NPD: iOS 26% -> 43% / Android 60% -> 47%

[MrX8503]

Not to try to play this down but doesn't this happen with every iPhone release?

Pretty much, except I think this is the first time Apple has catered to everyone in all price brackets, from free to $200. That along with being on all carriers, the iPhone is able to stretch its legs. Luckily for Apple they ditched the ATT contract when they did, Android would have had free reign.

Why doesn't the graph strike me as "amazing"? Because they cut their data set off with the launch of the iPhone 4s and it ignores the launch of the Galaxy Nexus which Launched in Dec, and was the most anticipated Android phone by far.

Anyways, I look at "data" like this suspeciously whether it be in favor of iOS or Android as it seems sometimes iOS includes iPods and iPads and Android only includes phones, or the other way around. I don't think there ever is a really true fair value assigned to either "camp"

Uh...Android going from 60% down to 47% is a remarkable feat for Apple. Besides, new phones come out all the time, Gnex was the hotness, but what about mid 2012? Its a never ending race really.