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Take a look at the phones used by your friends and family and you are likely to notice a trend: Android phones are dominating the market. These smart phones, such as LG Android phones, have become increasingly popular over the past several years. The Android technology, now owned by Google, continues to grow, as do the number of applications and the variety of phones available. The trend continues to grow.

When you consider that more than 45 million Americans own a smart phone, and that other popular platforms, most notably Apple and RIM, have actually lost customers, it is easy to see why the Android platform is so popular. The platform, used in LG Android phones, has several key advantages over the competition, but one really stands out: the age range of their users. By creating phones and marketing them to specific groups, such as teens and businesspeople, the platform has been able to garner a large part of the market share for smart phones.

Google has also invested heavily into their apps store, giving LG Android phone users access to over 200,000 applications. At the same time, they are actively seeking to increase the number of available apps and have an open source initiative to ensure smooth future development.

Android phones are known for their functionality. Voice command web browsing, integrated video-chat, and slick design features make phones based on this platform highly user-friendly and intuitive. As Android continues their drive towards creating bigger and better systems and applications, we are likely to see more smartphone users move to this platform.