A Look At Android vs iOS Enterprise Activations
A new report by Good Technology has come out to put the spotlight on smartphone market share in the enterprise sector. The study excludes RIM’s BlackBerry enterprise phone since they already trump both Android and iOS by a landslide.
When it’s just Android vs iOS, though, the battle is as close as the overall smartphone war, but iOS is making a strong case to be the platform of choice for business users. Android smartphones account for nearly the same 40% market share that they did a few months ago.
iOS made a comeback, though, thanks to the growing popularity of tablets. The iPad – seen as the only major player in that market right now – helped iOS account for nearly 57% of the business sector when combined with the iPhone 4. (Remember, this is all assuming RIM doesn’t exist.)
A look at the chart mirrors what usually goes on inh the consumer side of the market: Android’s success is driven by choice of manufacturer, phone type, and carrier, while iOS is driven by popularity alone. (And Windows Mobile and Symbian remain a non-factor.)
It’ll be interesting to see how these numbers look once some of the best Android tablets we’ve seen start to go on sale. I don’t expect much noise to be made right away, but things could quickly change with time. [via Venture Beat]