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iOS and Android: A State-by-State Breakdown
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I found this comparison quite entertaining, and the comments hilarious!
http://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-4-vs-samsung-galaxy-sii-10109/
No matter what phone you have, you will always defend the brand you're using even if it's crappy.
http://www.androidauthority.com/iphone-4-vs-samsung-galaxy-sii-10109/
No matter what phone you have, you will always defend the brand you're using even if it's crappy.
Oregon does surprisingly have a lot of corporations here that probably use Blackberry for their workforce. Our largest employer is Intel, we've got Nike HQ here, Precision Castparts, and quite a few others. I'm willing to guess a lot of them use BBs for their businesses.
Then again, I could be way off. No idea!
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Markie, Alltel changed to Verizon. Not AT&T
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Markie, Alltel changed to Verizon. Not AT&T
Definitely not surprised that West Virginia is an iOS state. Verizon & ATT are the major carriers here. I see more than I can count on a daily basis.
I don't think this is saying that a bb dominated state really has more bb than iOS or android. I think it's saying that state has more bb users relative to other states. So if the overall market share for bb is 22%, a state that's 30% bb could be "bb dominated" even though that's neither >50% nor even necessarily > than the android or iOS share in that state. Same for the other os'es, obviously. At least that's how I read this.
The whole graph is meaningless
Try to compare an OS like Android, that is Open Source and has almost hundreds of models in all prices out there and has been the only choice for some carriers to push, with an OS that has only few models in the high price range just does not make sense.
Try to compare an OS like Android, that is Open Source and has almost hundreds of models in all prices out there and has been the only choice for some carriers to push, with an OS that has only few models in the high price range just does not make sense.
Next up: During the GOP Primaries pundits will be trying to correlate the backers of one smart phone user or another with their candidate of choice.
Woe be it unto the smart phone that is a favorite of the biggest loser's backers.
Woe be it unto the smart phone that is a favorite of the biggest loser's backers.
Not everywhere. There were a handful of smaller areas that were bought by AT&T.
The DOJ did not let VzW buy 100% of Alltel. IIRC, about 80% was bought by VzW, maybe 5-7.5% went to AT&T and the rest is still operating independently.
I PROMISE you the graph is incorrect for Southern California. Now maybe in Northern California things are different and Android runs the roost. But down here, I'm hard pressed to see a person that doesn't have an iPhone. There are a few holdouts - mostly people who favor the customizability of Android like myself - but especially with the female population, they're iHeads.
I didn't see much of Seattle the times I've been there, but of the people I saw, they all had iPhones.
Simple... Android is the cheaper alternative for people who can't afford an iPhone. Some people say Android phones are "almost" like an iPhone, so that's their consolation. Also, calling + data plans are not easily affordable. Even for people who can afford an iPhone, current iPhone service plans don't make sense when compared to T-Mobile or MetroPCS plans, who offer Android phones as an alternative to the iPhone.
Basically, it's all a matter of what's affordable and not or what's better.
When the iPhone came out, I could afford it, but I was not going to give up my T-Mobile Unlimited Plan, so I bought a Touch Pro 2; I certainly regret it now, and now I'm willing to switch to AAT&T so I could get the iPhone 5. I'm sure there's a lot of people in a similar situation, so these statistics are soon to change.
Basically, it's all a matter of what's affordable and not or what's better.
When the iPhone came out, I could afford it, but I was not going to give up my T-Mobile Unlimited Plan, so I bought a Touch Pro 2; I certainly regret it now, and now I'm willing to switch to AAT&T so I could get the iPhone 5. I'm sure there's a lot of people in a similar situation, so these statistics are soon to change.
I am getting tired of that argument because of how much BS and miss information there is in it. People are buying Android phones that cost as much if not more than the iPhone on contract.
Atrix sold well on AT&T, Samsung infused selling well (again same price) HTC Android phone sold fairly well when it was the same price. Capitave as well.
On Verizon you have the Droid2/3 which both did pretty well when they were the same price. The Thunderbolt is selling fairly well and it COST MORE than the iPhone.
Over seas you have the GalaxyS 2 which cost more.
Now you have the iPhone 4 which is massively over priced for its specs. It should at this point be at most a $99 on contract phone if it was made by anyone else.
iPhones are more popular in Southern CA because people there are very vain. Moreso than anywhere else. Also Steve Jobs has always been influential with the Hollywood set, Apple laptops are shown with the logo displayed prominately in the movies. If another laptop is being used it's logo is covered. It's a very subtle yet interesting difference.
I can attest to that. There is not a day that goes by that I am amazed by the level of it here. On the other hand, by attracting all the shallow selfish people from across the country, & thus concentrating trashy people in one spot, it keeps the rest of america relatively clean.
Not sure it has any effect on what phone people are using though.
I think this map attempts to find patterns in data where there are none. & using state lines to define regions just makes it even less meaningful.
This map might have some relevance if Android and iOS were available on all the same networks.
People hate AT&T.
People hate Verizon.
Whether they have an iPhone or not makes no difference. The next carrier I jump to will not have an iPhone because I hate both those companies. They will however have Android.
This map may as well compare USB 2.0 and Thunderbolt usage.
People hate AT&T.
People hate Verizon.
Whether they have an iPhone or not makes no difference. The next carrier I jump to will not have an iPhone because I hate both those companies. They will however have Android.
This map may as well compare USB 2.0 and Thunderbolt usage.
It really helps to know what you're talking about before you correct someone. Verizon bought Alltel, yes. However, like many large-scale transactions, it involved mandated divestitures. About half of the Alltel coverage area (though a far smaller percentage of customers) was required to be divested as it would leave Verizon with a near monopoly. Almost all of Montana, except for one market area where there was no Verizon service, was divested to AT&T.
Here's a map of how it breaks down:
http://www.cellularmaps.com/alltel_divest.shtml
That's hasn't been my experience at all! Yes I see a ton of iPhones in Socal, but I see a ton of Android devices as well. I was at a picnic yesterday and I actually saw more Androids now that I think about it. But overall I would say it's about 50/50. Which means Android is definitely cutting into Apple's pie, because iPhones were the only thing you used to see.
It's party because Apple has limited themselves to only one (and now two) carriers but it is also because of the plans that carriers have for the iPhone. Why pay $100 a month for service when you can have another smartphone at 1/2 or even 1/4 that rate by going with a prepaid plan? In these economic times, $25 a month on Virgin Mobile sounds a whole lot better to the wallet!
Evidently the same place they left Alaska.... Paying twice the freight for half the service
Always seem to be forgotten
Pa. is very much an android state. iPhone or apple hasn't been able to penetrate the Northeast that much as of yet. However apple products are starting to pop up much more as a lot of city people start to make way to the small towns.
Dunno what part of Southern California you're in. But in the bulk of San Diego, iPhones run the roost. It got worse when Verizon picked them up.
I tried the iPhone 4. Couldn't stand it. The build quality was top notch, but iOS is way too limiting and restricting. It felt claustrophobic. Everything is clunky - way too many clicks to enable and disable WiFi, for example. The simplicity and sheer flexibility of Android just works for me.
Strange, in Oklahoma, most people don't use an iPhone, BB or Android. The most popular choice at the moment is two tin cans and a bit of string.
Vain? Why vain?
Because we don't want be as wide as we are tall?
I've seen people in other parts of America, and it isn't pretty.