Yes, Android is gobbling up marketshare, but the growth is at the low end. The cheap plastic boxes made for people for whom design is not a deciding factor.
When given a choice, most designers will work for companies and customers that appreciate good design and are willing to pay more for excellence in experience, even at the expense of raw specs. Apple has built its success on aiming for that market.
You see this in all products, from phones to cars to houses, so why should Android be any different?
The best designers will work on premium products, and Android just isn't. Google doesn't care much for design, and neither do the Android hardware manufacturers (with the possible exception of HTC, and you can see how popular that is in the Android market...), so that creates an ecosystem in which design, visual, industrial and UX, is secondary.
Just like good developers don't like to work somewhere where good code is not considered important, designers don't want to work in a market where their talent isn't valued.
When given a choice, most designers will work for companies and customers that appreciate good design and are willing to pay more for excellence in experience, even at the expense of raw specs. Apple has built its success on aiming for that market.
You see this in all products, from phones to cars to houses, so why should Android be any different?
The best designers will work on premium products, and Android just isn't. Google doesn't care much for design, and neither do the Android hardware manufacturers (with the possible exception of HTC, and you can see how popular that is in the Android market...), so that creates an ecosystem in which design, visual, industrial and UX, is secondary.
Just like good developers don't like to work somewhere where good code is not considered important, designers don't want to work in a market where their talent isn't valued.