[aditya42]

Well, of course.

It has been argued for years that pitting Android against the iPhone is unfair because Android comes in so many devices at many price points whereas the iPhone is just that--the iPhone. There are just two models (the previous, and the current. It used to be just one until 2 years ago.), one hardware spec (with varying memory sizes, sure).

But that's the game Apple chose to play. They intentionally crippled themselves (even if they don't think so), so this is really a comparison of Apple's strategy vs. Google's strategy. And Google's strategy seems to be winning in some aspects.

[wvenable]

Google and Apple aren't playing the same game. Apple doesn't care about market share, they care about profits. Google cares only about market share: the OS is free, they give search revenue to manufacturers and app revenue to carriers.

Both strategies are winning given their specific (and different) goals.