70% of iphone 4 purchases were upgrades from previous iphones. assuming they sold 2 million by now that increases the user base by 600,000. should see a little spike. at the same time a whole slew of very competent android devices are slated to come out and the evo and old droid incredible are almost as hard to come by as an iphone4.
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AdMob: iOS Platform Continues to Lead in Mobile Data Usage, But Android Surging
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70% of iphone 4 purchases were upgrades from previous iphones. assuming they sold 2 million by now that increases the user base by 600,000. should see a little spike. at the same time a whole slew of very competent android devices are slated to come out and the evo and old droid incredible are almost as hard to come by as an iphone4.
That huge surge will be with VZW gaining subscribers from ATT iphone owners jumping ship for a VZW iphone (if that ever happens).
HAHAHHAH love it
As for the whole Android fanboyism that seems to be sweeping pretty much every mac forum of late..... get over it!
AdMob is ran and owned by Google. Im amazed that people dont look twice at the figures and find it strange that as soon as Google bought AdMob their Android share also seemed to climb dramatically too.
Coincidence?
My own standing is that i dont care what side you are playing for. In the end of the day it all comes down to personal choice.
Dont like Apple buy and Android phone.
Dont like Google buy an iPhone or RIM phone.
Dont like any of the above choices.... buy a Nokia and sit in that dark corner rocking backwards and forwards mumbling to yourself how the reception is fantastic no matter how you hold it, too bad the OS is terrible.
All of these news pieces are just more fluff and FUD put out to detract people from the long long lines out the front of the ATT and Apple stores atm.
No thing more, nothing less!
How would selling 4x as many in the USA to Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers earn them less $$$? Let's say it's only 3x as many, since a bunch would probably skip from AT&T.
Quote: "Existing iPhone owners upgrading to the iPhone 4 accounted for 77 percent of the device's first-day sales, according to analyst firm Piper Jaffray."
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I already explained this fair few times...
I am on MacRumors because I am Mac + OS X user.
Being Mac + OSX user does NOT mean that I need to like or support iOS and iDevices or to think that Steve Jobs is the god.
In fact, I think Steve Jobs is arrogant liar and should retire asap and that iOS (together with iDevices), in its current form, is extremely limiting and not worth my money - hence my signature...
Hope this explains
But just because they are upgrades doesn't mean all those old phones are going out of service. Would think less than half will be switched off, with kids or parents getting hand me downs.
There is on mention of Volume of Ads being served oddly. The only indication is that the number of devices still grow. So either less ads per device as people are moving from ad supported content to pay for content or a iOS device held steady and Android is all growth for the Ad company. I'd suggest the former after all if they had a new exposure platform with enough growth to trigger that sort of slide in an already popular platform wouldn't they crow about that.
In fact, I think Steve Jobs is arrogant liar and should retire asap and that iOS (together with iDevices), in its current form, is extremely limiting and not worth my money - hence my signature...
Hope this explains
I find it very limiting, too. Today I only used my iPod for 5 different kinds of things. All of which it does better than any other device I have found, including my Apple laptop. So very limiting, cause...you know...no funky wallpaper.
I am not sure this is the case. The price of iPhone (or any phone to this matter) is generally a none issue. The real issue is the price of the data plan. In order to pass old iPhone to your child you have to come up with a lot of cash. It's cheaper to throw it away.
In reading all of these responses, I'm fairly sure many of you seem to have missed the point that, regardless of market share, Google wins in either case.
What's Google's primary revenue driver? Ads from search. With each smartphone handset activated every day, whether it be backed by iOS or Android, the primary search method used by either type of phone is almost guaranteed to be through Google.
Internationally it's sort of a moot point whether Android has taken off or not - they still win if iOS devices tout Google's search as the primary method, so it's still a win for them regardless of whether Android handsets are sold.
I think most of you that are threatened by Android gaining market share shouldn't really worry either way. iOS devices are around and here to stay, and Apple as always has done a great job of creating a great product and pushing it to market.
While I've always been a Mac fan for many many years, I've never been in line with the iOS devices since my preference is for my mobile devices to act more like the traditional computer model, rather than be limited to certain functions only by the OS. So because of that, I've stuck with Android from day one of its inception. If OS X had been on the iPad, for instance, I'd probably have bought it in an instant.
iOS vs Android at this point is really only a matter of preference for the consumer with enough knowledge to really distinguish the two. If you want a great consumer product with certain limitations, go with iOS. If you want a less polished consumer product with less limitations and more of a computer feel, go with Android.
It's as simple as that.
P.S. - flash on a mobile device is pretty amazing.
