Same Amount of People have Old Android Installed vs New Android [Stats]
by Antonio Wells
Jan 5, 2012 8:44 AM –
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Google released statistics showing the breakdown of the various versions of the Android operating system worldwide. The numbers show that about the same amount of consumers have older version Android 1.5 (Donut) as those with new Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich); both at 0.6% market share. As more phones become upgraded, they are done so towards Android 2.3+ (Gingerbread) as the stats show more than fifty-five percent of all Android smartphones have this version of the operating system currently. Tablets, while not doing so impressive did have an increase from last month, up from 2.4% to 3.3% market share. Check out the stats below:
Android Platform Versions 1-2012
Android Platform Historical Data 1-2012
| Platform |
API Level |
Codename |
Distribution |
| Android 1.5 |
3 |
Cupcake |
0.6% |
| Android 1.6 |
4 |
Donut |
1.1% |
| Android 2.1 |
7 |
Eclair |
8.5% |
| Android 2.2 |
8 |
Froyo |
30.4% |
Android 2.3 -
Android 2.3.7 |
9-10 |
Gingerbread |
55.5% |
Android 3.0 -
Android 3.2 |
11-13 |
Honeycomb |
3.3% |
Android 4.0 -
Android 4.0.3 |
14-15 |
Ice Cream Sandwich |
0.6% |
Data collected during two weeks ending on January 3, 2012
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]
Tags:
Android 2.1,
Android 2.2,
Android 2.3,
Android 2.3.3,
Android 3.0,
Android 4.0,
Android Fragmentation,
Android Platform Versions,
Android Statistics,
Android Stats,
Android Tablets,
Froyo,
Gingerbread,
Honeycomb,
Ice Cream Sandwich,
ICS,
Poor Android Tablet Sales
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