According to a new study, the iPad and Verizon iPhone seem to be attracting more iOS developers than Google is attracting to Android.
The report compares new projects that have started on both iOS and Android in Q1 and Q2 of 2011.
The chart here shows:
- iPad interest jumped up 3%, 54% to 57%
- iPhone interest jumped up 5%, 10% to 15%
- Android dropped from 8%, 36% to 28%
The disorganization and lack of quality apps on the Android Market may finally be catching up to Google.
The report had these insights on the Verizon iPhone and iPad 2 launches:
1. iPhone Launch on Verizon: With iPhone’s arrival on Verizon in February 2011, three and half years after launching on AT&T, Apple closed the most significant vulnerability gap in its U.S. distribution, and likely worldwide. In fact, with its lengthy exclusive distribution agreement of iPhone on AT&T, it could be argued that Apple itself gave Android the opportunity to reach critical mass on other carriers, most notably Verizon. In that time, Google, Verizon and a host of OEMs worked hard and fast to push Android devices as an alternative to AT&T’s iPhone juggernaut. With Verizon’s launch of the iPhone, the pendulum appears to have swung back in favor of iPhone over Android development.
2. iPad 2 Launch: Establishing an installed base of more than 20 million tablet devices in less than one year, the iPad success story has been compared to taking a buzz-saw to the PC industry. Apple’s iPad shipments, from its last disclosed quarter, were higher than the initial first two quarters of iPad availability. Apple has additionally claimed that it is seeing the “mother of all backlogs.” Building efforts lag behind consumer demand for the device. We believe that wholesale consumer acceptance and adoption of tablets, which just a year ago was questionable within the industry, is further luring developers to build for iPad instead of Android.
With Apple being the only real player in the tablet market, it’s no surprise seeing developers flock to it but it’s interesting to see that adding another carrier in the U.S. attracted that many more to the platform.
(via Flurry)
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