Android Expected to Pass iPhone By 2012, Says Analyst
More positive projections for Android! In the latest round of “iPhone is doomed” reports, iSuppli is predicting that Android will hold a fifth of the global smartphone market by the time 2012 comes to a close. The feat would be achieved by getting nearly 75-million Android handsets into the paws of smartphone users worldwide compared to 62 million iPhones (although it’s worthy to report that they worded it to say “iPhone’s software” meaning iPod Touch devices could be included in these predictions). Doesn’t sound too difficult a task considering Google’s Android is seeing 200,000 phone activations per day, no?
What’s more is that iSuppli doesn’t expect Android to remain stagnant. Their projections into 2014 sees Android accounting for 23% of the global share compared to 15% by the iPhone. Predictions like these should never be taken as fact, but we’ve seen Android meet the ambitious expectations of many analysts before. There’s no doubt in my mind that Android will be able to do the same this time around.
[via Bloomberg]