[TrevorFancher]

This is only interesting if you look at it the right way.

The way I see it is that there are many manufacturers of Android phones, while every iPhone is manufactured by Apple.

Also, every phone that runs iOS has specifications much more the same than that of every phone which runs Android. Apple's approach makes it easier for developers to get their app running consistently on as many devices as possible.

http://gigaom.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/smartphone-switch.... is interesting, though. If the data is to be believed, 20% of Android users will buy a phone from Apple next time they make a purchase and 90% of iPhone users will buy another iPhone.

[wtallis]

Those numbers for future purchases are pretty interesting, particularly if you consider where they lead. If those numbers hold relatively steady, then it suggests that Blackberry is doomed to drop below 10% of the installed base, and that Android won't ever be able keep hold of an installed base even one third the size of the iPhone's.

In reality, a platform declining as steeply as Blackberry will probably accelerate it's decline until their only remaining customers are those who are locked-in, unless they can make their phones much more enticing before they've lost too many customers.

[Samuel_Michon]

Interesting stats, indeed. These are Nielsen's, but Yankee Group reported on the same thing a week ago -- the results are nearly identical.

"Subscriber migration to iPhone is a one-way trip" http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/07/27/not-great-news-for-go...