30% of iPhone Buyers in Q4 2015 Switched From an Android Smartphone [Updated]

[RockSpider]

I took your advice and traded in my iPhone 5 for a new Galaxy Note 5 in gold. I have to say you were right. This thing is jaw droppingly gorgeous with it's aluminum and glass build that looks suspiciously like a two year old iPhone. I have a question - I put the stylus in wrong and it got stuck. That's not going to be permanently damage it, is it? Anyway hats off to Samsung for a fantastic design. I also like how they have the logo right in the bezel because I have anterograde amnesia and I can't remember what brand phone I bought every morning.

Look I don't care what phone you use - but don't be toxic on these boards. No one needs that and it's not going to make 30% of new iPhone buyers switch back to Android.

If it looks so much like an iPhone take it to Apple they might think it's one of theirs and give you a 6s Plus replacement.

 

[billy the fish]

Ridiculous statement is ridiculous

Your bias is embarrassing you sir.. the 5s Is a shadow next to the m7, the amazing design, the full HD screen, the stereo speakers, everything about it was top notch..

 

[lowendlinux]

I am sure it was posted somewhere within the hundreds of other posts, but I have noticed a few things on the "conversion". Here are my few cents.

1. The fact is that it's simply way too trendy not too get an iPhone. The iPhone now is like a designer handbag, if you don't have one, you might be shunned within your social circle. If Apple made an 8 GB iPhone you can be sure people would buy one...just to conform.

2. Samsung alienated a lot of their existing customers. They ditched the external memory card and removable battery which many Android enthusiasts prefer.

3. Android devices, especially Samsung have a lot of bloatware. They claimed to have reduced the amount but they really haven't. Some OEM apps can be disabled but they still suck up RAM on the device. Just walk into any Best Buy and see how much RAM is sucked up by Android and Samsung firmware.

4. Samsung devices do not come with factory unlock unlike those from Apple (if you pay full retail).

5. Esthetics. The high end Samsung line arguable look rather similar to the iPhone. So why not get an iPhone?

6. Reliability, service and warranty. No mobile manufacturer is better than Apple in that regard. Samsung users are realizing their devices aren't that reliable unlike most Apple devices.

While I expect to see a rise in the low-end mobile (smart) phone market because mobile phones are getting outrageously expensive if you buy one without a contract ie. subsidized. the high-end market might suffer. Chinese mobile device manufacturers don't have the same quality control and standards that Apple demands from their providers in Asia. I will never get one despite all the praise about One Plus One or two, or the Nexus 6P.

Because you don't want one??

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Samsung is not the only Android OEM out there fortunately. I'd no more buy a Samsung than an iPhone neither offer anything I want.

 

[billy the fish]

I am sure it was posted somewhere within the hundreds of other posts, but I have noticed a few things on the "conversion". Here are my few cents.

1. The fact is that it's simply way too trendy not too get an iPhone. The iPhone now is like a designer handbag, if you don't have one, you might be shunned within your social circle. If Apple made an 8 GB iPhone you can be sure people would buy one...just to conform.

2. Samsung alienated a lot of their existing customers. They ditched the external memory card and removable battery which many Android enthusiasts prefer.

3. Android devices, especially Samsung have a lot of bloatware. They claimed to have reduced the amount but they really haven't. Some OEM apps can be disabled but they still suck up RAM on the device. Just walk into any Best Buy and see how much RAM is sucked up by Android and Samsung firmware.

4. Samsung devices do not come with factory unlock unlike those from Apple (if you pay full retail).

5. Esthetics. The high end Samsung line arguable look rather similar to the iPhone. So why not get an iPhone?

6. Reliability, service and warranty. No mobile manufacturer is better than Apple in that regard. Samsung users are realizing their devices aren't that reliable unlike most Apple devices.

While I expect to see a rise in the low-end mobile (smart) phone market because mobile phones are getting outrageously expensive if you buy one without a contract ie. subsidized. the high-end market might suffer. Chinese mobile device manufacturers don't have the same quality control and standards that Apple demands from their providers in Asia. I will never get one despite all the praise about One Plus One or two, or the Nexus 6P.

This is hilarious. , if your social circle shuns you because you don't have an iPhone, I think it's time to change the circle before the phone. .
IPhone is like a designer handbags, give over, every 2 bit chav Has one now.. it's embarrassing to be seen in that social circle. .
And the icing on the cake, you would never buy a phone made in China. That's The QUOTE Of The YEAR. Google Foxconn you nuub. . Lol lol lol

 

[clarencet]

Was looking at the numbers and thinking the same thing. Applying some critical thinking, Some logical assumptions, and trends, and dis constructing the wording leads me to this:

30% of 6S adopters were Android users. What this doesn't tell us however, is any sort of sales or market numbers themselves.

This also is completely vacuum packed numbers. Does Cook report how many left iOS to android? why didn't Apple report on how many androids sold?

In Other words, Apple is using meaningless, and contextually vacuous numbers, That while not untrue, paint absolutely no picture of the market.

But it looks good. It's marketing. 100% pure marketing.

But then I remember, we're talking about Corporate Apple here. Despite great products, that generally should sell themselves because of quality, They always (Jobs was a master of this) resorting to picking only statistics that make them seem like they're doing something above and beyond anything.

so hey, lets say 30% of iPhones 6s sales were former Android users. And lets say that number is a magical 15million. But what if Android sold 50 million in the same quarter? does that 30% switchers sound as good?

Lets not just be mindless consumers here and believe everything outright that a corporation who is trying to sell us something tells us, rather lets all just take some time and be critical thinkers.

And then buy iPhones

Interesting thoughts. I do wonder about the validity of the numbers and how they arrived at it. What about the other way around - from iPhones to Android? If there is a larger flow in the opposite direction, then this number is certainly nothing to be proud of. Personally, I switched from an iPhone to an Android (S6). Couldn't be happier, probably would never consider switching back unless Apple actually came up with something innovative. At this point, the market and the competition has evolved so much that subjective OS preferences aside, there are very few things if any, that iPhones actually do definitively better than its competition.