The entire history of iPhone vs. Android summed up in two charts. by Vlad Savov. Source Mary Meeker 2016 Internet Trends report. Jun 2, 2016, 3:18 AM UTC. Mary Meeker. When the ...

Analyst Travis McCourt has put together some rather interesting graphs depicting the sales history of Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy handsets. It's an interesting insight into how the rivalry we ...

Samsung comes in second with a 77% retention rate, which is easily the highest for an Android brand, but still a ways behind. The likes of LG, Motorola, and Nokia are closer to 50/50, if not lower.

The most interesting stat in the report is that while games account for only one in five of the 130,000 iPhone apps at Mplayit, they’re half the traffic.

So how did Android, which debuted after the iPhone, get to where it is today. Here's a quick history lesson. Android started as a separate company in 2003.

Meanwhile, Android had a strong loyalty rate, but it was 3% lower at 91% – which feeds into the higher rate of users switching to iPhone. CIRP highlights that both are impressive customer ...