Comments on: Google: 850,000 Android Devices Activated Each Day, More than 300 Million Total – 450,000 Apps Available Too http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/ An intense Android news community bringing you the latest in phones, rooting, apps, and reviews. Mon, 20 May 2013 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Popov http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1454619 Popov Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:36:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1454619 also it seems 3 out of every 4 apps in the android market aren’t any good.I’ve seen thousands of apps copying similar apps that are complete garbage. Awful games in the market that people won’t even download. 
But the best part of the android market is most apps average about a dollar and they at least tell you the permissions before you download so you’re not giving away your privacy, which apple doesn’t do.

]]> By: richlizard24 http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1453984 richlizard24 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:19:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1453984 Jailbreaking provides plenty of customizing capabilities, screen size is a preference, and current 4G radios are horrible on battery life, not to mention the fact that LTE is hardly ubiquitous.

The faux disappointment after an Apple announcement always occurs. This is a result of the vicious rumor mill. “Disappointing” products don’t become blockbuster best selling ones.

Any other garbage?

]]> By: TC Infantino http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1453971 TC Infantino Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:12:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1453971 Lol, you are so right.  Why would they?  After all Apple only cares about Apple, not about their customers.  So they produce a phone that has a tiny screen, only 3g speeds, and no customizing capability, just to keep the battery lasting as long as possible.  They are Sooo innovative!  Nevermind all the tech sites reporting how people were seriously let down with the iphone 4s.

]]> By: droidman101 http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1453265 droidman101 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:23:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1453265 I dont know, they got google search, not to mention google music, google books, google apps, google maps, as well as the fact that they make it extremely easy to use google ads on android.

]]> By: droidman101 http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1453254 droidman101 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1453254 after 7058.82 days, wouldn’t someone buy a different phone? think about it, thats 20 YEARS.

]]> By: richlizard24 http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1452821 richlizard24 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1452821 Why would the iPhone, which markets battery life, throw in a battery hogging 4G radio?  Not to mention the fact that an all-in-one radio chip, which Apple would require for their iPhone, wasn’t even in production until fairly recently. 

]]> By: richlizard24 http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1452810 richlizard24 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1452810 The iPhone 4S has a better GPU than the Galaxy Nexus.  Outdated indeed. 

]]> By: Gregory Young http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451931 Gregory Young Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451931 New activations, not reactivations. They don’t count a resale or reactivation in those numbers. If the device is activated for the first time it counts. If it’s the same device but being re-activated by another person, or even using a different rom, it doesn’t count. 

]]> By: Jdub http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451830 Jdub Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451830 And still only one OEM making any money from Android :-)

]]> By: Jon http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451801 Jon Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451801 The same claim has been made repeatedly ever since they announced 125,000 activations per day a long time ago. Activations per day are pretty hard to spoof or makeup. Think about it, Android phones are sold by pretty much every carrier across the globe. The are the #1 selling smartphone platform in a growing market. People go through phones much faster than once every two years. Think of all the lost, broken phones. Think of all the people like me that get new phones every 6 months. Look around you the next time your in public. What phones are people carrying? I bet ya most of the smartphones you will see in public are Android phones. I know this is true is Los Angeles. Everyone is carrying an Android phone.

]]> By: Jon http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451780 Jon Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451780 Agreed. No 4G LTE in any iPhone…even though 4G LTE is so 2011. 

]]> By: MrGlitch http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451736 MrGlitch Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451736 Google already clarified how they get this number – it’s new sales and activations through carriers.   Thus, resold phones aren’t counted, wifi devices aren’t counted, etc.  

]]> By: MrGlitch http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451726 MrGlitch Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451726 it’s easy to be consistent when your platform basically does nothing but show a menu.

]]> By: MrGlitch http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451721 MrGlitch Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451721 They have described how they get this number in detail – short answer, every single one

]]> By: PC_Tool http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/27/google-850000-android-devices-activated-each-day-more-than-300-million-total-450000-apps-available-too/comment-page-1/#comment-1451593 PC_Tool Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=62853#comment-1451593 ..

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