Numbers for new phone sales are important for developers because of the lead times for new apps and games.
Actually, it is numbers for the platform that are important for developers. As you pointed out earlier:
Keep in mind that these figures do not include sales of the iPod Touch and iPad, which run the same operating system as the iPhone
Unless you are creating an app that absolutely requires the capabilities of a phone, a developer would consider the size of the entire platform. That said, I still think the Android platform will eventually surpass the iOS platform in the relatively near future.
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