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Android to overtake iOS in monthly app downloads by June 2012.

Zen Terrelonge
Android to overtake iOS in monthly app downloads by June 2012.

Even though downloads are currently two and a half times higher on Apple.

App store search-tech company Xyologic is behind the app downloads report, which examines mobile app statistics.

The firm claims its research for August 2011 shows Apple received 1.45 billion app downloads, while Android received less than half that figure with 640 million.

Although Apple leads Android, Xyologic says in a sign of things to come Android will catch Apple by June 2012, as results show Android outperformed iPhone in Poland, Czech Republic and Portugal.

In the coming months, a number of developers in various countries will select Android as the platform option for the largest audiences, according to the report.

August 2011 app download breakdown

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* US - 285.62m on Android, 416.71m on iPhone, 77m on iPad, 12.95m on WP7

* UK - 47.16m on Android, 115.85m on iPhone, 17.88m on iPad, 2.56m on WP7

* Japan - 30.97m on Android, 48.53m on iPhone, 7.15m on iPad, 130m on WP7

* Germany - 31.66m on Android, 65.44m on iPhone, 13.54m on iPad, 2.81m on WP7

* France - 23.97m on Android, 70.08m on iPhone, 11.43m on iPad, 1.06m on WP7

Tags: Apps , downloads , ios , Android

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