“Disraeli is reputed to have said that there were three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics,” John Kirk writes for TechPinions. “Comparing the market share of Android phones to the market share of iPhones is a damned statistical lie and it should never be done.”
“All iPhones run on iOS. But the opposite is not true. iOS is more than just iPhones,” Kirk writes. “On the other hand, Android phones are made by many manufacturers. About 40% are made by Samsung and the other 60% are made by Motorola, Sony, HTC and a variety of different hardware manufacturers. Why then do we lump all Android phones together and count them as one?”
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“Comparing Android’s phone activation numbers to the iPhone’s sales numbers – and concluding that Android outnumbers iOS – is akin to comparing fish to whales and concluding that fish outnumber mammals,” Kirk writes. “Fish MAY outnumber mammals, but not nearly by the margin that fish outnumber whales. And Android devices do outnumber iOS devices but not nearly by the margin that Android phones outnumber iPhones.”
Read more in the full article – highly recommended – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Double07” for the heads up.]
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