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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by masklinn on Monday August 05, 2013 @10:53AM (#6160437)
On the other hand, iOS3 can also be safely ignored because it's a completely insignificant part of the userbase: early june studies showed an install base of 0.1% on phones (0.6% on tablets).

By comparison 2.5% of the android userbase was still on 2.2[0]. Though things look good as it's been falling fast (2.2 was over 8% in february)

[0] http://www.gsmarena.com/android_in_july_41_jb_now_more_popul...

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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by pisarzp on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:19AM (#6160601)
This still doesn't change the fact that phones using 2.2 are ancient and users are probably uninterested in downloading apps, so you can safely ignore them.

It's a high percentage, but mainly because of negative selection. People who don't care about apps bought cheapest Android phones.

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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by ProblemFactory on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:49AM (#6160810)
I wish Google disclosed more statistics than "worldwide active users" for the Android versions.

If they published additional details, for example:

* filtering by country/city,

* filtering by age or demographics,

* "total money spent on apps" instead of active users,

then developers could be more confident in supporting 4.0+ only (and convincing their clients or employers to do so).

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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by masklinn on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:57AM (#6160867)
> This still doesn't change the fact that phones using 2.2 are ancient and users are probably uninterested in downloading apps

That is a completely unsupported assertion.

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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by babuskov on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:56AM (#6160863)
The article is about versions before 2.2. So, 2.2 and it's 2.5% are "supported".
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Re:Dealing with Android fragmentation – experiences from our... by masklinn on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:58AM (#6160880)
Excellent point, I had misread that part. So it's only Eclair's much lower 1.2% which are ignored.
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