Comments on: Android Distribution Numbers Updated for February – Jelly Bean Slithers Along, the Rest Drop

By: Trey Mitchell

Trey Mitchell — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:17:00 +0000

These charts still remind me of the windows market share charts from a couple of years ago with XP hanging on for dear life refusing to die(read gingerbread)

By: Trey Mitchell

Trey Mitchell — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:13:00 +0000

I could eat lasagna as if it were a dessert.
It gets my vote

By: gokusimpson

gokusimpson — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:30:00 +0000

My ICS roms (blackice and gummy) had only slightly worse battery life than gb. It’s just that they were smooth only 80% of the time. Other time was lag. Seeder didn’t even help. Ran them for about 6 months and gave up on them.

By: Kr B

Kr B — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:09:00 +0000

Except it’s not a dessert or sweet candy of any sort. : Watch it be Licorice.

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:43:00 +0000

I know the Droid 2 was OTAed to Gingerbread, my wife’s was, but I had mine rooted and so heavily customized that it just never seemed worth it to go through all of the hassle to upgrade. Besides, I replaced it with a Droid 4 anyway.

By: schoat333

schoat333 — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:39:00 +0000

IMO if you group ICS and JB together, considering there was less than a year between their releases, that looks pretty good.

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:20:00 +0000

That 45% still on Gingerbread is Android’s Achilles heel. Most of those people are not tied to the OS, and unlike many of us, do not know of the wonderful work of themeing, rooting, roming, etc. As such, they are more likely to switch OS with their next upgrade. Sure, some will likely move to whatever Samsung phone happens to be the “next big thing” at the moment, but others will just as easily transition to Windows Phone, Blackberry 10, or even iOS. Many of those people more than likely have never purchased even a single app on their phones, so they are not invested in Android like most of us are. As such, and given the time frame for the last 2 yr contracts that took effect when these phones were out, it is likely that Android will see a drop in activations in the US as many of these Android users on Gingerbread seek out new replacements for their old phones sans subsidized phone prices.

By: mustbepbs

mustbepbs — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:16:00 +0000

Mmm, Android Lasagna sounds like a good candidate for L.

By: r0lct

r0lct — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:56:00 +0000

2 points:
Many “average consumers” don’t replace their phones, even when their contract is up until their current one breaks.

Those numbers would actually look worse if they took out tablets considering most of them are on ICS or JB. So phones only GB I bet is still more than half.

By: r0lct

r0lct — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:53:00 +0000

Correct. I buy a new phone every year and my wife is good with waiting every two years if not more (until it breaks). I also know a few people still using a DInc 2 and Droid X either who are either under contract still or waiting for their phone to break to buy a new one. Some people just have higher priorities with their money.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:09:00 +0000

I just saw advertisements last week for smaller carriers still selling and using the GS2 in commercials for (( of 50 bucks with contracts

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:05:00 +0000

Droid 1 still used as a music player/ alarm clock

If verizon would push 4.2 to Gnex owners the JellyBean would go up to as far as 5% I’d bet for 4.2, but then decrease 4.1

By: Tony Allen

Tony Allen — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:49:00 +0000

Except that making an app work across 2.3.x and 4.x isn’t the painful task a lot will make it out to be.

By: Tony Allen

Tony Allen — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:48:00 +0000

This is exactly it. A lot of us in *the bubble* don’t realize that most end-users could care less if their phone was running Android lasagna.

By: Go Hawkeyes

Go Hawkeyes — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Total Android install base had to be getting close to 1 billion by now. Who the he’ll are the 2 million people still on Donut?