{"id":66184,"date":"2013-01-09T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=66184"},"modified":"2013-01-09T15:31:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T13:31:01","slug":"android-versus-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/66184-android-versus-iphone.html","title":{"rendered":"Android versus iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mary Meeker\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/494726-Mary-Meeker\">Mary Meeker<\/a>, a partner at <a title=\"Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/494728-Kleiner-Perkins-Caulfield-amp-Byers\">Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers<\/a>, recently unveiled her latest report on 2012\u2019s Internet Trends report, showing that <a title=\"Android\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/221979-Google-Android\">Android<\/a> shipments have raced ahead of <a title=\"iPhone\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/487844-iPhone\">iPhone<\/a> shipments.<\/p>\n<p>This latest report is an update on Meeker\u2019s 2012 Internet Trends research released in March 2012, which focused on global Internet stats, business models associated with mobile and social online environments and economic trends related to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Meeker\u2019s Internet Trends report shows that Android smartphone adoption is increasing rapidly, and is now nearly six times higher than iPhone adoption.<\/p>\n<p>The fast growth of Android is partly fuelled by low cost smartphones running <a title=\"Google\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/314567-Google\">Google<\/a>\u2019s Android mobile operating system in emerging markets, including India and China.<\/p>\n<p>The following graph shows the number of iPhone and Android devices which were shipped over the last few years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66186\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/66184-android-versus-iphone.html\/attachment\/global-android-and-iphone-unit-shipments\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66186\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66186\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66186\" title=\"Global Android and iPhone Unit Shipments\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Global-Android-and-iPhone-Unit-Shipments.jpg\" alt=\"Global Android and iPhone Unit Shipments\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Global-Android-and-iPhone-Unit-Shipments.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Global-Android-and-iPhone-Unit-Shipments-100x64.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Global-Android-and-iPhone-Unit-Shipments-185x118.jpg 185w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Global-Android-and-iPhone-Unit-Shipments-250x160.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global Android and iPhone Unit Shipments<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"BlackBerry vs Samsung vs Nokia vs Apple in SA\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/65788-blackberry-vs-samsung-vs-nokia-vs-apple-in-sa.html\"><strong>BlackBerry vs Samsung vs Nokia vs Apple in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"BlackBerry vs iPhone vs Android in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/64554-blackberry-vs-iphone-vs-android-in-south-africa-2.html\"><strong>BlackBerry vs iPhone vs Android in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Latest BlackBerry vs Android vs iPhone stats\" 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