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Given the growth reported recently, it's not that surprising that Android is now more popular than iOS, but what a ridiculous headline: Android is an OS not _a smartphone_, let alone the "most desired smartphone in the U.S."

What is the most popular Android smartphone? How many units has it sold in comparison to the iPhone? Is it a mid-range or a high-end phone? Now those are interesting questions.

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On the contrary, it is very interesting that the Android branding has been enough to be seen as a single platform in the eyes of consumers.

Stories like this must make handset manufactures very nervous. They need Android to compete with iOS, but at the same time it is eroding their brand.

Some manufactures are fine with that (eg, many are embracing "Droid" branding on Verizon), but many (Sony?) won't like it at all.

Exactly my thoughts! How is Android compared to iPhone as a single smartphone?

My first guess: because that's how every single person who gives a shit - ranging from pundits to corporations to fanboys of every conviction - has framed it ever since Android first came onto the scene.

It's been that way for Windows vs. Mac for years, hasn't it? the 90/10 split that is always quoted doesn't take into account all the different PC manufacturers.

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