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Google: 550,000 Android activations every day, 6 billion apps downloaded from the Android Market

By on July 14, 2011 at 5:02pm in Mobile News


Google dominated once again. They announced their Q2 financial results and reported revenues of $9.03 billion, this represents a whopping increase of 32% compared to the Q2 of 2010. It was on June 28th that Google’s Andy Rubin tweeted that they are seeing “over 500,000 Android devices activated every day”, but today Google CEO Larry Page said there are now 550,000 Android phones activated every day. In addition, during the conference call it was noted there are now 400 different Android devices around the world… plus their Android Market has 250,000 available apps and has reached the 6 billion app download milestone.

That’s insane growth.

“We had a great quarter, with revenue up 32% year on year for a record breaking over $9 billion of revenue,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google. “I’m super excited about the amazing response to Google+ which lets you share just like in real life.”

Source: Google and YouTube (Live conference call)

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Discussion

36 comments for “Google: 550,000 Android activations every day, 6 billion apps downloaded from the Android Market”

  1. I love Google.

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    Posted by Syrenz | July 14, 2011, 5:08 pm
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  2. Those are great numbers. But the real story is that there are already over 10 million Google + users after only two weeks, and it’s not even open to the public yet.

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    Posted by Kenypowa | July 14, 2011, 5:10 pm
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  3. Wow, Android’s growth is crazy!! Now let’s take the tablet sector over too :)

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    Posted by Hilman | July 14, 2011, 5:11 pm
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  4. so that guy who used last names in the US to determine a guess of users was really close

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    Posted by Preacher | July 14, 2011, 5:13 pm
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  5. congratz to Google, they’ve out done themselves and will continue to produce great technology

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    Posted by SoiMiruku | July 14, 2011, 5:15 pm
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  6. Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.

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    Posted by Who Cares | July 14, 2011, 5:19 pm
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    • Not everyone wants to, or is able to:
      * pay $289.99 for an obsolete, refurbished iPhone 3G
      * pay $549.99 for an older iPhone 3GS
      * pay $659.99 for a newer iPhone 4
      * sign a three-year contract for a discount on the two latter phones
      * jailbreak their iPhone to run Android or blocked applications

      Let me know when:
      * (iPhone) RED comes out
      * an affordable model is available
      * iPhone users have the freedom to use the OS of their choice

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | July 14, 2011, 5:41 pm

    • @Alex: I think you covered it all. Except I just wanted to add, “Isn’t Defective” and “Doesn’t Suck” to your list of Let Me Know When’s… LOL

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      Posted by WoofWoof | July 14, 2011, 6:53 pm

    • @Who cares You are an i***t if you really think that.

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      Posted by Jerrik | July 14, 2011, 8:07 pm

  7. @whocares: you should get out more, troll.

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    Posted by Jon Wang | July 14, 2011, 5:26 pm
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  8. Congrats Google :) and to Google + as well.

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    Posted by EmperumanV | July 14, 2011, 6:01 pm
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    Posted by Sandman2749 | July 14, 2011, 6:19 pm
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    • @Sandman: You can’t be serious… I don’t even know where to begin to tell you how inferior iOS is to Android. Sheesh, even the improvements in iOS 5 is barely going to catch up to where Android is right now.

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      Posted by WoofWoof | July 14, 2011, 6:56 pm

    • As soon as Apple releases the source code so you can tailor it to fit anything you desire.

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      Posted by Richard | July 14, 2011, 11:32 pm

  10. Rogers activation per month, 10.

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    Posted by throlling ? | July 14, 2011, 6:48 pm
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  11. Avoiding android just because it’s the number two smartphone os is hypocritical when many of those same customers get Macs even if OSX is the number two desktop os

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    Posted by Andy | July 14, 2011, 7:03 pm
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    • @Andy: I have a very good hunch that by 2012, 2013 at the VERY latest, Android will be the #1 smartphone OS. Their growth is astronomical.

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      Posted by WoofWoof | July 14, 2011, 7:13 pm

  12. @WoofWoof:

    Unless I’m missing something Android has been #1 for a good while now…

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    Posted by Syrenz | July 14, 2011, 7:49 pm
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    • Syrenz: In a perfect world, it is #1. In the screwed up world we live in, it’s not… But it’s catching up fast.

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      Posted by WoofWoof | July 14, 2011, 8:12 pm

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    Posted by Steve Dion | July 14, 2011, 7:55 pm
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    • @Steve Dion: if you think that, why did buy you buy a Samsung Galaxy S2 then? The App Store has more useless apps than almost any other app market. I would know because my fiance has an iPhone 4, she bought it to spite me, and I took a good look at the free apps that the App Store has to offer and hardly any of them are of any use, at least in my opinion.

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      Posted by Jerrik | July 14, 2011, 8:13 pm

    • @Steve: Not bashing, but I’ve been on the Apple store. They’ve got a mind-blowing number of garbage apps. It’s actually difficult to find useful ones. Sometimes a smaller app store is actually a good thing.

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      Posted by WoofWoof | July 14, 2011, 8:13 pm

    • Something that i kinda like about the Wii/DSi/3DS app stores is that yes, their selection is limited and some games may be of lesser quality, but there’s several free demos and the apps are usually good.

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | July 14, 2011, 9:56 pm

    • What i meant is that if you compare the quality of apps (i.e: twitter, facebook, games in general) they all look alot more polished on the Apple phones. They tend to look amateurish on the android devices…

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      Posted by Steve Dion | July 15, 2011, 7:54 am

  14. New Android user… coming from iOS; Android is definitely tons better, but the marketplace is a bit depleted compared to iOS’ appstore.. imho.. especially when it comes to games.

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    Posted by Saffant | July 14, 2011, 8:25 pm
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    • Perhaps you should try out the Android racing game available at WIND Mobile stores on an HDTV and in a racing kart.

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      Posted by Alex Perrier | July 14, 2011, 9:57 pm

  15. Android FTW!

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    Posted by Chief_Wiggum | July 14, 2011, 9:40 pm
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  16. Am nuw on this s@!’ but I think deepen of what are u lookin 4? i think the games iPad 1 .Facebook Xoom or iPad 2 let me no what u think ; from my iPad 2 lol

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    Posted by Dude,! | July 14, 2011, 11:45 pm
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  17. There’s no way iOS will beat Android, just by the shear number of handsets available from numerous manufacturers alone. Android is already beating iOS in market share and will eclipse iOS app store in total apps count by end of year.

    Same thing will happen when WP7 phones starts launching on more exotic hardware(s). I predict #1 Android, #2 WP7, #3 RIM or iOS by 2015.

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    Posted by aka | July 15, 2011, 12:45 am
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  18. You can use different custom apps and keyboards to make your Android phone feel exactly like an iPhone and still retain the benefits of Android OS. No need to turn the world up-side-down and install a whole new OS :) And that is the beauty of Android.

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    Posted by Grant | July 15, 2011, 2:03 am
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  19. I am using Google+ Trust me it is going to kill facebook. very clean and fast even it is still beta. I have few invites left, let me know if some one needs

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    Posted by Zia | July 15, 2011, 3:21 am
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  20. i love my HTC sensation

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    Posted by Steve Jobs | July 15, 2011, 7:51 am
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  21. SOON WE WILL ALL BE ANDROID ZOMBIES :)

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    Posted by Kemist | July 15, 2011, 10:16 am
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  22. Were All Gonna Be DROID ZOMBIES!

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    Posted by Kemist | July 15, 2011, 10:18 am
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