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WHY ANDROID????
• Android boasts with around 75% market share.
• Growth of 91.5%.
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BRIEF HISTORY OF ANDROID
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CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF ANDROID VERSIONS
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PROS & CONS OF ANDROID
• Android being open source gives ability for anyone to customize it.
• Large number of android devices, so a variety of users can buy them. (not the case with iOS)
• Large number of apps.
• Also, since Google Android is and open source platform driving all Android phones, it could significantly increase the risk of hacking the devices.
• Android devices face plethora of problems.
• Very inconsistent for developers. (so many devices with different design, aspect ratio, density pixels, screen resolution, etc.)
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