Android is definitely growing leaps and bounds with no end in sight, but a number like 700,000/day is unbelievable and not in a good way.  It would be more believable if we saw some kind of slowdown but it’s been growing exponentially for about two years now.  Name something else on the planet that has that type of growth with no stutter.  It’s not possible.  Rubin needs to provide more proof then a tweet every two months.  I just find it amazing that people here just buy what he says without question, when it flies in the face of all logic.

It’s not necessary a lie though, it’s just padding the stats.  Without offering any proof of anything he’s saying he’s throwing out this logically impossible number and people are just buying it.  I am sure there are between 200-400,000 activated daily.  700,000 is ridiculous, and doesn’t make sense.  It’s like me saying “I can fly” and then telling you that you have to disprove it rather then me proving it for you.

One of life’s greatest mysteries.  The android sheep don’t realize that they have become the sheep that they claim Apple users still are…

In may it was 550,000 and it was proved so how would it be 200,00-400,000….like i said im sure more infirmation will be out in the next week with people matching up numbers…

These kinds of number do actually add up. It’s been reported for months now that the smart phone market is expected to double by 2014. At that rate every smart phone manufacturer will see significant sale increases even if they continue to lose market share over all. Couple all these new customers with the 10′s of millions of people upgrading their phones and you can easly come up with this many.

Thank you for comprehending what was being said. Maybe Mr. Johnson will catch on after letting the statement simmer on the brain for awhile.

ok youre-so-smart lets even say its only 400000 a day. That is 146 Million a year. The population of the US is around 304million, thats  almost half the population. Yeah Right.

edit: yes i know its the WORLD, before you bring that up too.

agree 100%, something does not seem correct. 700k a day? a small towns worth of people a day? every day? day in and out? This number just seems so impossible when you extrapolate it over time.

you a dick bro??

Corporate executives massaging numbers for the sake of positive PR? Yeah, you’re right, that never happens.

It does, but not when every data point that’s gathered shows the same thing. 

I wonder if Andy created this chart on his PC:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/11/19/graph-a-look-at-global-smartphone-shipments-holy-android/ 

Oh wait, nope.

EDIT: This will be my last reply to you because you’re trolling and it chaps my rear that you got me.

I think the real question here is how many of these are new smartphone users or people switching from blackberry and apple devices? I would figure that the majority are people replacing their old android devices, so think about how many android devices are being shut off for the last time with these new activations and the rate that android is actually “growing” is not by 700000 a day. That would be like counting population growth by birth rate alone without considering the death rate as well. 

He’s always here trolling and gets everyone. Don’t feel bad, bro.

Not enough to justify that monster number.

It’s worldwide. It’s very possible and real numbers. It’s likely peaking with the Christmas holiday, at some point it will fall back down a bit. It’s not just smartphone upgrades, the smartphone market itself is growing rapidly YoY

you a dick bro??

So, everyone that questions this number hates Android? That’s a great conclusion to draw. And a very large portion of that 7 billion is not part of the smartphone market, so your numbers make no sense. Try again.

If those numbers are true, that would seem to support this. I stand corrected. Thank you for providing some support.

 well a Smartphone consists of Android, iOS, RIM, Windows, ect.

I guess its plausible but not believable.

i wouldn’t waste your time with the dumbazz loser zep.  all he knows is how to spamming every thread with “u mad bro?”  he’s a no life dicckkhead loser!!

AMEN!!  he’s a major fuucckking loser!!

you mad bro??

you a dick bro??

I’m sure when you’re done triple checking your own analysis you will post the correct number here and explain the difference. Until then I’ll stick with the guys who know what they’re talking about.

Not every month, only this December.
Yes, I think the activation rate can’t go up forever. At one point market will become saturated.
And 22 month upgrade time is US specific. In other countries it’s significantly different. People mostly buying phones themselves for the full price.

Some people buy phones off contract… plus, tech enthusiats with a lot of money usually buy different devices frequently. The number is believable.

I don’t know what proof Google can deliver, really. I bet these numbers are calculated by running some report over their internal database of devices.

thanks Stan because I didn’t know that already!  I was only replying to him saying that 330 million people in the US have Android devices when there are not even 330 million people in the US.