New figures from nielsen show that an Android phone is the planned purchase of 31% of respondents with iOS on 30% and 20% not sure. BlackBerry is on 11%, Windows Phone on 6% and webOS on 1%. This compares favourably for Android compared to the last report which had iOS on 33% and Android on 26%.
Add to this the fact that 50% of recent acquirers bought Android with iOS on 25% and RIM on only 15% and it’s not difficult to see where the momentum is going. Some will argue that Apple still makes the most money from mobile, which is true, but it does bring into question the path of slow hardware updates which must be having an impact. The fact is that Android will have the largest market share anyway, but once a year iPhone updates are surely needed at the very least from Apple.
