I’ve been questioning if android is even profitable enough for manufacturers to justify it in the US, like apple has the largest market share in the US and I see that everyday. Nearly every phone I see is an iPhone. The android phones I do see are rarely flagships.
Clearly they’re profitable. 40% of all phone sales in the USA are Android. There’s literally billions being made.
Yeah I just wonder where it compares to other sectors. Though 60% iPhones would explain my I tend to see so many of them
I probably see close to 50/50 out in the world. I travel often so i see a wide range going through airports.
Worldwide market share is pretty consistently ~25% apple. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/
First quarter sales worldwide were 17% Apple if I remember correctly.
Thing is, “Android” is not a monolith. That can mean a whole bunch of different things… there is version fragmentation, vendor fragmentation, stock vs bloatware apps, dramatic capability differences, etc. So it’s not an “Android” vs “iOS” equation, but Android vs Android vs Android vs iOS.
From a software development POV, unless you are a big brand it almost never makes sense to develop for Android until after you’ve shipped an iOS product (if ever).