Apple Responds to Android Sales Report

Apple has responded to a recent NPD report which said Android moved past the iPhone in unit sales to US consumers last quarter.

“This is a very limited report on 150,000 US consumers responding to an online survey and does not account for the more than 85 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide,” Apple spokesperson Natalie Harrison, told The Loop. “IDC figures show that iPhone has 16.1 percent of the smartphone market and growing, far outselling Android on a worldwide basis. We had a record quarter with iPhone sales growing by 131 percent and with our new iPhone OS 4.0 software coming this summer, we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.”

The Loop also notes that Verizon Wireless is offering a buy-one-get-one-free deal on all of its smartphones. That includes Android and BlackBerry smartphones. That promotion likely had an effect on the numbers as well.


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