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As the Android, the underdog phone, outsold the iPhone in first quarter 2010, the iPhone vs. Android battle became more interesting. Apple is winning the war, even if the Android did win one small battle. Apple enjoys a huge lead in total smartphone sales over Android. Dominating the field is Blackberry. While Apple iPhone and Blackberry sales are down, the Android market is trending upward. The Android may tighten the iPhone vs. Android margin as some analysts believe the trends will continue.

iPhone vs. Android milestone

The NPD Group reports that the Android vs. iPhone matchup hit a milestone when the Android phone captured 28 percent of smartphone sales in the last quarter. NPD reports that Apple’s iPhone won 21 percent of smartphone sales, while Research in Motion’s Blackberry took 36 percent. According to ComScore, which is a digital market research firm, a key stat in Android vs. iPhone is that Google’s Android operating system had just nine percent of the market as of February 2010, compared with the iPhone’s 25.4 percent.

Android phone gains, others falter

In winning the latest round of iPhone vs. Droid, PC World reports that Google’s OS is the only smartphone OS whose share of sales grew exceptionally over the previous quarter. Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and WebOS sales are falling like a mortgage loan modification, and iPhone sales are flat. If this trend continues on like this, PC World’s J.R. Raphael said Android will catch up to its competitors for total market share in a hurry.

How did Android beat iPhone?

Android phone sales may have overtaken Apple’s iPhone, according to the Los Angeles Times, because of Google’s freewheeling partnering tactics that have gotten the Android operating system onto as many phones as possible. From 12 manufacturers, there are more than 30 Android powered devices now. Android devices are available from every major wireless carrier, including T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT and T.

Is iPhone Verizon on the horizon?

As Google wins the latest round of the iPhone vs. Droid scuffle, the iPhone Verizon offering looms larger. Apple and AT and T are tied in a partnership that is very exclusive. An analyst with Technology Business Research, Ezra Gottheil, told Computerworld, “That’s your classic technology acquisition curve. Of those in the U.S. who are interested in an iPhone and willing to put up with AT and T, pretty much all have already bought one. What’s left for Apple — as long as it’s tied to AT and T in its exclusive partnership — is largely the iPhone replacement market.”

Soaring worldwide is the iPhone

It is expected that iPhone Verizon is going to happen in the US, but Apple isn’t saying when. Apple is continuing the iPhone vs. Droid matchup everywhere else. Last month Apple announced Worldwide iPhone sales were up 131 percent in the first quarter compared to the same three-month stretch in 2009.

Article Resources

NPD reports

http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_100510.html

PC World

http://www.pcworld.com/article/195958/android_outsells_apple_iphone_at_last_says_npd.html

Los Angeles Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/05/google-android-overtakes-iphone-npd-research.html

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