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Have you used one of the phones running MS crappy OS?? Missing the mark doesn't even begin to describe the situation! How bout.........SUCKS!
I'm suprised there is only .2% different between Apple and Samsung during the height of the iPhone rollout.
More suprising is on the OS side Google actually gained more subscribers vs Apple.
Am I reading this right?
More suprising is on the OS side Google actually gained more subscribers vs Apple.
Am I reading this right?
All these companies are public companies. How much they make is full disclosed in their earnings reports.
For everyone person you know I know someone that didn't. Opinions are one thing. Facts are another. And if people really believe that most people who own Android is because they were "coerced or whatever word you want to use is naive. If you think that everyone (or most) that own iPhone WANTED the iPhone vs the same - just wanted a phone that could play youtube and get email/web - then you're also naive.
There are probably thousands upon thousands that ultimate don't care either way. Maybe they bought based on looks. Screen size. Cost at the time. Special offer. What their sister, brother, mother, son had without even giving it a second thought. Maybe some just bought the iPhone because it's well known and is less confusing (less models). Maybe some bought Android because they simply didn't want Apple. So many reasons - which is why blanket statements like the one I and you responded to - are in my opinion - silly.
It is true. I have asked several SIII users. The single most important reason they choose it is the screen size. Although I don't think a big phone is really beneficial to them in the long run, their are many people attracted to big screen. There is no doubt about it.
Luckily I put it in quotes and also said whatever word someone wanted to use.
"Unfortunately, because they were up-sold, and not genuinely interested in the platform"
Now that might not read as being coerced. But it does imply they were talked into something they didn't want or think they wanted.
But again - I didn't state someone said it. So no strawman. But you stating I made up a strawman - is in fact, a straw man. LOL
Thank you for saying this. I think you're 100% correct. Since when does Ferrari want to have 100% market share of total car sales? They don't. They want to make a profit, and that means only a slim margin of total sales and an even slimmer margin of its segment.
The same is true of Apple. They just want more profit, and sometimes that means not have all of the market share.
Microsoft can't seem to gain any momentum. I think it's interesting that despite the larger # of Android users, iOS owns the lion's share of mobile web browsing. What are all those Android users with ginormous screens doing with them? I'd be curious to see other popular usage breakdowns across the platforms like Youtube, Netflix, Twitter, etc.
I was referring to the whole sentence. Not one word.
"And if people really believe that most people who own Android is because..."
Nobody said anything about "most people who own Android" in this conversation.
That's quite a stretch to come up with such an argument. You may be singular in your metric, but far be it from me to spend time trying to refute it.
No. True. What he said was "A very large portion of those devices are with people who would have otherwise owned a "dumbphone" like an LG enV or a Samsung Gleam"
Going from most to a very large portion is splitting hairs. Feel free. I'm certainly not going to defend my comment - which has value - to you any further.
Not completely silly.
Over the holiday season in the US, I was repeated pushed towards an android phone when I specifically said I was looking for an Windows phone for my kid's upgrade (she loves her Windows Phone) in several Verizon stores.
Luckily I did some research online so I could inform the the sales staff of the discounts and price of the phones I was looking to buy. If I hadn't I would have walked out thinking that there weren't any Windows Phones for sale at all.
This happened at several stores, so I believe there is some truth to android phones being pushed over Windows and iPhones.
Not really... Seeing as Samsung also makes low end phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy Y, which are probably more common in lower income areas.
There's a phone in my car that is used when I know I'll be home late because I'm stuck in a traffic jam. And once it was used when my car broke down. It would be one of the 81.5% if I was in the USA. But you wouldn't see me walking around with it. It's in the glove compartment of my car.
It also was considerably cheaper than an iPhone.
Not really an argument. I was merely pointing out that the OPs comment doesn't hold water in and of itself to me. The statement about retention vs Android. You simply can't tell.
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Ok - but you didn't get an Android phone, right? My point isn't what is being pushed or not. My point was that a) you can't make a blanket statement about the purchasing habits of people and b) that people aren't necc buying Android because they don't care vs iPhone users that do (as to which phone they own).
Both platforms have a a wide spectrum of users and how they came to their decision.
Only if you take that quote out of context. "Those devices" was a reference to the previous sentence, not all Android devices.
Original goal was selling 1 percent of all phones (worldwide), which would have been about 10 million phones per year at the time.
I have and love my iPhone...but the % would be a LOT lower if Apple/Carriers hadn't introduced the 99cents older iPhone and $99 older iPhone models.
Not only has Apple increased it's %, but it has really kind of destroyed the 2nd hand market for a used iPhone...why would someone buy a used iphone for $75 from a friend when they can get 2 brand new ones (with warranty) for a buck or even $99?
I have heard and read that a lot of folks are switching from the iPhone to the Androids...or buying Androids in the first place...to avoid the Apple-lock-in-monopoly and for easier/expanded features. When my contract is up this year, I may also dump my 4S for an Android...I'm very sick of the iTunes-never-ending-reliance-and-upgrade.
Not only has Apple increased it's %, but it has really kind of destroyed the 2nd hand market for a used iPhone...why would someone buy a used iphone for $75 from a friend when they can get 2 brand new ones (with warranty) for a buck or even $99?
I have heard and read that a lot of folks are switching from the iPhone to the Androids...or buying Androids in the first place...to avoid the Apple-lock-in-monopoly and for easier/expanded features. When my contract is up this year, I may also dump my 4S for an Android...I'm very sick of the iTunes-never-ending-reliance-and-upgrade.
WindowsPhone OS is pretty good.
They just need to find a good price point and an under sale Apple and Android for awhile to get some traction. Can't see people paying $200 to 'try out' the latest flagship Windows phone.
the iPhone 4 is $450 off contract. Samsung has android phones as low as $80 off contract.
