The mobile industry is growing by leaps and bounds and device manufacturers are driving out new smartphones and tablets at an alarming rate in order to meet the needs of the consumers. But which particular devices are being used the most? This recent article shows some very interesting statistics!
A Real Life Snapshot of Mobile Device Fragmentation
Don’t think people are really using that many different devices? The Guardian looked at all the mobile devices that visited their properties since 2010 and put together a mobile device breakdown.
We’ve looked at the top 250 mobile phone models ranked in terms of pages viewed. We looked at traffic to m.guardian.co.uk, our native iPhone and Android apps, and mobile devices accessing the guardian.co.uk desktop site. We did not include traffic to our iPad edition app.
The bar chart below shows the number of devices made by the different manufacturers that access the Guardian site – again, comparing 2010 with today. Samsung and HTC alone now account for well over 100 devices. Add in Nokia and you’re at more than 150. Add in RIM, Sony and LG and you’ve broken 200.
Mobile Device Development
That’s 235 different device configurations that accessed The Guardian during a three month period in 2012 (a 43% increase since 2010). Visit The Guardian’s Developer Blog for more details and to see additional graphs. (The traffic breakdown by manufacturer is interesting.)
You can view the original article here.
Mobile Device Fragmentation
So there you have it – it would seem that the android devices are streaking away into the lead in the UK at least. It would be very interesting to see similar stats from the USA and Australia.