The above image comes courtesy of Android Guys. It’s one I’ve been staring at for a little bit. Using data taken from last November through this January, it represents not only smartphone market share, but the manufacturers that produced the devices. The iPhone and BlackBerry, of course, come from different manufacturers. That’s boring. Android, of course, is interesting, with three big manufacturers and a slew of others. HTC’s and Motorola’s spots atop the Android list are testaments to not only the quality, but the volume of devices they’ve released. They both at least double Samsung’s market share, and we know how well the Galaxy S series has sold. And then there’s the LG Optimus series, another high-volume seller, which is encompassed only in the Other section, which composes just two percent of the overall market. Those are also reasons, I suppose, that Android leads the way with 29 percent market share in the included months. If you’re looking for some more graphical breakdowns, here’s another one. It represents market share not only by operating system, but by the ages of its users. I’m frankly surprised that BlackBerry doesn’t have a larger lead among 35-54-year-olds, and also find it a bit odd that iPhone doesn’t have a larger market share among the influential 18-24 demographic. 
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Joe,
Definitely agree about the 18-24 and 35-54 crowds. Overall the numbers seem a bit too even. As a member of the 35-44 crowd it essentially says I am just as likely to have Android, iPhone, or Blackberry which *may* be true…but 18-24 has iPhone and Blackberry dead even and even following Android. Something is fishy there. Don’t most parents pay for their kid’s mobile phone through college? Wouldn’t this skew demographic research?
-chris
iPhone’s 18-24 share is indeed very surprising, I wonder what the trend is here – is Android’s share amongst this group growing?
It’s anecdotal but I do know quite a few 18-24 Blackberry users, so I don’t find that one totally surprising.
“Don’t most parents pay for their kid’s mobile phone through college? Wouldn’t this skew demographic research?”
This is an excellent point. I had not considered it. That might be worth following-up on.
Hi Joe, I need to do a market trend analysis for android mobiles vs other platform for my project. Could you please tell me from where you got the data? Is it available on line?? Thanks for the help in advance!!
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