70% of Android Phones has 2.x version

Or mabye should I say "There are still 30% unfortunately owners with previous versions", commonly accused for this to "the Fragmentation of Android" caused by Google¡ and mobile operators, whom are able to decide whether apply an upgrade or not. However, nowadays, 28.7% of the Android phones have installed Froyo 2.2, while 41.7% have version 2.1, which is the most widespread and commonly used (my MotoDext with 2.1 jeje), there are still 12% and 17.5% with Android 1.5 and 1.6 respectively.

These numbers were published on the official web for Android developers, mainly to target their efforts in producing applications that are available for each version of the platform, so that the developers must decide whether to cover as many users as possible or concentrate on newer versions, depending of the largest number of devices.

The first graph shows the current distribution of the different versions of the OS, taking into account the devices that have accessed the Android Market over a period of two weeks. The second graph shows, for a longer period, which runs from early March until the first of September, the evolution of the percentage of devices that each version had.

Eventually, version 2.2 is likely to grow stronger, as it has done so far its predecessor. Do not forget the Tablets! At least until a new version of the Google OS is available and the cycle begins again falling apart or Google finds a solution to the situation. An ideal solution would be that new versions of Android came ready to be installed on both low-end phones as high end/new ones.