Android 2.3 Gingerbread a Spec of Dust, While Android 2.2 Froyo Saturates Nearly 52% of Consumers with Android Devices

by Antonio Wells Jan 8, 2011 7:56 PM – 2 Comments

With one a month of the only Android smartphone to date sold with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) the Nexus S doesn’t make a dent with 0.4% in comparison to processor version Android 2.2 (Froyo) with 51.8% market share of all devices running Google’s Android mobile OS. Android 2.1 (Eclair) dropped from 39.6% to 35.2%, depreciated Android 1.6 (Donut) and Android 1.5 (Cupcake) need to finally lay to rest at 7.9% and 4.7% respectively. Check out the platform version chart to see the mobile OS saturation in the market:

Android Platform Version 1-2011

Android Versions Historical 1-2011

Platform	API Level	Codename	Distribution
Android 1.5	3	Cupcake	4.7%
Android 1.6	4	Donut	7.9%
Android 2.1	7	Eclair	35.2%
Android 2.2	8	Froyo	51.8%
Android 2.3	9	Gingerbread	0.4%

Data collected during two weeks ending on January 4, 2011

* Other: 0.1% of devices running obsolete versions

We’ve also been keeping historical track of Android OS saturation in the market, check out the links below to see how Android has rapidly grown in only two years:

[Via Android Platform Versions]

Tags: Android 2.1, Android 2.2, Android 2.3, Android Fragmentation, Android Statistics, Android Stats, Froyo, Gingerbread

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2 Comments

By fit2phone on January 9, 2011 at 7:20 am:

I bet most of the 2.1 phones were purchased with the expectation that 2.2 would be available “soon.” The paucity of upgrades is a downside that purchasers will recognize and, in time, will hesitate buying new Android phones for fear of being locked in to their current platform. Manufacturers, carriers and Google must work to fulfill the expectations of consumers or a growing number of owners will ‘hunker down’ and wait for the perfect phone, rather than risk hundreds on an upgrade with a one-year shelf life.

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- By Dbui72 on January 15, 2011 at 6:49 pm:
  
  Speak on brother!!
  
  I bought the Samsung Vibrant a few months before Ginberbread was going to come out, with all the talk that there would be an upgrade to 2.2. What a farce Tmobile and Samsung are. Samsung did not even test Froyo until a few weeks ago and no news from Samsung or Tmobile. I bought thinking that Samsung and Tmobile would be progressive like other carrriers and Android phones that upgrade free or as soon as Froyo came out. Tmobile and Samsung are weak. I should have gone to Verizon for the Droid2 when I had the chance to not renew.
  
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