Google’s developer people have updated their Platform Versions data, giving us our regular look at how the various versions of Android out there are represented on users’ phones and tablets. The predictable news once again is the continuing rapid rise of Android 4.0, with the many versions of Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS now powering just over 21% of all Android devices – up from 16% last month.
The stats are compiled by counting connections to Google’s Play Store, so there’s some leeway in allowing for devices sold without Play Store access, but those are in the minority these days…
…so that’s a pretty accurate measure of where Android is right now, and who’s using what. And look, Android 1.5, most people’s first taste of the OS, is about to blink out of existence, on just 0.2% of all Android hardware today.
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?