Analytical OpenSignal published its latest report , which describes a variety of devices with Android. Their number is growing at a rapid pace, there is an increasing number of manufacturers. Is this gigantic increase is for the consumer good or bad? Let us analyze it.
Six times more devices
When in 2012 the first time we saw a diagram showing the diversity of Android devices could not believe that there are up to so much. After just three years, the situation became even more complicated. Today on the ecosystem of devices running Google consists of a … 24 thousand units. This, as noted by Quartz service, six times more than in 2012.
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Appliances are many versions of Android also working a lot. Andorid 2.3 still has a strong position in the market, the Android 5.0 and 5.1 have reached to a few devices. I guess you could consider that some users are waiting for the latest version of Android long.
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Producers complain that we offer
The following diagram shows the fragmentation offers various producers. Visible to the naked eye that Samsung criticizes us dozens of smartphones. The graph shows that some manufacturers operate according to the same strategy (LG, Sony, Motorola), others have a more limited offer (ASUS, HTC, Google).
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1000 manufacturers
According to the report OpenSignal the world is already 1,000 manufacturers of smartphones and tablets with Android. Despite such a gigantic competition of the market share leader Android devices is Samsung, though its shares have fallen since 2012 from 43% to 37.8%.
The map below shows the dominance of individual producers in selected markets. In Poland, as in Europe and the US and Russia, the most popular products with Android devices are Samsung. In China, dominated by indigenous manufacturer – increasingly inflating also in Western markets – Xiaomi.
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Fragmentation – good or bad?
At such a gigantic variety of Android devices, you can look at two ways. On the one hand, it is good for the consumer. We can choose between supertanimi equipment manufacturers such as BeUnited or MyPhone the “average shelf” on expensive “flagship”. Competition is good for consumers, because the effect on prices. On the other hand, the fragmentation of Android brings problems, because Google must approve the system updates for each manufacturer. It prolongs the process of renovation, making it too expensive. Another problem is the machine with older versions of Android – not all receive the Google’s latest security updates.
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