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WHY ANDROID????

• Android boasts with around 75% market share.

• Growth of 91.5%.

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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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