales figures achieved in the western hemisphere.
About 100 years ago there were at least 1000 car models in the 20s and 30s that “disappeared”.
We will see the same thing happen to “personal computers”.
Apple is the only one I’ld bet my money on to last, like Ford and GM have done.
Well, betting on Ford and GM isn’t the safest bet, either.
I’d rather bet on Volkswagen or Hyundai.
Actually in the late 70s there were quite a few outfits selling “microcomputers” that used the S100 bus structure and either some *NIX or CP/M. Then in the 80s there were far more “IBM compatibles” running MS-DOS than you could shake a stick at.
Maybe not 1000s like the old tyme car models but still…
I want to see an iOS fragmentation chart next to it, just to really rub it in how much better Apple handles device fragmentation.