AppleInsider has the word on a new report by AdMob (recently purchased by Google) which details some significant growth for the iPhone and Android platforms over the past month. Specifically, they note the following:
Apple advanced its lead in smartphone traffic share from 43% last month to an even 50%. Symbian slipped from 29% to 25%, while third place Android grew from 10% to 11%. RIM’s share fell slightly from 8% to 7%, Windows Mobile dropped from 5% to 3%.
Similarly, in the US market “Apple advanced by 7.2% from 48% to 55% of all mobile traffic, while Android grew from 17% to 20%”.
The big news overall is that the iPhone accounts for half of all data traffic both globally and in the US. This is even more impressive considering that Apple hasn’t released anything new in the past few months, this is all organic growth. Android’s gains can probably be attributed to better marketing in October, and we’ll definitely see even bigger growth in their November numbers with the release of the Droid and Eris.
I’ll be interested to see if the iPhone can keep up these numbers over the next few months. New Android users will probably come out of the Blackberry and Windows Mobile camps, so Android’s gains probably won’t affect the iPhone too much.
[Source: AppleInsider]
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