Google announced on its second quarter earnings call today that Android is now on some 130 million devices worldwide -- a 30 million boost from the number announced at Google I/O back in May. Additionally, they’re saying that they’re activating over half a million additional devices each and every day (550,000, to be exact), which compares to the 500,000 that Android chief Andy Rubin announced on June 28th and 400,000 at I/O. In other words: it’s a pretty solid rate of growth -- and growth of the growth (the second derivative, for you math nerds out there).
Android reaches 130 million devices, growing by 550,000 a day
For comparison, Apple touted that some 200 million iOS devices sold at WWDC last month, so they’re not at parity quite yet. Also, the product mix is distinctly different: Android has but a sliver of the tablet traction that iOS does, so the overwhelming majority of those 130 million devices are phones. Either way -- be it 200 million or 130 million -- that’s a daunting hill for competitors like webOS to climb.
Source: Google earnings call, via Silicon Alley Insider
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