Heated with the iPhone sales 4S reduced the gap between Google and Apple in the smartphone market.
More than half of the people a new smartphone Android elected last fall, market research firm Nielsen buying, said on Wednesday. But a breakdown by month to month, the researchers showed Android market share among recent buyers have fallen almost 12 percent in the last quarter of 2011, coinciding with the week after the release of the iPhone in October 4S.
The 4S launched the long lines and record sales, limited by the additions of top holiday at the end of last year. The iPhone 4S accounted for more than 44 percent of smartphone sales in December, just under 2 percent for Android, indicating the difference between the two rivals closer together.
The figures show a trend that probably is not surprising that fans of the Apple fans. The people are for a new device to take the Cupertino, California-based smartphone users, and even for the first time to elect a new iPhone on a rival offer.
Current Nielsen figures show the proportion of recent U.S. smartphone buyers who have an iPhone on Android or BlackBerry nearly doubled in the last quarter of 2011 compared to the previous three months, if not available new iPhone was purchased.
Android has made impressive gains in recent years, as manufacturers HTC and Samsung has surpassed Apple in smartphone shipments. This peak occurred during the months without a new iPhone, however, and Apple was quick to regain market share lost after the coup 4S shelves.
Apple has a large market share on the iPhone, also taking into account that it will publish the 4S with a few fresh ingredients no update of the design. Android runs on most smartphones, it has numbers on the page, but the report suggests, lead Nielsen suggest Android is shyer than the reported 700 000 activations per day.
Apple iPhone 4G LTE plans to release later this year, to stop the blame on Android to the downward trend in market share now, before the new offering from Apple begins. The company plans to release five would have new, faster iPhone this fall, published after the release schedule with his new game in October 4S.
Consumers are complaining about the lack of an Apple phone 4G LTE as 4G LTE has several Android devices already with Google’s flagship smartphone later, the Galaxy Samsung Nexus. But the figures show the iPhone is still not significant, even if it is not the fastest phone on the market.
Windows also expected to struggle this year with smartphones offers new 4G LTE phone, through diversification of the field and pressure on the market even more on the two front runners.
Google will find manufacturers and attract the Android developers in turn explode in new and creative ways for customers and revenue, Apple, especially when a faster iPhone for just a few months.