Samsung has made a killing with Android as it makes up one-third of all shipments of Google devices worldwide. To be more precise, 34% of Android devices shipped had the Samsung name on them, which is a giant leap from early last year. With little to no real smartphone presence – or at least smartphones worth mentioning – Samsung hit the ground running with some serious smartphones – the entire Galaxy S line – and the Galaxy Tab.
To date, Samsung has sold over 10 million Google-powered devices, which is impressive given its lack of serious presence before the summer of 2010 and amongst heavyweights like Motorola and HTC. Samsung set a very lofty goal for itself in the summer, but it nailed it. Its Korean counterpart, LG, has failed to make a splash in the same market despite its size.
UnwiredView reports:
Now let’s look at the total Android handset sales during this October- December quarter. During most of the quarter Google was telling us that they are activating a little over 200 000 Android handsets a day. Then, on Dec. 9th it grew to 300 000. Not sure when exactly that jump in activations happened, or how it grew. But to account for this growth, I’ll spread it through the whole quarter and assume that Google was activating 250 000 Android devices a day during all Q4. That means that 23 million of Android handsets were activated during October –December quarter.
Of course, in late November there may have been a surge thanks to Black Friday – where many carriers and retail outlets were selling devices packed with the Google OS at pretty decent prices – and Cyber Monday.
Things are looking up for Samsung, but of course 2011 is poised to be an even bigger year for Android and Google-powered tablets. Motorola, HTC and LG are bringing an army of dual-core smartphones and tablets that might even give Apple a run for its money.
[Via: UnwiredView]