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Android Continues to Have More Loyal Customers Than iOS

tkukoc said:
This does not shock me at all. Power users are using Android, you can do so much more. IOS has not grown up and that is a pretty serious issue as many long time users start to see how much more they can do elsewhere. And I love Apple products but IOS is a massive joke these days, zero innovation.. oh wait Animated Emojis for the win! lol
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I don't know why people make these generalizations. I know a lot of "power users" that prefer to use iOS, including myself.

You know what's innovative? When technology becomes invisible and improves your quality of life. When I was young, I had all the time in the world to tinker with Android. These days after coming home from an 8hr work day, the last thing I want to do is mess around with my phone or other gadgets to make it work.

Time is valuable and I want that time spent enjoying my content or sharing that experience with friends and family. This is why Apple is able to charge a premium for their products.
 
KGB7 said:
You can buy an older iPhone model that is new or refurbished at an affordable price.
You can also buy a used iPhone at affordable price.
Unless you are homeless or your income is too low, then you get a free Android phone through a government program.
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Yeah but who wants an older phone when you can get a shiny new one for less? Just imagine a Chinese consumer with relatively low income making the decision. BTW, I’m assuming this is a worldwide survey... US market is pretty evenly split.
 
iPhone world wide market share has
MrX8503 said:
I don't know why people make these generalizations. I know a lot of "power users" that prefer to use iOS, including myself.

You know what's innovative? When technology becomes invisible and improves your quality of life. When I was young, I had all the time in the world to tinker with Android. These days after coming home from an 8hr work day, the last thing I want to do is mess around with my phone or other gadgets to make it work.

Time is valuable and I want that time spent enjoying my content or sharing that experience with friends and family. This is why Apple is able to charge a premium for their products.
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You have the OPTION to tinker with Android.
For you can just use it out of the box and it still has better functions than iPhone.
 
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One could argue that this is not necessarily a measure of loyalty, but of "rich vs poor."
Android phones have a significantly wider price range than iOS usually does (not considering used phones). I highly doubt apple would offer phones in the $50-$200 price range. Additionally, there are those who simply cannot afford to upgrade and have not been able to for the past few years (iOS and Android). Perhaps the future isn't paying $1,000 for a phone as Apple and Samsung thought people would. There is a growing market share for cheaper, even basic phones that go back to the flip style. One cannot assume, within a high volume of users, that everyone is happy with their operating system.
 
I really do think this is less to do with loyalty and more to do with the mass volume of options on Android.

That's how I see it anyways.
I could be wrong...
 
Septembersrain said:
I really do think this is less to do with loyalty and more to do with the mass volume of options on Android.

That's how I see it anyways.
I could be wrong...
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That and the ability for Android folk with a 'cheap' device to replace it with another 'cheap' Android device.

This survey is next to useless anyway since all it references are what devices users recently purchased and what device they replaced. Given Androids market share is significantly higher I'd expect a difference in these numbers on that basis alone.
 
Seems March 2014 was the best for Apple...

What happened?.. More users wanting Android and saying in an open platform? Apple going downhill with security on HS ? could be allot of things.
 
mib1800 said:
iPhone world wide market share has


You have the OPTION to tinker with Android.
For you can just use it out of the box and it still has better functions than iPhone.
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No it’s not an option. When things don’t work or lag, I’m forced to tinker with it. I don’t care about functions that don’t work.
 
mi7chy said:
Counter argument is consumers are getting smarter and realize that iPhones are overpriced versions of Android low to mid end devices but with lesser services like AI assistant, navigation, cloud storage, mail, etc. Why spend $700+ on an iPhone when a $50 to $100 Android device is just as capable if not more so and put the savings towards a new Macbook, vacation, etc.?
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I would rather pay $1000 for an iPhone X than get a Galaxy S9 for free. That’s how important the experience and ecosystem of iOS is to me.

The GS9 would have to be much better than the iPhone X and then multiplied by 10 for me to consider switching.
 
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Not surprising, I'm sure Google (you remember, the owners of "everyone has an equal voice" YouTube) reminds its users that they can only say good things about Google, or they get banned/punished.
 
apolloa said:
Haha, made my day reading this. Still I’m sure Apple aren’t going to complain as they get all the profits themselves.. and thank God for Android, it’s competition for Apple and vice versa.

Still Apple don’t seem to notice that when making endless buggy software updates.. You Tube on my iPad Pro is really buggy and I don’t know who to grumble about? Google or Apple?
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Google wrote it, and apparently they couldn't be bothered to use a debugger.

