Re:Is Android Only Surging Because Apple Is Letting It?
by Daishiman on Monday September 06, 2010 @12:52AM
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That is highly dependent on the availability of handsets and plans, so there's never a true disconnect between OS, handset, and plans.
In South America, Motorola pushed the Milestone model, hard, and it's just as if not more popular than the iPhone, but both are dwarfed by Blackberry, and the Milestone is the only real high-end Android device available. If the Nexus One or Galaxy S were for sale the numbers would be very different.
Australia, just like many other countries, has fairly hefty import tariffs on high-tech goods, so the country of origin of different devices has a nontrivial influence on handset availability, and thus general popularity of each platform.
In South America, Motorola pushed the Milestone model, hard, and it's just as if not more popular than the iPhone, but both are dwarfed by Blackberry, and the Milestone is the only real high-end Android device available. If the Nexus One or Galaxy S were for sale the numbers would be very different.
Australia, just like many other countries, has fairly hefty import tariffs on high-tech goods, so the country of origin of different devices has a nontrivial influence on handset availability, and thus general popularity of each platform.