At the end of 2012, China was host to roughly 224 million Android users. The number, which trumps that of US Android users by about three time, is expected to grow to over 300 million by the end of 2013 on a wave of low-cost options from local manufacturers, according to info from Chinese app store startup Wandoujia.
China’s mobile userbase has been trending toward smartphones in greater numbers than ever. Currently it is estimated that about 73 percent of mobile users in the country have a smartphone. Of those, it is reported that 86 percent of smartphones in China run Android.
The figure is not without a bit of irony, considering Google’s rocky relationship with China. To that point, many Android devices sold in China don’t feature official support for Google’s suite of mobile services.
[via TechInAsia]
WTF Phandroid?!?! What is wrong with your RSS Feeds? First Google abandons reader and now you guys cripple your feed by forcing readers to visit your website for the full text. No one has any respect for RSS fans anymore The only reason you guys got my traffic was because you were the only one with a full RSS feed. I hope it’s just a mistake.
well….I don’t think they will miss your traffic… but I’m sure no one will miss your comments.
TBH I visit phandroid via RSS almost exclusively, and the headline + PARTIAL article text is all I ever needed anyway, since I go to the page for the comments anyway.
That’s understandable. Everyone has their preferences. I love to browse comments too, but not on every post. It is frustrating, especially on mobile, to switch back and forth from reader app to site. It’s doesn’t bother me switching on comment worthy articles. Do you go to the comments on every post? I probably check comments on 25% or so. Maybe I’m the minority. Idk, I just see this move as contributing to the demise of RSS.
Back to the article, I am not surprised that there are so many android fans there. That part of the world make so many components for apple, that they don’t want to see their products when they’re not making them. Don’t take your work home.