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  • Android names are great but shouldn’t the fact that Jelly Bean has 3 API levels mean something? 4.1.x has the highest user base of 35.3% and this still seems pretty low since it is so old. I just couldn’t imagine going below that and not having Google Now cards.

  • gingerbread = Windows XP
    honey comb = Windows Vista
    ICS = Windows 7 RC
    Jelly Bean/KK = Windows 7

  • It just occurred to me. Because android is so much bigger than ios and WP share, I’d be curious to know how much of the pie THEY would take up in comparison (like an overlay). I think it’d be a fair point to mention when talking about software upgrades.

  • I’m a little surprised to see KitKat only moving from 1.8 to 2.5% after teh GS4, Note 3, HTC1, G2, and most Moto Xs getting updates. Not included in the official numbers yet?

  • Year to year change:

    Mar 2013 Mar 2014 +/-
    KitKat 0.0% => 2.5% + 2.5%
    Jelly Bean = 16.5% => 62.0% +45.5%
    Ice Cream = 28.6% => 15.2% -13.4%
    Honeycomb = 1.2% => 0.1% – 1.1%
    Gingerbread = 44.2% => 19.0% -25.2%
    Froyo = 7.6% => 1.2% – 5.4%
    Eclair = 1.9% => 2.5% – 14%
    2nd newest 28.6% => 62% + 33.4%
    3rd 44.2% => 15.2% – 29%
    4th 7.6% => 19% + 11.4%
    5th 1.9% => 1.2% – 0.7%
    So far fewer people are on the newest version of android this year, but far fewer are also on a version that’s 3+ years old. I guess that means that in general phones are more up to date, but that fewer phones are the most up to date.

    edit – well disqus ruined the spacing on that one, but you get the point 🙁

  • And gingerbread still has nearly 20% of the market. Why won’t you just die already.

    • personally I blame the carriers for pushing phones that are 1.5 years old, causing people to lock into a 2yr contract that by the end of it will leave them with a phone that’s at leasat 3.5 years past it’s prime 🙁

      • The OEM’s are too blame for putting Gingerbread on budget smartphones and selling them to developing countries. KitKat is supposed to be the Gingerbread killer for that reason.

  • If there are no stupid phones like g2 and samsungs, this wouldve been 100%.

    Moto X and Nexus for life. Samsung sucks. Lg sucks. Htc sucks. Motorola is the best

  • I apologize for my two OG Droids still on Froyo. I use them on their docks as alarm clocks in the kids room still connected on wifi.

    • Still use the D1 as an alarm clock/ music player. It’s the loudest phone I have ever owned. Apps still work on it even though it’s on stock froyo with the play store.

  • I weep for the 1.2% who are still using Froyo on their sick ZTE Blade or Huawei Ascend.

    • No one since ics came out anyways. I chanted for honeycomb back in the og xoom days. Ah, the sdk ports…..

  • looking at these figures and also the lags in my Note 3, i am anxiously waiting for a new Windows Phone, Jolla Phone or IOS device to come out so i can migrate from this incompetent OS and Incompetent Google. i am sick of the way android delivers incremental useless updates for no reason and the updat being so small still takes years for users to receive. Since Ice Cream Sandwich, every single update has been useless for end user and even for developers. there are so many apps that i cant use simply because i have a device running the useless buggy KitKat. Yes it might be the app developers fault but at the same time it is also Google’s fault too for not having a deadline or a good system to force developers to adapt to new version and for OEMs to deliver quicker updates. yes Android is Open Sourced, there still should be guidelines and rules on how many device each manufacturer should bring out each year in order to be able to keep users uptodate with every new Os updates.

    • Android’s not for everyone. I’m sure you’ll like whatever WP8 or fruit device you decide to buy.

      I am curious about which apps aren’t working for you on 4.4. I’m on 4.4 as well, and literally 100 out of 101 apps are working just fine. Are any big name apps not supporting 4.4 yet?

    • Why do you need to wait for a new one? None of the current ones are better than your supposedly laggy Note 3?

    • That’s called touchwiz. Stop buying shyt device’s and you’ll enjoy it more. Good luck.

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