Android Outsells iPhone OS

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The new iPhone 4 has been getting a lot of buzz, with it’s record breaking sales at launch, then it’s subsequent antenna problems, followed by Steve Jobs claiming, “There’s nothing to see here…move along”. In the meantime, Android has been outselling the iPhone. According to a report by Nielsens shows that during the first 6 months of the year Android made up 27% of the market, while Apple iPhone made up 23%.

Android Outsells IPhone during first 6 months

Nielsens reports, “While the iPhone has been the headline grabber over the last few years in the smartphone market, Google’s Android OS has shown the most significant expansion in market share among current subscribers,”

With Android being available on so many different cell phones, like the new HTC EVO, the Motorola Droid, the Samsung Galaxy S and many more devices, it’s easy to see how it has established such a strong foothold in the smartphone market.

That being said, the report is quick to point out that Apple’s iPhone retains the most loyal users and is the most desired phone.

“Among current subscribers thinking of switching devices, the iPhone remains the most desired phone, finding loyalty with nearly 90% of current iPhone users and enticing healthy slices of Android users (21%) and Blackberry owners (29%) to consider the move to Apple. Android’s loyalty among switchers (71%) outperforms Blackberry (42%) where half of its users could potentially chose an iPhone or an Android phone for their next device.” Nielsens blog reports

At Link2Unlock.com we get requests to jailbreak Android and iPhone’s, but do to the closed nature of iPhones, their popularity and the fact they are only on AT&T, we see many requests for the iPhone to be unlocked. The Android OS is establishing itself as a major player in a relatively short time, and requests come in all the time for Android as well.

We’d love to hear your thoughts? Are you more loyal to Apple or Android? Are you an iPhone user who is considering going with Android? Let us know.