Love the S6 Edge, but I love the Note5 even more because of the pen and being able to take notes even with the screen off. The pen is like some magical wand when holding it above the screen it still highlights the screen. If I can get a deal today I will be buying it. I like deals.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
30% of iPhone Buyers in Q4 2015 Switched From an Android Smartphone [Updated]
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I feel that Google realizes their mistake of letting Android roam free and are now trying to take the reins back. I've noticed that Google has been pushing the Nexus phones heavily since the 6p and 5x came out. I've seen tons of very well-made ads on TV, and Google is pricing these phones VERY competitively. I think they want to push that laggy, bug-ridden stereotype of Android away and replace it with a stock, premium experience that will get people to see Android for what it really is and possibly even convert some iOS users.
I'm glad Google is doing this. This will force Apple to really compete with these new Nexus phones and the clean, fast builds of stock Android they come with.
So if all these folks are switching from Android yet the Android market share is stable where is android getting their new users from?
Being that a frickin potato can run on Android, I'm guessing developing countries.
Are you in love with big bezels.I love this sentiment. The iPhone 4/s, 5/s lines had a truly beautiful industrial design to them. That said, I plan on upgrading my 5 to a 6s+ this weekend.
Developing countries along with some help from the Android One program I think
30% of the people who use Apple's trade-in program to trade their Android smartphone get a new iPhone probably doesn't amount to a millimousefart compared to the total number of Android users.
30%, but they won't tell anybody.
Besides the obvious Apple integration, once Apple released the larger phones Android had to start struggling.
Too many OS and not maintained in a consumer friendly way.
Agreed that Apple will face an uphill battle soon , unless iPhone 7 can make you fly or print money with it.
I don't see any feature that would make me wait and buy a 7.
I am still on a 4S and it does what I need, BUT my eyes are getting bad and I need a larger screen, plus it is possible to do more on a larger screen.
As for the design, yes currently weak in my book, but since I always slap cases on my phones it's hidden anyway.
Waiting for my local ATT to get a space gray 6S plus 128GB in stock , which supposedly is next week.
Then I will run that into the ground until the iPhone 8 or 9S is at 512 GB.
Maybe by then we'll just have an A13 chip implanted and can project what we need to work on onto our retinas from inside the body?
I ****in' wait for a new 3,5" or maximum 4" iPhone 7.
I will not get any bigger phone!
My 5s is getting old and there is even no alternative yet.
I switched from iPhone 5S to iPhone 6S.. The size difference isn't radical, it's barely noticeable to me. It seems like an odd reason to not get a new phone if you like everything else about it.
The 5S is glass and aluminium, the 4 and 4S were steel. The 6 and 6 plus feel like premium devices with their heft and curved screen edges, the S versions are also lightning fast compared to the 5S, but not everyone can afford the upgrades. And after using a 6 or 6 plus the 5S just looks and feels like a kids toy now.
For some of us its a deal breaker. Just like it was a deal breaker when it was the other way (EG 4 Inches is too small). The lack of a new 4 inch model is why i and 7 friends and family members of mine haven't upgraded.
How come they didn't state the percentage of iPhone users that switched to a new Android phone? How come Tim didn't mention when iOS 9 iPhone users will finally get their contacts fixed? I've never seen a company who toots their own horn more than Apple.
A huge group of people who I see carrying around old iPhones are teenagers whose phones are paid for by their parents. Without the ability to pay for a phone for themselves, they're stuck with the old phones that their parents handed down to them or the old iPhone that their parents got for them for free or cheap years ago until it breaks and/or their parents are willing to spend for a new one. And even then, the iPhone that they get will often not be the latest model.
Sony makes a "compact" version of their phone and it's still 4.6"
And OnePlus' only phones are 5.5"
It appears that small phones are going the way of the dodo. And I'm fine with it!
You obviously don't watch earning calls of other companies then do you.
Um...why would they discuss those things on an earnings call? Why would any company bring up negatives like that?
Google is dominating the entry level market. Android is a force among budget phones.
The Xperia compact is of a similar size to the 5S - it juts has a bigger screen.
And besides, Apple was filling a niche by selling a 4 inch phone, just because the Android market doesn't sell many small phones, doesn't mean Apple can't.
Apple - please offer a 3rd choice of phone size. I would have never bought an iPhone and gotten stuck in the ecosystem had I known you'd stop making small phones.
After waiting too long for ATV 4, I bought Google Nexus player over the summer. I used it for Netflix mostly. at first Netflix has a bug that would deactivate and require login again when you turn on auto-play-next-episode. it took them over 2 months to fix. I thought it was just one incident. well, Google release Android 6.0 Marshmallow this month. guess what. Netflix broke again. when playing a movie, it buffers to 25% and gets stuck there. basically, it is unusable and useless. I understand that this is Netflix app but Google needs to make sure app, especially netflix, is polished because customers think the app ultimately runs on Google device.
I have ATV 2 and 3 for many years and rarely got bugs which got fixed within hours or days at worst.
at this point, it is very hard for me to buy any Google hardware.
That is one of the strangest things I have ever heard. I don't care what the body of my phone looks like. I didn't care when I went to a plastic S4, and I didn't care when I came back to an easily scratched, metal iPhone 5. I suspect you are either just being overly dramatic, or have no need for a smartphone.
As long as they sell millions of 4.7" phones it's not worth the effort to design a new 4" phone and if they do you should only expect a spec upgrade to the 4C.
It's definitely a good possibility. I would be curious to see how the number of upgraders compares to this time after the 5S was released, that would give us a good idea of if the screen size has anything to do with the low numbers of iPhone users upgrading.
I love the speed of the 6s. I love how fast Touch ID is. I really love 3D Touch. I even love the new Harry Potter photos.
I hate the size of this thing. Its actually making me hate this phone. I think about going back to my old 5s everyday. I buy new iPhones every two years, but if the 7 has a four inch version, I'd buy it day of launch.
It's enough that it irritates me. Call me stupid, fine I don't really care. Why would I get a phone that irritates me? And yes, I've handled an iP6 plenty (my wife has one) and I've had to carry it around in my pocket and it just flat makes things uncomfortable. But after saying that, a couple of things could make me deal with it anyway. One, OIS (4.7") and two, mLED or QLED whatever is the official name.