1/3 of Non-AT&T Smartphone Customers Would Have Purchased iPhone on Their Carriers

[mrochester]

What I do have a problem with is the amazing amount of noise coming from the more vocal Android proponents all over the Web. They never let you hear the end of it. Everywhere you go. "Android FTW!" "iPhone sucks!" "Apple cultists!" Blah, blah, blah. I'm not sure what they feel the need to prove.

That'll happen just as soon as Apple fans stop 'trolling' other forums with the same deafening noise, i.e., never.

The iPhone fans like LTD will never be happy until every other smartphone platform is gone and everyone is forced to the iPhone. I know that is what you are hoping and praying for so everyone looks the same, but it is not going to happen.

This is something I've often wondered. When will these fans be happy? One product at one price is by its very nature not a solution for everyone. LTD et al should be happy that other companies have stepped in to fill the voids in Apple's lineup, yet all they ever seem to post is constant criticism and negativity.

Maybe this is misdirected annoyance/frustration? It is easier to bag on Google than it is to bag on their platform of choice for lack of options and flexibility. Instead of saying that it's bad of Apple to be so narrowly focussed, they criticise Android for being too broad. Uiltimately, the balance is somewhere in the middle, sort of around where Microsoft are pitching WP7. You get all the benefits of MS running a tight ship with the software, but on a whole range of devices at different prices from different manufacturers.

 

[kdarling]

I know why I choose apple, the user experience, i feel safe when I'm navigating the app store on my iPhone. Because I know a human being has check the app and not some random ******* posting an app on the android market to steal all my info.

Ignorance is truly bliss

Apple's testers have just minutes to check an app, and they're mostly looking to make sure there's no trademark or private API violations. They've totally failed to find hidden code such as that secret tethering mode.

Third party analysis has found that a higher percentage of iOS apps have Contact access than do Android apps. There's nothing stopping them from sending that info over the net. Moreover, with iOS there's no warning about an app wanting Contact access, unlike Android which shows that request on installation.

I prefer IOS's UI, in my opinion is leaps and bounds better then Androids. I like simplicity especially when i'm on a mobile device.

I agree about simplicity. I think all phones should have hard buttons for common actions such as Send/End a call, instead of calling being just another touch app. However, I'm old and apparently the young don't actually talk to each other any more

And sorry android people but right know the app store has the best applications on smartphones.

For you. Android has all the major apps that I use on iOS. Plus widgets, which make the phone far more useful as a companion tool.

Also after hearing my friend complain about his battery life on his droid I think the iPhone manages multitasking a lot better.

The iPhone doesn't manage multitasking any better, it simply restricts it more. Huge difference. And that's likely to change as time goes on, just as Apple already caved into allowing some multitasking. Restrictrions limit the device's usefulness and Apple knows it. As users get more experienced, they know it too.

 

[ten-oak-druid]

The best situation to be in with mobile phone carriers is to be out of contract. I've been out of contract for 5 years using the same phone and I hate the idea of having to enter a new contract to get a better phone. But I do want to upgrade to an iphone.

 

[skeep5]

this makes me feel like saying i told you so. for some reason.

 

[eNcrypTioN]

I'm on Sprint right now and if they offered the iPhone I would buy one and so would the majority of my family. Glad I'm out of contract though because when the next iPhone comes out I'm switching to a new carrier for it.

 

[bearcatrp]

Nice thing about being a sprint customer, you can buy a used phone that works on the network, and go online to sprint and change your phone. No hassles or problems. If it requires additional fees like a BB I did, they adjust it accordingly. Can't do that with crappy AT&T. I just hope sprint gets the iPhone soon. Expect it to come sometime as version and sprint used the same technology for cell service. Otherwise will go back to BB when OS6 hits.

 

[wirelessmacuser]

It's all meaningless anyway. A recent survey revealed a similar number of people would buy a Droid X if it was offered on AT&T. Another market survey by another firm revealed a like amount of people would buy an EVO if offered on all of the big four, as Samsung has done with the very popular Galaxy S phones. To which I say so what? These "surveys" are meaningless. People say one thing & do another. They all believe the grass is greener. It's just that anyone who dare be critical of Apple is immediately attacked. It's the stuff Apple fanboys live for. Thrilling themselves in the process.

 

[DakotaGuy]

Ignorance is truly bliss
Android has all the major apps that I use on iOS. Plus widgets, which make the phone far more useful as a companion tool.

Widgets and the window shade notification system are my two favorite parts of Android. iPhone fans will try and tell you that widgets are not useful or that Apple's notification system is just fine, but these two things would make it hard for me to leave Android.

 

[herro]

Widgets and the window shade notification system are my two favorite parts of Android. iPhone fans will try and tell you that widgets are not useful or that Apple's notification system is just fine, but these two things would make it hard for me to leave Android.

Precisely the reason I have yet to get an iPhone.

They're nice phones and the screens are pretty but until they get widgets I can't get one.

Don't call me an Android fanboy because I could see myself buying an iPhone 5/6 when/if they finally add widgets.

As much as some people discredit them... Picture this: 5 desktops with expose feature and not having to open a single app to get all the information you need. Missed calls, stocks, texts, weather, sports, facebook, twitter, visual bookmarks, phone settings, picture frames, you name it you got it all at the swipe of a thumb.

