Android V iPhone

[JACKTARD]

I read somewhere that in the last 2 months more android devices have been sold than iPhones...

Do you think that android is overtaking the apple app store and will eventually become the most used "app store"??

[Recursion]

The Apple app store still has many more apps, most of them fart soundboards and other rubbish though

And yes, Android is/will overtake Apple, but we have to remember, Android is selling on a collection of phones, from a collection of manufacturers, on a collection of carriers, whilst iOS is selling on one phone, from just a few carriers.

Anyone who say it won't overtake iOS is talking rubbish, it's a fact it will, just not necessarily for the reasons people think.

Android FTW!

[Grippz]

Probably, 9/10 of the apps on the iPhone app store are rubbish lolol

[Circadia]

Probably, 9/10 of the apps on the iPhone app store are rubbish lolol

Don't Diss Apps its my last name
OT - i think They will overtake apple but i'm not too sure

[W00TZEH]

Symbian is still selling more than both.

[Recursion]

Symbian is still selling more than both.

That's because it's cheap and on a **** ton of phones

[Jam]

I'd love to see how many Apps the App Store has without the multitude of 'Free', 'Lite' and 'HD' versions of the same app, it must be a significant chunk.

[Christian]

The android app store will become more popular and actually about 76% of android apps are free on the android market compared to 23% of apps in the App store for iPhone are free.

I'd love to see how many Apps the App Store has without the multitude of 'Free', 'Lite' and 'HD' versions of the same app, it must be a significant chunk.

I noticed that as well and they tend to have a lot of tacky looking ads on them.

Generally I've found with android apps when the developer has released a free and paid version of the app on a lot of the free versions the only difference is that there are ads and little feature differene. If you don't like paying for apps android is much well suited for you.

[GommeInc]

The Apple app store still has many more apps, most of them fart soundboards and other rubbish though

And yes, Android is/will overtake Apple, but we have to remember, Android is selling on a collection of phones, from a collection of manufacturers, on a collection of carriers, whilst iOS is selling on one phone, from just a few carriers.

Anyone who say it won't overtake iOS is talking rubbish, it's a fact it will, just not necessarily for the reasons people think.

Android FTW!

What she said.

Android is just generally a better OS - any OS that can run on a variety of handsets and hardware is arguably better at coping with change. Look at the iPhone, iOS4 is proof that yet again Apple cannot future-proof their products. The original iPhone cannot support it because iOS4 is (from what I can tell at least) heftier than previous iOS', while the AndroidOS gets simpler and uses less resources thus can be used sufficiently on smaller/less powerful phones, which is where variety comes into play.

As far as I see, the App Store for iPhone isn't that amazing and contains just as many good apps as you can find on Android, with Android having some niftier ones like Home Screen changers, widgets and Swype. The iPhone isn't an amazing, must have phone anymore. Selling it on "simplicity" is aload of hash cake, when an Android can be made simpler because the Android OS is built to be customisable - add a clock widget, phonebook and the like and you've got yourself a simple homescreen. Heck, with ADW Launcher you can have just the one screen if you need simplicity, with contacts and the main apps there on the one screen. It's amazing how simple Android can be

[MrPinkPanther]

The Android store is not predicted to overtake the iOS Appstore until 2015. This is because iPhone users are more inclined to download apps and tend to be more "Tech savvy". That's not to say Android users are not but many fairly average mobile phones run Android which people on a budget can afford. It also must be noted that many apps are downloaded from the App store on the iPod Touch and iPad not just the iPhone. Even after 2015 the revenue generated between the two stores will likely be incomparable, the iPhone attracts more "premium" developers for a reason. People are generally more prepared to pay for their Apps on the iPhone than on Android and hence most of the very best gaming franchises appear on the iPhone and not Android, whilst this is beginning to change it is nowhere near there yet and likely won't be for a considerable amount of time.

So in short yes I think it will if things continue as they are but if Apple expand beyond the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch then it may not happen for a very very long time.

In August 2010 Android crossed the 1 Billion apps sold market. Previously in June 2010 the iPhone App Store passed 5 Billion downloads. Anyone who says it will switch round soon is frankly naive.