Infact, Apple is winning in Smartphones, not Android.
Have a look at this chart (via John Gruber).
Check the share of all smartphones (green bars). If I read the data correctly, this all story of Android crushing iPhone in market share is just plain wrong. At least what it implies (that consumers are showing any preference for Android) is wrong.
Apple is indeed constantly GAINING market share on smartphones.
What’s happening is that the industry is CONVERTING the rest of the smartphone business from old proprietary OSs or Symbian/Windows to Android, trying to keep up with Apple.
The (highly publicized) net effect is a higher market share of Android vs iPhone. But contrary to what Android fans seem to believe, this does not reflect any consumer trend.
Why does the industry want to keep people from getting the iPhone they long? They have a million reasons (I hear stories of carriers willingly going out of stock of iPhones in their stores/websites for weeks to try to force people to get a different phone). The biggest cost these days for carriers is subsidizing your new phone. All non Apple smartphone producers are willing to compromise on discounts and payment terms (and it shows if you check their profits) while Apple, having clearly the most coveted device in the market, is not.
Usually I prefer to stay out of the fanboy battles, but I thought these data are worth commenting on.
As of today, Android is not winning the smartphone battle. iPhone is.
