Android Blows Past iPhone -- Even If You Include iPod Touch

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		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Tools Travel Politics Latest Video Monday, April 4, 2011 Android Blows Past iPhone -- Even If You Include iPod Touch Google Android has come out of nowhere in the last couple of years to kick Apple's butt in smartphone market share. One common rebuttal among Apple fans has always been something like, "yeah, well, add the iPod touch to Apple's iPhone numbers, and you'll see a different story." It's true. Adding the iPod touch does make Apple's iOS shipments and market share bigger than if you ignore it, and it narrows the gap with Android. But it made a much better argument a year ago. In fact, because the smartphone market, Google Android, and even the iPhone are all growing much faster than Apple's iPod touch business, adding the iPod touch to Apple's iPhone stats actually makes iOS's market share smaller than it was a year ago. Specifically, while the smartphone market nearly doubled year-over-year in Q4 to about 101 million units, according to Canalys, the iPod touch only grew 27% year-over-year to about 10 million units. Yes, the iPod touch makes Apple's iOS relatively bigger, and is important for the iOS app platform, especially for gaming. But it doesn't help the market share growth argument versus Android, because everything else is growing much faster than the iPod touch. (See data table above.) This chart shows Android's market share soaring from Q4 2009 to Q4 2010, whether the iPod touch is included in the overall market or not. Apple's market share is significantly higher when the iPod touch is included, and the gap with Android is smaller. But the iPod touch actually hurts Apple's market share growth year-over-year. Read » Also On SAI Today: A Googler Tells Us These Are The 10 Most Powerful Execs Under New CEO Larry Page AOL: We're Not Firing All Our Freelancers -- We're Hiring Some Of Them Full-Time THE ENGADGET EXODUS: Hate To Be Rude, But Readers Don't Care Ballmer HAD To Make Windows The Center Of Microsoft's Tablet Strategy -- Even If It Kills Them Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Has Little Effect On What You Buy Online CHART OF THE DAY: How Many Users Does Twitter REALLY Have? CHART OF THE DAY: Amazon Still Has A Gigantic Growth Opportunity, Even In Books And Electronics Share this email: Buzz Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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