Apple continues to out-muscle Android online, according to a new report of devices using the Internet. Despite fewer mobile devices, iOS-powered products in September collectively accounted for 54.65 percent of the mobile market, versus 16.25 percent for Android.
The data from enterprise app maker and web watching firm Net Applications indicates around a 1 percent gain for Apple over August, when the tech giant had slightly over 53 percent of the mobile market. Android’s 16.26 percent of the mobile market was up from 15.98 percent, according to the researchers.
The numbers for Apple reflect the high percentage of people with iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch), which use their gadgets to go online. Despite having a wider number of devices, product manufacturers and carriers, Android lags far behind Apple. The figure is also bolstered by Apple’s Safari being the most widely-used mobile browser, with 55.59 percent of the mobile browser market, the report said.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
7 responses to “Apple iOS Devices Account for More than Half of Online Connections”
Well, maybe that’s why sites have iOS specific versions, more quality services for iOS, etc. !
It’s all about content, and more online users means more potential content customers.
That keeps the market moving.
That is a surprising statistic. What could account for the huge gap?
It is funny that no one has out two and two together. We all know that when you say iOS that that means iPhone, iPod, iPad and together there are more than Android. Many iOS users would argue and say that Android has tablets so the number should be closer so they would say that it looks even worse for Android. The truth is that Google keeps track of every Android device and tablets account for around 1 to 2% or Android devices. There is the other known fact that people with iPhones do use their browsers more so when you know the truth then it is not so bad because if you were to take 98% of Android devices(phones) and put them next to the iPhones then you will see that more than likely the Android will be higher.
These type of stories just spread more confusion and give fanboys on both sides more bull to claim as facts. I find it very surprising how an Android site Phandroid.com will tell an unbiased side of these types of stories.
Why not explain how this is the combined number of iPhones, iPods, and iPads vs Android phones alone?