Comments on: What Android Phone Browses The Web Most?

By: Droid Dominates XMas Downloads | Android Phone Fans

Droid Dominates XMas Downloads | Android Phone Fans — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:27:44 +0000

[...] you surprised? I’m not… last month we took a look at which Android Phones seem to be doing the most web browsing, and we saw the Droid was 2nd to the HTC Dream/G1. When you get a brand new Android Phone what is [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:57:34 +0000

Just kicked my G1 to my wife and ordered the droid with the case/holster combo. Oh, and Thanksgiving is the worst “holiday” ever..Why? It is delaying my hands-on goodness with my investment by 1 more day.

By: Cru

Cru — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:03:14 +0000

Man.. just more bad news for Hero..

By: Rich Too

Rich Too — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:13:12 +0000

Follow the link to Admob’s site and read their own description of the stats and methodology. Droid is included because their data goes through November 18th. And their data collection includes ads served to iPhone and Android apps, which could skew their stats toward those platforms unless they normalize for the extra kind of traffic. I can’t tell whether they do.

By: BearsSuperfan

BearsSuperfan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:00 +0000

“Now, I am a proud Droid owner from Day 1, but just how the hell does a phone that is released November 6th garner 24% of *OCTOBERS* metric?”

Somebody bought lunch for the author…

By: asqwerth

asqwerth — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:15:58 +0000

I’m not surprised that Droid’s web traffic is so heavy. It’s a new gadget, so the owners are going to testing it out, playing with it, checking out the Android Market, and downloading as many apps as catches their fancy. :-) You have to wait a while for usage to normalise. I have the GSM Hero, and it took about 1 plus months before it lost its “favourite new toy” status.

By: Del

Del — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:11:37 +0000

Not to bash Android or anything, but once the iPhone starts selling on other carriers, like Verison…Google’ll be hard pressed to catch them.

Considering that the iPhone has to deal with AT&T’s mobile coverage and still drives 55%…that’s the real wowzer.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:36 +0000

@Bruno
Symbian is not considered a smart phone os, its like the samsung touchwiz system.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:04:05 +0000

Where is Symbian?

By: TheMirth

TheMirth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:57:29 +0000

@JayMonster & DBest1

If you follow the link you will see that the Android distribution report is from November 18th.

By: Wing

Wing — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:52:50 +0000

Report: “… two weeks after launch it already represented 24% of all Android requests”.

The report didn’t say whether the percentages are for UNIQUE handsets or percentage of HITS. If it is the latter (i.e. hits) …

Then, EVEN if there were ZERO Droid sales after those two weeks, by linear interpolation (i.e. if person X surfs the web Y hrs per day, he continues doing it for the rest of the month), the Droid percentage should be DOUBLED the 24% shown in the chart, since everybody else had 4 weeks to surf and Droid users only got 2.

Obviously, we know Droid continues selling, so be prepared for a wholly different chart next month!

By: DBest1

DBest1 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:46:11 +0000

@ JayMonster. Surely they don’t get it. Or maybe it explains the droid’s meteor landing. November comes after Octeber. So did the Droid. It shouldn’t be in the report.

By: Zacas

Zacas — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:47:39 +0000

I think that the Droid’s high score may reflect the fact that new owners use the web far more than old owners.

I’m on a Magic and I probably didn’t use the web more than once or twice in October… unless you consider tethering, but I’m not sure whether that is included in these stats.

By: kidphat

kidphat — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:17:38 +0000

@JayMonster, I think it absolutely makes sense, why you ask? For example, I plan on switching my BlackJack II for a Droid in January. Seeing as my current phone doesn’t do sh*t for me on the internet, once I get the Droid, I’ll be looking for every and any excuse to go online on my phone. Plus, the Droid has such a gorgeous display to look at ;)

By: JayMonster

JayMonster — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:04 +0000

Now, I am a proud Droid owner from Day 1, but just how the hell does a phone that is released November 6th garner 24% of *OCTOBERS* metric?