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> the glaring truth is that most SmartPhones are still using Android 2.

Uh, what? More than 70% are running 4.0+ now[0]. This dude didn't even bother to check the proper statistics.

0: http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Android-and-iOS-fragmenta...

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That's exactly what I was trying to say. I am from Myanmar, which is pretty lagging in telecommunication area behind other countries. Only recently, people can buy the handset with very cheap price. Of course, mobile phone OS ratio of Android and iOS is like 10:1. Thanks to Huawei, anyway. I recently made an app and I am quite amazed that majority android version is 4+ and very little number of 2.3 .Thus, we aim to make more quality android app for the local.

Actually you didn't bother to check the proper statistics. The Android numbers come from devices accessing the Play Store.

Useful for most Western markets. Less so for many other countries.

Do other markets not buy from the Play Store? Or rather, if they don't, how would you sell your app to them anyway? It is nonsense to develop a for-profit app tailored to people who can't buy it.

"Other countries" == China.

In general, other countries do purchase from Play Store. Only China is an exception, due to Google-China relations that affect all Google services there.

Edit: "China" does not mean Hong-Kong. Hong-Kong has access to Play Store.

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