Android sees healthy growth at expense of Apple, RIM, MS

> comScore was careful to note that this data came from just before the iPhone 4 launch (which happened in late June), so there’s some possibility that Apple’s share will see an uptick before the next report. Keep in mind, too, that there was a [high-profile leak about the new iPhone](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/apparent-next-gen-iphone-front-facing-camera-better-battery.ars) in mid-April, which many believe to have depressed iPhone 3GS and 3G sales as users awaited the new model. Gee. Do you really think so?

So what we’re seeing here is that in the US only, where people can only get an iPhone if they want to use AT&T, dozens of Android models on all four carriers can combined sell a little more than half of the number of iPhones in the few months leading up to a new iPhone release?

Talk to me next quarter, when iPhone 4 sales are factored into the mix.

The real news here is that Microsoft is on its way out in a big way, which we’ve all known for some time now.

It’s also very important to remember that US numbers are very small potatoes compared to the rest of the world, where Android is still doing rather poorly, mostly because people in most other countries have a few choices of carrier for the iPhone, whereas here, we’re stuck with AT&T.

If (when) the iPhone makes it to Verizon, Android will see an immediate stoppage of major growth in the US, too. While there is plenty of Microsoft market share left to grab, Android will only make it so far before running out of new people.

If Android had more time to take more market, it might stand a chance of taking over the world, or at least the US. But I seriously doubt that we’ll go another year, two years max, before we see other US carriers get the iPhone.