Google Phones Will Overtake iPhone in 2009 is a Hughes Prediction

Bill Hughes, from the market research firm In-Stat, predicts in 2009 Google Android phones will have 17.1 million units sold which is almost twice the predicted amount of iPhones at 9.5 million – with the help of China.

If you have a spare $1,495 you can read Mr. Hughes research analysis on iPhone and gPhone: Shaking Up the Wireless World at In-Stat or simply view the highlights I made below.

Ten Reasons China will want a gPhone over an iPhone:

• China’s 3G standard TD-SCDMA will most likely support mobile Linux platforms

 

• China Mobile is part of the Open Handset Alliance that is working on Android with Google

 

• China’s preference toward free, open-source software, given its nascent intellectual property laws

 

• A high-quality FREE operating system

 

• Android can be used on a variety of devices

 

• Linux-based handsets are cheap and easily customized

 

• Google’s presence in China since 2005

 

• Google’s acquiescence to China’s Internet censorship laws

 

• Google has the reputation of a company the Chinese government can work with

 

• Google Branding

Over half the Chinese population still don’t have a cell phone by mid 2007 and with their proposed affinity to Android’s open-source mobile Linux platform, states Hughes, by 2012 Android phones will outsell the iPhone by 3 to 1 with a number given of 96.9 million units to 33.4 million.

Another prediction for 2012 were by the Mayans but their prediction is not a pleasant one for December 21st, 2012.