iPhone and iPod usage in Asia is not as much as in the United States and European countries. But among the Asian countries, Singapore has a significant usage of iPhone and iPod, opposite to Indonesia.
Singapore has around 402,992 iPhone units, and additional 76,575 iPod Touch units and 1,453 iPad units. This means the total usage of iPhone OS (iOS) in Singapore reach 480,950 units, from total Singapore population of 4 millions people. The numbers shows an absolute loss for Android OS, which only reach 32,918 units.
The iPhone OS success in Singapore is reasonable. In Asia, Singapore is the first country to sell iPhone, a year before the Android gadget released. Even so, the growth of Android usage predicted to rise, considering the average growth of iPhone OS in the country is around 8%.
And how about Indonesia? The iPhone OS usage in Indonesia is only about 0,003%, or around 68,841 units. Data about iPod and iPad usage is not available yet. Opposite to it, the Symbian OS still rule the smartphones market in Indonesia with more than 90%.
Even so, according to ROA group, Indonesia is predicted to be the third biggest mobile market among the Asian countries. Indonesian position only matched by China and India. Compared to the Internet usage in Indonesia which only 10,5%, the celluler usage in this country already reach 52%.
The iPhone usage in Indonesia is also still below other countries like Thailand and Vietnam.
