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Chitika: iPhone 5 Passes Samsung Galaxy S III in Web Usage
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Not true--still a sweeping generalization. Also you should take into account the fact that many android phones are low-end, so these users will use less apps than someone who is likely to spring for an iPhone or S3. I guarantee much more than "VERY few" S3 users use apps on their phone.
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Seemed pretty clear you were meaning it to do both jobs...
This can't be true... Apple under produces their devices to create long lines and make the demand seem higher than it is....
No they don't, you can only ramp production of a product so much. Samsung don't sell 10 million units on launch week of any phones they make.
Samsung and android users in general don't use their phones for surfing the web. It's young people that surf and they don't generally buy anything but iphones.
Old people get android or those who don't really care about what a phone is capable of.
It's kind of common sense that someone who likes games and apps is into tech and wants the most choice and variety so chooses an iphone.
I'm not convinced there is anything of worth on the android market place yet that can compete.
The value of iphone users is not just that they buy the iphone but they buy stuff on it use it and remain loyal, android users or any other platform just don't invest in any paid apps and usually aim for value when getting a contract.
So the GS3 isn't remotely close to it? Because that's what the post I was replying to stated.
Wow - such hyperbole and sweeping generalizations. Do you have any links to any facts that support your ridiculous claims?
This 'Yelp' stuff that Maps pulls POIs from is highly entertaining. I asked for the nearest gas station and it directed me to a neighboring country. Later I had some fun with Siri and came up with random weird requests to test her limits, by yelling stuff like "I need druuuuugs!" (Siri pulled some drug prevention centers from Yelp and those appeared accurate.) Then I tried "get me some hookers!" (I think I was going for a 'Charlie Sheen meets Siri' thing), and to my amazement Siri said "I found three escort services for you". One was a bingo hall, another was a jazz quintet and the third was a bridge club. It boggles the mind how these got mixed up with "escort services", but I'm sure that somewhere in my town right now there's a very happy senior who wanted to play bingo but ended up getting a naughty massage...
Not so. I chose the S3 because I can customize it to look and act however I want without any sort of unlocking. I chose it because I like messing with the interface and I am into tech. I chose it because I love the big screen. Plus, I still have all the apps I had on the iPhone. I'm just one person, but I don't like such generalizations that denigrate many smart and tech savvy droid users out there. Both the iPhone and S3 are great phones. It often just comes down to personal preference.
No - clearly you chose it because you can't afford an iPhone and/or you like crappy phones.
If you could elude to what YOU can do with this important information and how it benefits you or changes your life, maybe I get them unbunched?
This would be me. Apple Maps has given me the wrong directions once, and I'm a delivery driver- I use the thing constantly. Google Maps has screwed up on me a few times too (although admittedly that was over a much greater span of time, having used Google Maps in some form for a couple years). I understand that some people have complaints, and I'm not doubting their honesty, but if you don't have iOS 6, it's not as crippling an issue as people say, at least in my experience.
Notice it says "North America" and not the world. Sure iPhones are popular in the US and Canada, but outside of that the answer is a resounding no.
I dont see how people can gauge if they will buy a phone via "somewhat likely/unlikely"
I am "somewhat likely" to visit McDonalds next week, I am not somewhat likely to purchase a 2 year contract phone for hundreds of dollars. When it comes to things like that people either know or they dont.
I am "somewhat likely" to visit McDonalds next week, I am not somewhat likely to purchase a 2 year contract phone for hundreds of dollars. When it comes to things like that people either know or they dont.
Same here, the few people I know that went with an S3, it was because "My eyesight isn't that good anymore" so they wanted a larger screen.
I work at a University and I have also noticed, contrary to what Samsung wants you to believe, all the students want an iphone5 or possibly a Note because they can't afford a phone and a tablet.
what? the couple dozen demo units per store? completely insignificant in the scare we're discussing.
I'm in New York and have calling all 4 NYC apple stores every other day and they are sold out each time. Radio shacks, and best buys and every AT&T and verizon store in NYC and surrounding boroughs are sole out. I just can't believe the demand for this phone. And I know about 20 people that are looking for one.