The survey results are getting more and more predictable but that would not stop the research firms from going ahead and creating yet
another report. Now, it is Nielsen's turn to tell us the obvious. Android reigns supreme in smartphone OS segment, trailed by iOS. Android has grabbed 39 percent market share whereas Apple has 28 percent market share. RIM holds third spot with 20 percent slice of the pie. Despite recent upgrades, Microsoft's Windows mobile OS is still lagging behind with just 9 percent market share.
However, despite its higher market share, Android is facing another kind of problem. According to TechCrunch, Android devices face high return rates which hover around 30 to 40 percent. The return rate is pretty high in itself, but it sounds outright horrendous when you compare it to iPhone return rate which stands at measly 2 percent. However, the report findings need to be taken with a pinch or two of salt, since it does not mention its sources.
If the return rate for Android gadgets is really as high as claimed by this report, then it severely undermines the tall claims made by Android. Android had recently been tossing around the daily activation figures, but the high return rate is going to make us skeptical about the real performance.