Retrovo Takes Election-Style Approach to US Phone Rankings, Android Takes the Most States
Just in time for this November’s mid-term elections comes a nationwide vote on the popularity of another hotly-debated topic: which smartphone reigns supreme. Retrovo is bringing us the results of their own unique take on tired smartphone rankings, and the votes show Android winning the majority of states at 21. However, just like the presidential election breaks each state down into a certain number of electoral college votes, Retrovo has assigned Gadgetorial votes to each state that put the iPhone in the lead with 218 votes. Taking those votes into account Android finishes third behind BlackBerry’s 198 with a meager 122 gadgetorial votes.
The votes were collected online over a period from March 2010 through July 2010 and is based not on sales figures but rather on the actual handset owned reported by takers of the survey.
Interesting to note are the regional preferences in smartphones, with BlackBerry showing it’s heaviest presence on the business and government-focused East Coast states from Washington DC to Maine. The iPhone took the majority in the southern states, lake states, and as expected the technology-oriented Pacific coast with Washington and California. Android’s presence is the greatest across the mid-west and central states, though it takes wins stretching from coast to coast with New Jersey and Oregon. Android also takes the W in the non-contiguous states.
Not sure what sort of stock we can put in these figures in terms of actual market share, but definitely an interesting, fun, and different look at how Android plays out in the States.
[via AndroidCommunity]