Gingerbread is Still Most Popular Android OS
Latest Android version Jelly Bean owns just a 1.8 percent share.
Google has revealed that Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is still the most popular version for the platform with the OS being installed on 55.8 percent of all Android devices.
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), meanwhile, trailed in second place with a 23.7 percent share. As for the latest Android version, Jelly Bean, it was only able to claim a 1.8 percent share, with Android 2.2 (Froyo) beating the latest OS with a 12.9 percent market share.
To see Gingerbread still the market leader for Android operating systems is surprising to say the least, with it launching all the way back during December 2010. That said, its market share has shown signs of slow decrease; during the opening stages of September, Gingerbread's market share was 57.5 percent.
The Android market share data released by Google was based on number of Android devices accessing the Google Play marketplace through a 14-day period ended yesterday.

Glad I'm one of the 1.8% with Jelly Bean.
Glad I'm one of the 1.8% with Jelly Bean.
Save money for who? You do realize that they will loose money if they sell less phones... Right? What's the best way to make you spend 500 bucks on a new phone every year? Why, make a slightly better phone, and make sure you cannot update your old one.
Actually, a lot of them are more interested in locking you into contracts.
it's more like the most populated. we'd happily switch to ICS we have one.
I go here if anyone is interested, see if your device is located in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.php
It would actually save the manufacturers money if they didn't "design" multiple phones for each carrier and instead offered the same phones through carriers with compatible networks. They could design 3 phones for each market segment....1 for AT&T, 1 for T-Mobile and 1 for Verizon/Sprint/nTelos. That would cut their costs dramatically and actually increase their profits.
Bye bye Evo 4g! Daddy is getting a quad core! (even if I have to switch carriers!)
...and what will you do with a quad core?