More Than Half of Android Devices Running Gingerbread, Android Tablet Market Share Still Low

by Antonio Wells Dec 2, 2011 2:30 PM – Leave your thoughts

As many Droid-pundits drool for latest Android 4.0 mobile operating system code-named (Ice Cream Sandwich) it currently only exists on one phone, the Galaxy Nexus. Hence why it is a non-factor in the latest statistics released by Google showing the market share of the various mobile OS versions around the globe. The trend I have been keen to is, in time, most Android devices tend to either get OS updates that are more feature-rich or debut that way. Now more than half of Android devices are Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) at 50.6% respectively.

I put on my analysis hat a few month’s back demonstrating Android tablets market share rather low in comparison to the slew of available devices; fast-forward and I can maintain the same prediction as the Android tablet specific version (Honeycomb) accounts for only 2.4%. The latter stat even includes Google TV set-tops and connected televisions which recently got an update. Post holiday season do we think tablet sales will spike?

Android Platform Versions 12-2011

Android Platform Historical Data 12-2011

Platform	API Level	Codename	Distribution
Android 1.5	3	Cupcake	0.8%
Android 1.6	4	Donut	1.3%
Android 2.1	7	Eclair	9.6%
Android 2.2	8	Froyo	35.3%
Android 2.3 - Android 2.3.7	9-10	Gingerbread	50.6%
Android 3.0 - Android 3.2	11-13	Honeycomb	2.4%

Data collected during two weeks ending on December 1, 2011

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:

[Via Android Platform Versions]

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