Comments on: Finally! More devices using Android 4 than older versions

By: oliversl

oliversl — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:18:33 +0000

“but there are finally more devices running Android 4.0″ You can’t know that, you are looking only at a 14-days data.
What mathematical theory did you use to say that based on 14-days of data, you can know exactly all version of all android devices sold?

By: pupcafe

pupcafe — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:10:05 +0000

Yup exactly! More fragmentation and less cohesion despite the veneer from apple!

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:08:46 +0000

Totally valid – the issue of carrier control over Android updates is still an issue and will be until that changes.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:07:08 +0000

Appreciate that. I’ll fix it in the post. So there’s more fragmentation on iPads than before then. ;) Just kidding…

By: pupcafe

pupcafe — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:05:30 +0000

By the way iPad 1 can’t run iOS 6 just iOS 5. So “Every iPad Apple has produced can run iOS 6 ” not strictly speaking correct

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:05:27 +0000

That’s a little nitpicky, but I understand. Having used every Android version since the beginning, I’d argue that 2.2 to 2.3 was a HUGE upgrade and really should have been versioned to show that. Android 4.x is used more than any either of those. And the headline doesn’t say 4.x is used than all older versions combined, which is the point you’re making. I get it, but I don’t think some minor disagreement about the headline trashes the points of the article. ;) My $0.02.

By: CG

CG — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:41:55 +0000

But still, 45.1% is not greater than 55.5% who are shown using a version less than 4.X. The headline is incorrect. Check this out: http://parislemon.com/post/44725630820/gigaom-is-not-too-good-at-math-but-neither-is-google

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:35:38 +0000

Wow, this is some fast adoption! 14 months to get to less than half? Apple got 50% of iOS devices onto version 6 in 2 weeks! And that’s even with the Maps “fiasco” that was supposedly keeping people from upgrading.

Also, only 1.6% of users are on the newest Android version, 4.2 – released 4 months ago. Apple did a much more minor point release, 6.1.2 – and got 35% adoption in less than a week. If you buy an Android phone, you better be happy with whatever OS version it comes with, because unless your carrier and manufacturer want you to be able to upgrade it, you can’t. However, even an iPhone 3GS can run iOS 6.

Why can’t Google require manufacturers and carriers to support prompt software upgrades when they are released?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:19:39 +0000

Totally fair comment, J. There was no intent to mislead: in the past I’ve used Android 4.x and many readers didn’t understand what the x represented. :(

By: J

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:17:55 +0000

The headline is a little misleading. You are comparing all of 4.x to just one 2.x version – Gingerbread. It is the largest version, so I agree that it is signifiant, but you lured me into reading an article that I thought was going to tell me that there are more 4.x users than all earlier versions combined.