OpenSignalMaps Gives Us A Look At Android's Fragmentation Through Their Eyes

We hear it talked about a lot in the tech circles, but if you were hoping to get a glimpse of what Android's “fragmentation” looks like, the boys at Staircase 3 have a nice graphic for you. These guys have been tracking 681,900 Android devices over the past 6 months that have downloaded their OpenSignalMaps (a network monitoring app) and this is what they've found: 599 distinct brands, 3,997 different Android devices, spanning across 195 countries. And that, folks, is why they call it the Android army.



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