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Keg Thrower
Of course they are, how many different companies make Android devices? You can get android devices on pre-pay plans at Target/WalMart, which gets the product in to many more hands than Apple does. Android has low-end, mid, and high end devices spread out across multiple different manufacturing companies.
Verizon. It's b/c Verizon didn't initially stock and offer the iPhone. I bet iPhone #'s have grown exponentially since Verizon started carrying them.