“There is only one Apple,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. “Nearly 1,300 companies make Android devices.”
“One striking finding in this year’s report is the increased fragmentation of manufacturers,” P.E.D. reports, “with over 1,000 manufacturers seen this year that were not seen three years ago in OpenSignal’s first survey.”
How fragmented has Android become?
• 24,093: Distinct Android devices seen this year [vs. 18,796 last year]
• 682,000; Devices surveyed for this report
• 37.8%: Samsung’s share of those devices
• 1,294: Device manufacturers seen this year
Android device fragmentation – August 2015
iOS vs. Android – August 2015
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MacDailyNews Take: Android is a festering morass of fragmentation.
Once upon a time, we thought of Google as a vibrant, innovative, fun company with superior products. Now we, and many others, regard them as derivative, petty, privacy-destroying, personal-data-hungry wannabe followers who peddle inferior, insecure knockoffs.
Was it worth it, Google?
Apple’s iPhone owns 92% of smartphone industry’s profits – July 13, 2015
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Significant Android to iPhone switching weakens market for Samsung Galaxy S6 – March 24, 2015
Apple iPhone takes smartphone market share from Android around the world – March 4, 2015
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]