{"id":83863,"date":"2013-09-07T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=83863"},"modified":"2013-09-07T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T13:03:50","slug":"mobile-browsers-apple-vs-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/83863-mobile-browsers-apple-vs-android.html","title":{"rendered":"Mobile browsers: Apple vs Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akamai<\/a> released its Q1 2013 State of the Internet Report recently, showing that Android<\/a> Webkit is the most popular mobile browser in the world.<\/p>\n

Akamai\u2019s State of the Internet Report gathers data from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, and provides insight into key global statistics including connection speeds, attack traffic, and network connectivity and availability.<\/p>\n

The report used data from across several hundred top-tier sites delivering content through Akamai. It should be noted that most of these sites are focused on a U.S. audience.<\/p>\n

According to the Q1 2013 report, Android Webkit was responsible for 41% of requests on cellular networks in the first half of the quarter, while Apple<\/a> Mobile Safari drove 38% of requests.<\/p>\n

The gap between the two browsers widened considerably in the second half of the quarter, with Android Webkit responsible for nearly 44% of requests, and Apple Mobile Safari dropping to just over 30%.<\/p>\n

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Mobile browser requests<\/p><\/div>\n

The increase in irregularity seen in the graph above from around February 2013 is due to changes Akamai said it is introducing in its data source.<\/p>\n

Akamai said that planned back-end data collection and processing improvements should expand the sample set beyond the U.S. This will let them provide more global and geo-specific views of the data, as well as more granular insight into browser versions, Akamai said.<\/p>\n

An initial release of this updated data source occurred in mid-February 2013, and Akamai said it drove some significant changes in adoption levels.<\/p>\n

Looking at Akamai’s graph of mobile browsers seen across all networks, the changes made to the data source seemed to have a very different effect:<\/p>\n

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Mobile Browsers Seen Across All Networks, Akamai Q1 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

The updated data did not cause much variation in the percentage of requests from Apple Mobile Safari which came in at just under 60% for the first half of the quarter, and just over 60% for the second half of the quarter.<\/p>\n

Conversely, Android usage spiked with the data update, averaging just over 20% for the first half of the quarter, and just under 33% for the second half. Interestingly, the \u201cOthers\u201d category appears to see a decline that mirrors the increase seen for Android Webkit.<\/p>\n

Akamai noted that this could possibly indicate its new device characterisation engine with the updated data set caused it to start classifying a particular user agent as Android Webkit, where it had previously been counted as part of the Others category.<\/p>\n

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New Google Nexus 7 unveiled, boasts category leading tech<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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