Daily Mobile Industry Snippets!
The Guardian has announced in a report that Android smartphone sales in the United Kingdom have tripled since the beginning of the year. Now, one in every ten handsets sold in the UK is running on the Android OS, and contract market share has grown just over 10% from Q1 2010 (3%) to Q2 2010 (13.2%). In addition, while contract market sales are up under 1%, Android sales are up a whopping 350%.
Of all the smartphones, the HTC Desire and the HTC Legend remain the most popular handsets in the UK, but the Samsung Galaxy S will present another attractive option for the users. The HTC Wildfire also presents an attractive smartphone at a lower price, which will bring consumers who can’t afford the high-end phones into the market.
Apple has done a fantastic job in marketing the iPhone to be synonymous with a smartphone. However, Android has done a remarkable job in such a short time branding itself and it will only continue to grow stealthily.
Sources:
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-phone-sales-300-year
http://androidheadlines.com/2010/07/android-sales-turbo-boost-in-uk.html
Tags: Android, android market, android OS, Google, HTC Desire, HTC Legend, HTC Wildfire, Samsung Galaxy S, smartphone