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The "i" in "iPhone" stands for "inequality", late 2025 edition:

I’ve seen graphs like this and sometimes wonder units shipped vs units currently being used. For tablets at least, in the last 4-5 years I have had an iPad Pro and 4 android tablets, but the iPad Pro is the only one working. So I am 80/20 on android/apple shipped but 0/100 on currently used.

iOS devices last longer than Androids, both because of premium components, as well as longer software support timelines; wealth effects also drive up use of those (faster) devices. This is changing slowly as Google (finally) invests to fix Android, but use rarely goes more than 1.5x sales.