Eric Schmidt: Google now at 1.5 million Android activations per day

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/eric-schmidt-dmobile.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/16/eric-schmidt-google-now-at-1-5-million-android-activations-per/)There's a Google exec speaking at a tech conference (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/16/liveblog-google-eric-schmidt-at-dive-into-mobile-2013/), and that means one thing: more Android statistics. At Dive Into Mobile (http://www.engadget.com/tag/dmobile2013/) today, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt confirmed that the company is now seeing 1.5 million Android activations per day, which is up from 1.3 million per day (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/05/google-ceo-1-3-million-android-activations-a-day/) last fall and 1.4 million as of last month (seemingly an uptick after a short period of slower growth). Schmidt also says that the company remains on track for one billion total devices by the end of the year, which would be a sizeable increase from the 750 million that CEO Larry Page confirmed in his most recent statement (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/andy-rubin-leaves-google-sundar-pichai-to-lead-android/) last month. Schmidt further notes that the key to that future growth -- or reaching the "next five billion people looking to get connected," as he puts it -- will be the $100 price point, something he suggests they'll quickly get to.

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