Can we say Froyo is the most popular platform? According to these statistics I think so. Thanks to Android Developers for keeping track of data relative to the number of active devices running any given version of the Android platform. Their tracking first started in May of 2010 and so far Froyo – Eclair continues to dominate the mobile platform market. The above pie chart and table are based on the number of Android devices that have accessed Android Market within a 14-day period ending on the data collection date noted in the chart.
Froyo seems to be consistently gaining users and AndriodCentral has broken down the numbers for you to better understand. Android 2.1 (Eclair) and 2.2 (Froyo) still dominate, at 40.8 percent and 36.2 percent, respectively. They explain that actually, Eclair devices ticked up a tad from 40.4 percent a month ago. Isn’t that a great increase? Donut (Android 1.6) devices fell to an even 15 percent, and Android 1.5 (Cupcake) is down to 7.9 percent. Which platform would you say is more popular? I think I know your answer!
Now for last months numbers, Froyo was also dominant over the other platforms with Android 2.2 being on one-third of all Android devices. That was exciting news! For a better breakdown; 33.4 percent of devices last month had the latest version of Android. The number of devices on Android 2.1 (Eclair) were 41.7 percent, and Donut (Android 1.6) and Cupcake (Android 1.5) were down to 16.5 percent and 9.7 percent respectively.
Now with all the numbers being crunched and broken down for you what do you think? Did you expect this? Are you one of those Froyo users or are you on the other platforms? Let us know which one you are and why! Also, with the rumors of Gingerbread coming do you think Froyo’s position on the graph will be replaced? We want to know your opinions.
Source: AndroidDevelopers & AndroidCentral