Android: 300,000 daily activations and counting

December 9, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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“There are 300,000 Android phones activated each day.”

That was the brief tweet sent out by Andy Rubin late last night, but the Google VP of Engineering’s words speak volumes. Though it was already impressive to hear the last confirmed daily activation totals – more than 200,000 – the latest numbers show that Android’s growth has yet to stall.

The ever-increasing popularity of Android has been illustrated by recent stats from a variety of sources. Roughly 3 out of 10 American mobile consumers own a smartphone, and as more people upgrade from feature or messaging phones, Android has been the platform of choice. Rubin recently revealed that there are more than 175 phone models running Android, and that is likely to increase as phones like the LG Optimus One prove to be just as affordable as messaging phones but far more powerful.

If the current pace of Android activations held true for all of 2011, there would be nearly 110 million new Android devices in the wild. The number will be much higher if Android’s current adoption rate is any sign, but it could just as easily taper off with a smaller pool of smartphone buyers left to convert and increased competition from rivals.

Then again, we haven’t seen what type of effect a new wave of tablets will have on Android numbers. Google better get its calculators ready.

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4 Comments

gpeasy said: On December 9, 2010

Congrats to Android. However we should not count daily activation to mean total in the wild.

- Wraith404 said: On December 9, 2010
  
  Perhaps not, but crApple also likes to brag on it's activation numbers, so we have both to compare, which should be oranges to oranges. And Google's orange is currently BIGGER *woot*.
  
AndrewKam said: On December 9, 2010

No, I said 110 million NEW devices in the wild. Google has said they do not count upgrades in these activation numbers, meaning there will be 110 million NEW Android users more than we already have.

some internet dude said: On December 10, 2010

Steve Jobs looks into the distances and whispers to him self "the horror, the horror" then starts weeping.
Its at this pont I put my hand on his shoulder and say " Its ok buddy you had a good run, look at the bright side you at least your not in charge of MS Win phone 7 ". And we both have a laugh.

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