Month after month we have seen that Android, Google's mobile platform, has gained more space in the smartphone market. According to a survey done by Nielsen, a company specializing in market research, in April 2011, Android accounted for 36% of the smartphone market in the United States to be 10% ahead of Apple and RIM's 13%. But according to the company, Android not only leads in the category market share.
In analyzing the data traffic generated by users of smartphones in the United States by dividing the consumption categories (ranging from application downloads, through videos, music and online radio stations, among others), Nielsen concluded that Android is also a leader absolute bandwidth consumption.
According to data released by the company, users of Android consumed during the month of April this year, an average of 582 MB, while users consumed 492 MB of IOS. Thirdly, it appears WebOS, HP, with 448 MB, followed by Windows 7 Phone with 317 MB. In the lantern of the largest consumers of data, and far removed from first place winners are Windows Mobile, which consumed 174 MB and 127 MB consumed with the RIM BlackBerry OS.
Although the study did not clarify whether the traffic analysis includes 3G and 4G, or only Wi-Fi, some issues may explain the difference between the two largest consumers of data. The first concerns the imposition of it made Apple's applications larger than 20 MB can only be downloaded via Wi-Fi is still the question of what to use Google's Android User Accounts, and the gadget to keep up to date, holds several exchanges of information with Google's servers.
In addition, the IOS updates are always done through the USB cable while the Android users can download updates to the OS via Wi-Fi There is also the question of the number of applications for Android, being free, just winning ads as a form of monetization, which also generates more data traffic.
All these data only confirm that Android has come to occupy in many respects, the leadership of the smartphone market. And has done it very well.
