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20% of Apple iPhone Customers Switched from Android, 7% of Samsung Buyers Switched from iOS

dannyyankou said:
That education paid off.
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Not much. Given that most college students have issues with going into debt and spending money on things that may not pay off in the long run e.g. tuition, iPhones, etc. /jk

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Demonbravo said:
Pretty soon i am gonna join the 20% club of the iPhone users..i am just fed up with my Samsung Galaxy S plus..the config is great on paper but when it comes to handling tasks..it sucks..i guess iPhone's are just the best..was using the 4S and gonna switch back to it.
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You'd have to be dense to compare a Galaxy S plus to an iPhone 4s.

Also, handling tasks is the most bizarre way of criticizing a device. The iPhone handles FAR LESS TASKS than an Android phone, and what the iPhone does well an Android will do just the same . . . . because most of the apps are agnostic. So far the iPhone handles only two things well, Apple specific apps, and having a small screen.
 
jycr753 said:
I do understand the business model, and probably it is going to be a good thing for developers, a least when it comes to ad supported app, but only time will tell if it is a good move or not, but i'm absolutely getting a cheap iPhone to for going out and dont break again my iPhone :rolleyes:

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324747104579022993954766508.html:D
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I think his point was.... in a pig's eye is the iPhone 5C a "low-end" phone.. Budget, for sure- but as inbetween 4S and 5, neither of which are low-end... it sounds like a mid to high end device @ an inexpensive price point.
 
phr0ze said:
Sure it does. Previous OS of Samsung phone buyers is Android at about 43%. Previous OS of iphone buyers is iOS at about 42%.

So a greater percentage of users stay android than ios.
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No, it doesn't. The graph shows where purchasers are coming from. Not where they are moving to.

To use your numbers, the 42% of iPhone buyers that are coming from iOS could be 100% of all iOS users that are buying new phones. The graph does not specify.

What you are looking for is a graph that shows which OS iPhone users choose when they buy a new phone. Compared to Android phone users.
 
topper24hours said:
I think his point was.... in a pig's eye is the iPhone 5C a "low-end" phone.. Budget, for sure- but as inbetween 4S and 5, neither of which are low-end... it sounds like a mid to high end device @ an inexpensive price point.
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I am game for an iPhone 5C, but its not going to be a high end device at an inexpensive price point. That would be a total oxymoron. In other words, it's not going to be a 5S in a plastic body, or even a 4S in a plastic body.

If Apple can do such a thing, why charge a premium for glass?

I hope the 5C is the limited toned down iPod Touch with a cell antennae and 8GB of storage that one can just pay $300 off contract for.
 
Digital Skunk said:
I am game for an iPhone 5C, but its not going to be a high end device at an inexpensive price point. That would be a total oxymoron. In other words, it's not going to be a 5S in a plastic body, or even a 4S in a plastic body.

If Apple can do such a thing, why charge a premium for glass?

I hope the 5C is the limited toned down iPod Touch with a cell antennae and 8GB of storage that one can just pay $300 off contract for.
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Hmm, I guess all that I can tell you is to read specs rumors more closely. It sounds like the 5C will have the screen of the 5, with the processor & camera of the 4S. That DEFINITELY puts it between 4S & 5 (as reported here).
I would consider a 4S a mid-end phone, personally... certainly a phone even BETTER than that, I'd have a hard time calling "low-end".
 
Krimsonmyst said:
In reality, a Galaxy S4 or a HTC One will set you back about the same (ballpark) as an iPhone (at least, they do here in Australi), and flagships make up the large majority of these manufacturer's sales (S3, S4), while their feature phones/low end handsets are a very small minority.
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You're incorrect sir. Most Android devices sold worldwide are the low-end models. The flagships are actually the small minority of sales of devices sold if you look at global sales. Perhaps dollar-wise you are right as the low-end stuff don't bring in much profit, but number of devices sold? Not true at all.

