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Google: 3.7 million Android devices were activated on December 24th and 25th

By on December 28, 2011 at 7:56am in Mobile News


There’s no doubt the worldwide adoption of Android is increasing. The latest set of stats were from last week when Andy Rubin, Google’s SVP of Mobile, said they were seeing 700,000 Android activations a day, up from 550,000 in July. The father of Android once again took to Twitter this morning, declaring that it twas indeed a very good xmas season and that Android device activations on December 24th and December 25th totalled 3.7 million.

There was no further indication of how many were smartphones or tablets. It would be great to see Google go a bit more in depth, possibly a country breakdown… or even letting us know how the Galaxy Nexus is doing.

Source: Twitter
Via: Engadget

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16 comments for “Google: 3.7 million Android devices were activated on December 24th and 25th”

  1. Same time next year, iOS will have one leg in its grave

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    Posted by Friko | December 28, 2011, 8:17 am
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    Posted by wiley | December 28, 2011, 8:18 am
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    • I was thinking the same thing, so I made sure I purchased a nexus device. However, I understand that not everybody is going to do that.

      Wired had a great article the other day titled ‘There Is No Such Thing as Android, Only Android-Compatible’ and it really changed the way I thought about it and it made so much sense.

      In short, the article explains that you purchase devices that are compatible with the android market and some google apps. that is it. Each device you purchase is a separate OS such a a samsung, LG, Sony, Motorola etc. and in turn it is now their job to provide for it and it is no related to Google/Android anymore.

      I have not done the article any justice in my brief attempt to summarize it, but it’s an interesting read and worth checking out.

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      Posted by milesclarence | December 28, 2011, 9:12 am

  3. I am waiting for the galaxy note. If they are going to release is in January these numbers will be duplicated

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    Posted by sam | December 28, 2011, 8:24 am
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  4. When I see people buy the iPhone I know right a way that they are taking a wrong decision, buying the iPhone 4s for $159 is a stupid idea!!!!

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    Posted by sam | December 28, 2011, 8:29 am
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  5. I’m tired and pissed about Android updates. It will become their eventual downfall. Everyone loves them right now, but Android phones become obsolete almost right away. No updates or lack of, really sucks…..

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    Posted by wiley | December 28, 2011, 9:12 am
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  6. I highly recommend that people only buy Nexus devices. I bought the Nexus S two weeks ago (I know it’s over a year old, but I couldn’t pass on the Telus deal). Since it’s release nearly 15 months ago it’s still amazing, and Nexus devices will always get updates first, maybe not as fast as some would like, but you will get them.

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    Posted by G | December 28, 2011, 9:44 am
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    Posted by Colin | December 28, 2011, 9:48 am
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    • Fucking Android fanboys voting my comment down. I brought up a good point, Android it missing lots of things that you would expect when you turn it on. It’s like buying a car, then having it ferryed to the wheel store to buy tires and then down the street to get seats, then the next place for the steering wheel and the heater. I want everything that I would normaly use on a daily basis out of the box, then maybe, down the road, swap out the radio for an aftermarket.

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      Posted by Colin | December 29, 2011, 9:06 am

  8. Ya out of the 6.8 million iOS and Android, Android was the clear winner hehe.

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    Posted by EmperumanV | December 28, 2011, 10:50 am
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  9. With the deal being finalized soon with Google and Motorola – I think it may be possible Motorola phones may get updates sooner than some may think now.

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    Posted by Nic | December 28, 2011, 12:23 pm
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  10. wasn’t it yesterday or something mobilesyrup had a post saying there were 6.8 million android devices activated on Christmas Day so why the different post today

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    Posted by guy | December 28, 2011, 1:50 pm
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  11. 6.8 million = Dec 25th ios + Dec 25th android
    3.7 million = Dec 24th android + Dec 25th android

    @guy: Not the same at all
    @EmperumanV: can’t conclude that based on the above info

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    Posted by Ben | December 28, 2011, 7:49 pm
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  12. woot! go Android!

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    Posted by aka | December 29, 2011, 1:36 am
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