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Apple's U.S. iPhone User Base Overtook Android in June Quarter, Now Accounts for More Than Half of All Smartphones
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Very much agreed.
I'd hope that when, eventually, I have the option of an app for my doctor, it will be able to directly control the camera and upload the photo(s), and leave nothing to be found/uploaded to iCloud, etc. (Obviously, giving full control over sending of each frame.) That might need a bit of attention to detail.
Providing security updates for obsolete devices gets Apple a gold star from their customers. 
I'm not saying that Apple do not protects customer privacy. But it's obvious that Apple send a confusing message when they talk so much about privacy, but at the same time they make business with Google to make their search engine default. Would be far better if they supported a service that focus in privacy, like Duck Duck Go, or even develop their own engine.
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agreed ... btw: nice avatarProviding security updates for obsolete devices gets Apple a gold star from their customers.
If we consider than anyone buying a cheapo phone to leave in their car for emergencies, or a burner (for whatever nefarious purposes), will almost certainly get an Android, I suspect 50% of really active, genuinely carried and used phones was reached ages ago.
Android already does CSAM to any photos synced to the cloud, pretty much most cloud photo hosting companies/servers are going to do this. Check this out https://www.missingkids.org/supportus/our-corporate-partners
Use Microsoft cloud services? Google cloud services? anything Meta related? what about TikTok? Ever upload any youtube videos? Upload to Reddit? Twitter? guess what CSAM was used there are plenty more and I don't think you fully understand how exactly CSAM works. Google probably has the most invasive version of CSAM given the most recent with a man sending an image(s) to his kids doctor for diagnosis. Just to give you a little more info though https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/21/...-csam-scanning-account-deletion-investigation
Google alone reported over 600,000 cases in 2021 alone.
This leads me to ask....If Apple does continue to implement CSAM what are you going to do? Where are you going to go? because unless it is back to a "dumb" phone or completely no social media or cloud based services besides personally hosted ones good luck
My wife became an iOS user after nonstop problems with her Android that we had to spend a lot of time fixing. Slow downs, unexpected reboots, apps that wouldn't launch, network drops, etc., etc. She's had none of that since switching. I suspect she's like most users out there who want a phone that works, not a weekend hobby.
Yeah, but just because they took a look into the AppStore revenue and saw that these devices still have old subscriptions running.Providing security updates for obsolete devices gets Apple a gold star from their customers.
I wonder if this is why Google has been pushing so hard on the RCS front lately. From my understanding outside of the US everyone uses platforms like WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram. However, iMessage is so popular in the US and driving iPhone adoption.
even a 93-year-young granny can put down her iPhone Xs and start using the latest iPhone 13 or 14 with no issues.... everything just works. (observed this many times)
can't say that about Android phones... not even when they are both Samsung phones.(speaking from personal experience, Note 20 Ultra users may not know how to use all the features of older/newer flagship Samsung phones)
In the end, people are disappointed by the slow rate of Android updates on most Android phones outside of the Google Pixel models. At least with an iPhone, you get timely updates for several years (if I still had my old iPhone X, it would get the iOS 16.0 update).
It’s mandated by governments around the world. I don’t know why people seem to think that this is a thing that Google, Apple, Facebook, pretty much any platform that shares images themselves dreamt up.
One of these years maybe we will actually drive down to Dover to get them so they are truly $0 upfront. Just need to plan other stuff to do while there.
Those might be the only two to keep it and possibly just houses. If credit were gone, companies would have to be way more competitive with pricing. A less expensive car may not be so tough to save for especially without CC debt, but a house you would have to save for as long as a mortgage to buy it up front.
Yes if we even did try Android again, it would be a Google one. Even our GS8+s bought shortly after launch were Oreo Coming "Soon (TM)" forever, and the security ones were slacking too.
