As the old saying goes, statistics can be made to say anything. Particularly when it comes to the increasingly-heated rivalry between Apple and Google. Half of all visits to mobile websites are done via the iPhone, ad network Chitika just announced.
The numbers come just days after Admob released figures in late April indicating smartphones running Google’s Android operating system outpacing iPhone OS-based phones. Does that fact Admob is owned by Google make any difference? Possibly, say some observers.
Admob counts OS applications used by either Android or the iPhone. “AdMob has recently been having a lot of success in Android apps, combined with more competition for iPhone apps,” notes Silicon Alley Insider. What makes Chitika’s numbers different is that they count mobile website access, no matter the OS found on the visitor’s phone.
Also in favor of the latest iPhone versus Android numbers is their closeness to those from comScore, which found the iPhone had 25 percent of the smartphone market, versus 5.2 percent for Android.
[via BusinessInsider]