It may seem not to be the case from personal observation if you live or work in areas with higher wealth where all you see are premium devices all around you: iPhones, GS4, HTC Ones and iPads, but the great majority of the world are buying the lower end stuff which explains the marketshare numbers we see every other week around here.
 
So iPhone users (on average):

Make more money
Are better educated
AND are younger


Shocker...

But on the downside we can't bang our phones together to transfer stuff. That's the real point everyone is missing. It's really depressing.

That and plastic. Lots and lots of plastic. It never "scuffs" I am told...
 
ValSalva said:
It's not surprising that a lot of people buying their first smart phone would choose Samsung/Android. Many purchase primarily based on price and what the workers in the carrier stores sway them towards.

Once they've owned Samsung/Android I'd guess many either give up and don't use the 'smart' features of the phone (thus the disproportionately lower web usage numbers despite market share) or switch to iPhones. I wonder what demographic is going from iPhones to Samsung/Android?
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I products reload every time you switch from your web browser so duhh
 
topper24hours said:
Hmm, I guess all that I can tell you is to read specs rumors more closely. It sounds like the 5C will have the screen of the 5, with the processor & camera of the 4S. That DEFINITELY puts it between 4S & 5 (as reported here).
I would consider a 4S a mid-end phone, personally... certainly a phone even BETTER than that, I'd have a hard time calling "low-end".
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I agree, it's not going to be a low end phone at all. But Apple won't be able to charge $200 or even $300 unsubsidized for a phone that's better than a 4s.
 
tbrand7 said:
Samsung lies!
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and Apple does not?

Sony and Samsung make parts for apple,
not to mention Finger recognition home buttons existed for 10 years,

a lie is something someone tells people to conceal the truth, the simple truth is capitalism and American innovators are responsible for bringing better competitive products to the public every time while tons of ideas float around in Asia, and since the get go, we bring light upon how to use these innovations, how to present them and how to live with them daily, no offense to anyone in Asia, we love them and Apple is living proof, we even sell their own inventions back to them with ways to use them better then they ever imagined, why again? ...because Capitalism works in this area very well.

ill be honest about one thing that bugs me today about apple, and that is i love to have a7 inch tablet phone, not a iphone and a tablet and a iMac like now, may of been clever of apple to make a bang for the buck but i use google and i think i love the nexus google 32gb android phone more then our 3 iPhones and the 900 dollars of apps and accessories i paid for over the years., i dont even need to buy a google compatible calendar ( i am linked to several work accounts) a task manager app or anything more., even has angry birds etc., camera and brighter then retina display.
 
FatLip said:
and Apple does not?

Sony and Samsung make parts for apple,
not to mention Finger recognition home buttons existed for 10 years,

a lie is something someone tells people to conceal the truth, the simple truth is capitalism and American innovators are responsible for bringing better competitive products to the public every time while tons of ideas float around in Asia, and since the get go, we bring light upon how to use these innovations, how to present them and how to live with them daily, no offense to anyone in Asia, we love them and Apple is living proof, we even sell their own inventions back to them with ways to use them better then they ever imagined, why again? ...because Capitalism works in this area very well.

ill be honest about one thing that bugs me today about apple, and that is i love to have a7 inch tablet phone, not a iphone and a tablet and a iMac like now, may of been clever of apple to make a bang for the buck but i use google and i think i love the nexus google 32gb android phone more then our 3 iPhones and the 900 dollars of apps and accessories i paid for over the years., i dont even need to buy a google compatible calendar ( i am linked to several work accounts) a task manager app or anything more., even has angry birds etc., camera and brighter then retina display.
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I think a 7 inch tablet/phone may be a bit of a niche market. A 4.5-5 in screen on a phone is more feasible and would sell. Otherwise use skype on an ipad mini. It would be awful as a phone. How would you even hold that thing to your ear?
 
And Google told me that they use hardware to track you now and will give you "personal" advertisements. Google has finally defeated privacy!!!
 
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