Re:Don't make your Android app free for 1 day
by mattmcknight on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @07:05AM
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There are also a lot of iPod touches out there.
Re:Don't make your Android app free for 1 day
by Legion on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @12:34PM
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That's an important point. Android is a complete non-starter in the non-phone MP3 device market, and the Android tablets are just starting out and have little market penetration. When comparing all iOS devices to all Android devices, instead of just phones to phones, iOS numbers definitely get a big boost.
Re:Don't make your Android app free for 1 day
by Splines on Thursday September 09, 2010 @12:17AM
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My son has a iPod touch 8G, and I have an iPhone 3G (also 8G). The iPod touch is by far the more performant of the two - it's almost like a different device. I don't know what goes on in the guts of my iPhone, but I find it surprising on how much computing power it takes to run the cell-phone side of things.
Re:Don't make your Android app free for 1 day
by enjo on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @03:25AM
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Yep... the most recent (private) data I've seen suggests something in the range of 3x iPhone advantage. That same companies paid products also sold roughly half as many units on Android compared to their top-25 iPhone product.
Re:Don't make your Android app free for 1 day
by paulbaumgart on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @03:41AM
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http://www.intomobile.com/2010/05/26/admob-metrics-for-april... has some numbers for comparison.
Re:Don't make your Android app free for 1 day
by akadruid on Wednesday September 08, 2010 @08:22AM
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Also, the android Market is available in far fewer countries, and sometimes apps don't show up in different regions even when they have a Market there.
This is not considering the potential difference in disposable income between purchasers of £45/month iphones and £15-20/month androids
From what I understand, Android sales are currently similar to iPhone sales (in the US) in terms of phones being sold today, but there are a lot more iPhones already out there than Android phones (because the iPhone has been selling for longer I guess). Which means at the moment there are fewer people to buy Android apps. This also varies considerably from country to country -- for example, apparently Android sales are tiny in Australia compared to the iPhone.