The juggernaut keeps on accelerating, after 550,000 activations reported in summer.
Google's mobile chief Andy Rubin made the announcement through hit Google Plus account. And mindful of previous controversy over the veracity of these statements, he added: " …and for those wondering, we count each device only once (ie, we don’t count re-sold devices), and “activations” means you go into a store, buy a device, put it on the network by subscribing to a wireless service."
In July Google confirmed 550,000 devices a day were being activated, but its claim was rubbished by Apple, which insinuated that the stats could include upgrades by existing users.
Either way, the new 700,000 figure equates to 21 million a month, or 250 million a year.
This stacks up against estimates which suggest iPhone will sell around 105m and iPad 40m this year. But then that's just two devices against dozens of Androids - and iOS users are far more active and spend more on their devices.

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