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List of Android devices by installed base, anyone?

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  • 31-01-2013 8:28pm
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    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I'm trying to establish a list of android devices by popularity or by sales in recent years. (basically I need to test the game I'm making on a list of popular devices that will likely try to play it...)

    Does anyone know of such a list or anything along those lines? There are soooo many android devices its mind boggling.


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    multimate
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭multimate


    DeVore wrote: »
    I'm trying to establish a list of android devices by popularity or by sales in recent years. (basically I need to test the game I'm making on a list of popular devices that will likely try to play it...)

    Does anyone know of such a list or anything along those lines? There are soooo many android devices its mind boggling.

    No sorry but I'd go with
    -Samsung Galaxy S + Note Series
    -HTC One + Sensation Series
    -Motorola Razr Series
    -Google Nexus Series (Nexus S - Nexus 4)

    If it's not graphics intensive then go with cheap samsung android's like Galaxy Y or Mini


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Appbrain do a list, but I think that's about it. Of course, a third-party app store wouldn't give you the most representative list either, but it's a start.

    http://www.appbrain.com/stats/top-android-phones


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    MiCr0
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,265 CMod ✭✭✭✭MiCr0


    this might be of some use - the android developer dashboard
    http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html


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    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    These are just the stats for my Irish app (model, number devices, percentage) which I released at Xmas:
    Samsung Galaxy S3 (m0)
    285
    17.38 %

    Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)
    258
    15.73 %

    Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570)
    82
    5.00 %

    ST21i
    67
    4.09 %

    Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830i)
    50
    3.05 %

    Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360)
    47
    2.87 %

    ST26i
    45
    2.74 %

    GT-S7500
    40
    2.44 %

    golden
    39
    2.38 %
    Others
    727
    44.33 %


    --- version (version, count installs, percentage) ---

    Android 2.3.3 - 2.3.7
    624
    38.05 %

    Android 4.0.3 - 4.0.4
    528
    32.20 %

    Android 4.1
    390
    23.78 %

    Android 2.2
    50
    3.05 %

    Android 4.2
    43
    2.62 %

    Android 3.2
    4
    0.24 %

    Android 2.3
    1
    0.06 %

    Note that if you go into your apps statistics, it will show you the top 10 for the category your app is in too for android version. I don't think you have to publish it to get this info, just create the placeholder for the app :)

    Reason I post them is that most people look for apps when they first get their phones and then the number of times they check for new apps/games goes down over time. So people who have just got phones are more likely to download your app IMO and it seems to be the case with my app. So focus on newer phone models for testing I would say and ones that are noted for being good for people who use custom roms as they are always on the look out for new apps as they are more into keeping up with the latest apps/games.


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Found this while browsing around:

    http://www.companiesandmarkets.com/Market/Telecommunications/Market-Research/Android-Smartphones-Tablets-Installed-Base-by-Device-Model-Form-Factor-Country-Region-Q2-2012/RPT1099361?aCode=e7702a5b-ad88-47dd-bb7a-a58072d4bda2

    ...almost €6k for the XLS database file :eek:


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    Carlos Orange
    Registered Users Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭Carlos Orange


    DeVore wrote: »
    I'm trying to establish a list of android devices by popularity or by sales in recent years. (basically I need to test the game I'm making on a list of popular devices that will likely try to play it...)

    Does anyone know of such a list or anything along those lines? There are soooo many android devices its mind boggling.


    There are a crazy number of devices out there. According to my play store stats my app is installed on 835 different device types. You aren't going to be able to cover it all even before considering devices available elsewhere that may be hard to get here. I would say

    S3
    Desire S
    Nexus 7
    S2
    Nexus 4


    Depending on your situation just ignore this and use what you have to hand and available from friends.


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