Android isn't a phone, it's a bunch of phones. iOS is one phone.
 
imrazor said:
Oh, goody one of my favorite topics. The problem with Android updates is that there are three gatekeepers. First Google has to issue a generic Android patch. Then the OEM has to approve and issue the patch for your specific device. Finally your carrier has to approve and allow the patch to be distributed on their network. If your carrier or OEM has lost interest in your phone, as frequently happens in Android land, good luck getting a patch. And if you do, it's likely six months late. RIP, HTC Ruby...
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There is a very simple solution to that problem. Buy a Pixel 2. I have monthly updates on my phone and no issues whatsoever on my Pixel 2XL. On my iPhone 7+ my other daily phone, there are constant bugs and glitches in the iOS with random restarts etc. And where are the updates to fix that? All Apple seem to worry about are emoji...

I've been using Google Pixel phones for two years now and I have not had one software related issue at all. Using Android as Google intended is a pure joy and in my opinion superior to the current version of iOS.
 
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I've always had the 1.5 year inch with all my Android devices - after then I find them feeling horribly kludgy and getting more annoying as various unfixable defects show themselves:

Droid Incredible: microscopic partition size for apps and random reboots during the most inopportune times (resulting in the ever constant "Droid!" bootup sound).
Samsung S3: firmware failure that led to a paperweight - and vastly impotent battery
HTC M8 : firmware bug that meant the device would fail to respond to random touchscreen activities when plugged in to power.
Nexus 6:random shutdowns at 50% when under load (the very thing Apple tried to avoid).

Even before these showstoppers occured other annoyances would manifest themselves.

Each time until the last, I 'loyally' upgraded to Android.

Now I'm a year and a half in to my iPhone 7plus which so far has a minor niggle insofar as the battery only sticks at 100% for about 30 minutes after using it, as opposed a good hour or more. Apart from that it still feels as fresh as a daisy.

Is this survey really showing that Android users are 'forced' (yes, input that in quotes because no one sticks a gun to their heads here) to upgrade more frequently than Apple users (current issues with 'batterygate' aside).
 
MrX8503 said:
No it’s not an option. When things don’t work or lag, I’m forced to tinker with it. I don’t care about functions that don’t work.
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When things don't work with iPhone (and there are many of them - esp. interconnectivity), you are dead in the water. :p

Lag? In all the speed test s8/s9 kills the iPhone in opening most normal apps. Plus apple purposely slows down your iPhone to have annoying lags. Iphone just cannot make it.
 
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mib1800 said:
When things don't work with iPhone (and there are many of them - esp. interconnectivity), you are dead in the water. :p

Lag? In all the speed test s8/s9 kills the iPhone in opening most normal apps. Plus apple purposely slows down your iPhone to have annoying lags. Iphone just cannot make it.
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Now you're just being deliberately antagonistic. Why do people like you feel the need to make up nonsense?

"All" speed tests show this? Oddly first one I came across from BGR stated the inverse.

In the first lap, SuperSaf looked at how fast apps open, with the iPhone 8 Plus needing a lot less time to load graphics-intensive apps
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Why do you need to be so inflammatory?
 
TiggrToo said:
Now you're just being deliberately antagonistic. Why do people like you feel the need to make up nonsense?

"All" speed tests show this? Oddly first one I came across from BGR stated the inverse.



Why do you need to be so inflammatory?
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I said ..
All speed test ....most normal apps...

What's nonsense with that?
 
mib1800 said:
When things don't work with iPhone (and there are many of them - esp. interconnectivity), you are dead in the water. :p

Lag? In all the speed test s8/s9 kills the iPhone in opening most normal apps. Plus apple purposely slows down your iPhone to have annoying lags. Iphone just cannot make it.
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I would rather have a slower app opening and faster execution; such as the benchmarks show.
 
mib1800 said:
I said ..
All speed test ....most normal apps...

What's nonsense with that?
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You mean apart from the fact it was a totally generalized statement designed to annoy others with zero citations to back it up?

Or that you throw out 'interconnectivity' as something that frequently fails without giving any examples, whilst meanwhile just yesterday I copied an image on my iPhone and pasted in my MacBook Pro, took a call on my watch, then transferred it to my iPhone and started an SMS conversation at work on my MacBook, continued on my watch on the way home, then completed it on my iPad.

Yeah, your statement wasn't at all inflammatory or nonsense. :rolleyes:
 
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apppen1 said:
So that makes Apple users loyal to Apple because their phones are dirt expensive?
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There are a select few (Apple users) that buy and pride themselves on expensive, and complain if there are rumors of a cheaper Apple product being released. Their self-identity appears to be wrapped up in Apple. Rather shallow but, that is how some on here think.
 
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