Not surprising, and understates the install base as many people are buying used iPhones in addition to the new sales counted here. Something like 8 out of 10 under 21 year olds have an iOS device.
iMessage creates a social network that, at least in the USA, most people belong. It creates real, genuine pressure to have an iPhone. Apple knows this.
Android is in a tough spot. Google's value prop has always been taking gobs of information and using that to offer value (you have a package coming - your cable bill is due - your flight had a gate change - its your sister's birthday) and there is just a really tough line to walk to do that kind of info harvesting while also protecting privacy. Drop the harvesting and suddenly a lot of Android's magic is lost. Keep the harvesting and risk alienating users.
Android updates are STILL horrible (although Samsung has really stepped up) and so there are many different android versions even on 'modern' phones. It is quite possible to buy brand new Android phone and have it be one year behind on OS versions and six months behind on security patches. Also, there isn't one version of Android. Using a Samsung phone is like using a whole different OS, complete with their own App Store, their own phone, contacts, notes, pay, browser, photos, etc. Which creates even more fragmentation.
And lastly, because Android supports very inexpensive phones, it can't help but be saddled by the impression those phones create (bad) and while every iPhone made was built to a high standard, the same can't be said for every. android phone.
Where I think we have to honestly give Samsung credit is that they ARE out-innovating Apple on hardware. The overall experience with hardware and software is a different question, but they are ahead of Apple on hardware. Folding phones. Phones with Stylus. Phones with periscope zoom. Phones with in-display fingerprint. Super-fast charging support. Reverse wireless charging. Under-display cameras. These hardware innovations may not matter to most people, but they are nonetheless real and Samsung is well within its rights to crow about them.
iMessage creates a social network that, at least in the USA, most people belong. It creates real, genuine pressure to have an iPhone. Apple knows this.
Android is in a tough spot. Google's value prop has always been taking gobs of information and using that to offer value (you have a package coming - your cable bill is due - your flight had a gate change - its your sister's birthday) and there is just a really tough line to walk to do that kind of info harvesting while also protecting privacy. Drop the harvesting and suddenly a lot of Android's magic is lost. Keep the harvesting and risk alienating users.
Android updates are STILL horrible (although Samsung has really stepped up) and so there are many different android versions even on 'modern' phones. It is quite possible to buy brand new Android phone and have it be one year behind on OS versions and six months behind on security patches. Also, there isn't one version of Android. Using a Samsung phone is like using a whole different OS, complete with their own App Store, their own phone, contacts, notes, pay, browser, photos, etc. Which creates even more fragmentation.
And lastly, because Android supports very inexpensive phones, it can't help but be saddled by the impression those phones create (bad) and while every iPhone made was built to a high standard, the same can't be said for every. android phone.
Where I think we have to honestly give Samsung credit is that they ARE out-innovating Apple on hardware. The overall experience with hardware and software is a different question, but they are ahead of Apple on hardware. Folding phones. Phones with Stylus. Phones with periscope zoom. Phones with in-display fingerprint. Super-fast charging support. Reverse wireless charging. Under-display cameras. These hardware innovations may not matter to most people, but they are nonetheless real and Samsung is well within its rights to crow about them.
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you pay a monthly fee (on a 24 months commitment) and get to upgrade every year, by sending back the previous model. Samsung offers something similar in Germany.
I'm not sure what Google will offer with the upcoming Pixel 7 but right now, Samsung actually provides more years/generations of Android OS updates than Google Pixel.
Overall, however, the Android OS update average for U.S. phones is around half what it is for iPhone but that's part of what you're paying for with the iPhone's typically higher retail price. It also helps give iPhone a better resale value than average Android phones.
This x1000.
People whining about Apple announcing plans for CSAM while ignoring the fact everyone else has been doing it for many years now.
Google is horrible in that they don’t just use the database of known images. They use machine learning to try and identify potentially harmful images. Which is how these false positives occur.
But Apple tries to implement CSAM in a better way than competitors and with enhanced privacy features and people scream bloody murder? The hypocrisy is truly next level.