What's Google's primary revenue driver? Ads from search. With each smartphone handset activated every day, whether it be backed by iOS or Android, the primary search method used by either type of phone is almost guaranteed to be through Google.
Internationally it's sort of a moot point whether Android has taken off or not - they still win if iOS devices tout Google's search as the primary method, so it's still a win for them regardless of whether Android handsets are sold.
I think most of you that are threatened by Android gaining market share shouldn't really worry either way. iOS devices are around and here to stay, and Apple as always has done a great job of creating a great product and pushing it to market.
While I've always been a Mac fan for many many years, I've never been in line with the iOS devices since my preference is for my mobile devices to act more like the traditional computer model, rather than be limited to certain functions only by the OS. So because of that, I've stuck with Android from day one of its inception. If OS X had been on the iPad, for instance, I'd probably have bought it in an instant.
iOS vs Android at this point is really only a matter of preference for the consumer with enough knowledge to really distinguish the two. If you want a great consumer product with certain limitations, go with iOS. If you want a less polished consumer product with less limitations and more of a computer feel, go with Android.
It's as simple as that.
P.S. - flash on a mobile device is pretty amazing.
I already explained this fair few times...
I am on MacRumors because I am Mac + OS X user.
Being Mac + OSX user does NOT mean that I need to like or support iOS and iDevices or to think that Steve Jobs is the god.
In fact, I think Steve Jobs is arrogant liar and should retire asap and that iOS (together with iDevices), in its current form, is extremely limiting and not worth my money - hence my signature...
Hope this explains
I generally disagree with your conclusion but I approve of your reasoning and understand it. Also, I forget sometimes that Mac and Apple aren't synonyms (you know what I mean stop being pedantic).
Great post and exactly what I think about all this...
Personally, I can't wait for Android 2.2 and beyond as well as number of different mobile and portable devices... I am waiting for end of the year or beginning of 2011 to make my choices and purchases
iDevices simply don't cut it for me...
Saying all that, I am sticking with Mac and OSX for all other computing needs - of course
A lot of people misunderstand my posts and points of view - but frankly, I can't care less...
I am anything but Apple hater - in fact, I am quite a big fan - but that doesn't make me deaf or blind or indeed stupid...
Vast majority of my "anti Apple" ranting is about iOS and iDevices, or to be exact, Steve's desire for full control of what we can and can't consume on it and most recently even how we are or not suppose to hold our iDevice !?!?!
Until they stop treating us like bunch of fools and let us use (and indeed hold!) our iDevices way we want to - screw'em....
It's inevitable that Android will overtake the iPhone eventually. Android runs on many phones and carriers, whereas Apple serves their OS on one smartphone.
Apple won't care, they still make great macs and Mac OSX even though they are miles behind Windows. It will just spur them on to make their products better.
Having Apple and Google in huge competition with each other on the mobile OS is a really good thing for the consumer. They will be so focused to out do each other things are only gonna get better and better.
Apple won't care, they still make great macs and Mac OSX even though they are miles behind Windows. It will just spur them on to make their products better.
Having Apple and Google in huge competition with each other on the mobile OS is a really good thing for the consumer. They will be so focused to out do each other things are only gonna get better and better.
A lot of people misunderstand my posts and points of view - but frankly, I can't care less...
I am anything but Apple hater - in fact, I am quite a big fan - but that doesn't make me deaf or blind or indeed stupid...
Vast majority of my "anti Apple" ranting is about iOS and iDevices, or to be exact, Steve's desire for full control of what we can and can't consume on it and most recently even how we are or not suppose to hold our iDevice !?!?!
Until they stop treating us like bunch of fools and let us use (and indeed hold!) our iDevices way we want to - screw'em....
You know what... If you want people to understand your posts better then you may want to work on your grammar (i know that not everyone speaks english but if you are going to rant and rave at least make it legible).
As for the rest of your posts, they ALL come across as troll like anti apple propaganda.
If you want to get people to take you seriously how about stopping spouting the Steve Jobs hate and actually tell us how YOU would fix the said issues.
Or you can just shut the hell up, unless you have something constructive to say.
Its your choice.
Looking at the map provided, it's the small purple land in the North West of the world, between Asia and Latin America.
I said before that I disagree with him generally but he is plenty legible enough as far as the internet goes.
As for you, how about those run on sentences mister...
Uh Oh me veri sori sir! Me not born Englander me from teh else place!
Ok?
Is this better?
Good
Tough one this! Not sure if you're trying to be funny, or you really don't know?
Here's a hint anyway... It's in the Southern Hemisphere..... Yep, there's a another one....Two!!! Cool, yeah??? Tomorrow we can practise numbers ABOVE 10!!!!