 

[TMay]

It's all meaningless anyway. A recent survey revealed a similar number of people would buy a Droid X if it was offered on AT&T. Another market survey by another firm revealed a like amount of people would buy an EVO if offered on all of the big four, as Samsung has done with the very popular Galaxy S phones. To which I say so what? These "surveys" are meaningless. People say one thing & do another. They all believe the grass is greener. It's just that anyone who dare be critical of Apple is immediately attacked. It's the stuff Apple fanboys live for. Thrilling themselves in the process.

What's interesting about the Verizon case is that Apple has never offered the iPhone on any network other than AT&T, which has issues for some, whereas all networks support Android, most in a range of flavors. It may be true that there is demand for specific Android handsets on a particular network where they are not currently available, but it also is true that what is the hot handset today, the DroidX from Moto, may be superceded by the next LG or Samsung with more features a few months down the road. This is the choice that Android provides over the iPhone, but the downside is a more chaotic market for the networks.

In Apple's case, the speculation is that the first handset will only support CDMA, but by the June release, there will be a universal iPhone that will operate on all networks worldwide, CDMA or GSM. At that point, and Gruber suggests this, the CDMA phone will become the entry level phone for Verison, just as the 4G will become the entry level phone for AT&T in the U.S. and GSM networks worldwide.

It really doesn't matter what I or anyone else thinks. What matters is whether there is in fact a pent up demand seen with the Verison iPhone release. My opinion is that there will be, for no other reason that there are significant numbers that loathe AT&T.

 

[JAT]

Aren't Mac fans (respect, bro ) doing the same to Windows aficionados since long? (Viruses, BSODs, blah) What goes around comes around.

Difference is, those are serious issues. "I Hate Apple and people who buy their products" is not a result of software problems in iOS. Like this joker:

But would you keep it after a hundred or so dropped calls?

Because Apple is currently in charge of Sprint's network.

 

[parapup]

Difference is, those are serious issues. "I Hate Apple and people who buy their products" is not a result of software problems in iOS.

Those "were" serious issues with Windows several years ago. The BS here is that Mac fans keep regurgitating those as if it is 1997.

"software problems in iOS" - may be not for you, but many people hate iOS because it has problems - iPhone 3G is slow as molasses, the multitasking is a joke, home screen is pathetic and they can't customize it in anyway.

 

[Tysonfausett]

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If verizon had the iPhone I would have never switched to at&t. Where I live the service isn't that great with AT&T. They say they support 97% of Americans. That's such a lie.

 

[Mochi Hana]

Now I'm convinced that all of these providers, much like cable television providers, are all horrible to their customers and offer shoddy service. What a money making scam these people run, and it looks like a little price fixing is going on (all of the major carriers seem to have identical pricing schemes).

This is definitely true.

 

[jnpy!$4g3cwk]

Yes, no question that I would have purchased a couple of iPhones if Sprint and/or T-Mobile were available. Personally, I much prefer the overall service of Sprint and T-Mobile over AT&T and Verizon, having experienced all of these through work and at home.

 

[soulknight]

I would have purchased an iPhone a long time ago. In fact I have not yet purchased a smart phone because I have been waiting for the iPhone to be released to other carriers. If something does not happen by early next year I will be going Android. I'm tired of holding out.

 

[rjohnstone]

Nice thing about being a sprint customer, you can buy a used phone that works on the network, and go online to sprint and change your phone. No hassles or problems. If it requires additional fees like a BB I did, they adjust it accordingly. Can't do that with crappy AT&T.

Yes, you can do that with AT&T.
With AT&T you don't even have to go online.
Talk about no hassle, just swap the SIM card.
This is provided the phone is unlocked, but that rule applies with all carriers, including your beloved Sprint.

AT&T doesn't care where you got your phone or if it's new or used.
As long as it is compatible with AT&T's network frequencies, you can use it.

I just hope sprint gets the iPhone soon. Expect it to come sometime as version and sprint used the same technology for cell service. Otherwise will go back to BB when OS6 hits.

Psst.... OS 6 is already available.

 

[JAT]

Those "were" serious issues with Windows several years ago. The BS here is that Mac fans keep regurgitating those as if it is 1997.

"software problems in iOS" - may be not for you, but many people hate iOS because it has problems - iPhone 3G is slow as molasses, the multitasking is a joke, home screen is pathetic and they can't customize it in anyway.

I didn't say viruses were a big Win7 issue. But XP is still the most used OS, including where I am typing this. They are still an issue, if only because they spawned so many antivirus programs that have basically become their own problem. AV takes over computers and makes them half unusable, maybe all unusable sometimes.

The 3G's hardware is slow as molasses. Waah. So is my 1st gen Touch, might be even slower, I forget the specs of all of these. I still use it every day because it works, and accomplishes what I need. I do want to upgrade to the iPhone 4, though. According to the law (Moore's), the 3G iPhone should be about 1/4 the speed of today's new stuff. Spend the cash if speed is all you care about. (see the Civ V thread for examples of this)

iOS doesn't have problems, people don't like its feature set and they turn into crazed internet hate-mongerers. Bizarre, really. Esp where they are apparently willing to root an Android phone to get what they want, but not JB an iPhone. Which is the same thing.