An interesting tidbit to come out of that report we featured from Net Applications last week was highlighted by Jonny Evans of Computerworld today, with Evans stating that according to the report six times as many iOS users browse the web, in comparison to Android – and that has lead to some very interesting iOS device sales figures.

According to Evans, doing some quick maths, that works out at over 6 Million iOS-based devices Apple is selling, per month!

Apple has shifted over 120 million iOS devices so far, and seems set to add up to another 24 million or so to that number before the end of the year. Sales could be as high as 6 million devices each month, I estimate.

That estimate is my own conjecture based on the following:

* Apple is manufacturing 2 million iPads each month, rising to 3 million for the Holiday season.
* Apple is estimated to be selling 2 million iPhone 4 units each month.
* iPod touch accounts for around one-third of iOS devices, suggesting similar sales levels.

With four months remaining until the end of 2010 — including the Holiday season — Apple could easily exceed that 20 million device estimate.

Apple itself has claimed it is activating 230,000 new iOS devices each day. That adds up to 1.6 million devices per week. This essentially confirms my six million per month sales estimate, and suggests the figure may be higher. This is explosive growth.

[9to5Mac via Computerworld]