The sales freefall will probably halt next year as the iPhone 8 is gonna be a game changer.
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iOS Adoption Remains at Lowest Levels Since 2014 as Android Captures Record 87.5% Market Share
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With this data and the extreme price increases for the Macbook Pro this week and the age of the other Mac offerings it is clear that Apple has lost its way.
As a longtime Apple user I hate to say it, but it is becoming obvious that it is true.
As a longtime Apple user I hate to say it, but it is becoming obvious that it is true.
This summer I was at Six Flags. While waiting in line, I actually did a count (because there isn't much else to do). It worked out to be roughly 90% iPhone vs everything else. Yeah, anecdotal and all that, but I doubt there is some "amusement park iPhone bias". Perhaps it is a regional thing? Literally everyone I know, friends, family, people I see grocery shopping, at the mall, etc. it is more of the same; 9/10 iPhones.
That will soon change, as its overall market share becomes more and more irrelevant (first to one digit numbers, then lower one digit numbers, eventually demise).
what is middle class to you?
in the USA it's what every person can afford who has credit. The iphone is not luxury.
I'd say <100k mid/lower middle class. Why do you care so much about how much money I make?
This article talks about global adoption- you can't look at just US when determining if an item is affordable. US incomes do not represent wealth and affordability of the world.
what? of course its relevant. BTW android phones have been in all those 'low income' markets that you speak off for a while now. So its not a new user buys android, but one that continues buying android. BTW low income countries are just a market like any other.
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I just want to ask how did you determine is social class?
I am out in the "real world" and I most certainly don't see 87.5% of people carrying around Android phones. It's more like 50/50 everywhere that I have been. As for here in the office that I work at (with approximately 500 employees) it runs about 60% iPhones and 40% various Android devices. There were also a handful here that recently returned their Note 7 for an iPhone 7+ after that entire debacle too.
are you sure you can tell iphone from another in a long line? Phones look the same nowadays
I'm guessing that, like almost all the people who say silly things like this, that you have never actually used an Android phone. I have used both and Android is the better OS. It's not a big difference if I'm honest, but it is much better thought out. If I had to use an iPhone I wouldn't cry myself to sleep at night, but given a choice I would take Android every time.
It's amazing how some think their personal experience represents meaningful statistics that holds true when applied to tens or hundreds of millions of people.
I bet that unless you work in a very small office, not even your 60-40 split is correct. Perhaps it's just your confirmation bias - you probably simply notice iPhones a lot more then other phones. Perhaps people with iPhones keep them more visible/show them off a lot more than other people (since the iPhone is fashion tech, that would make sense).
I'll never forget a lunch in NYC, where at the table next to me came 4 young girls, who all took their iPhones and put them on the table at the same time, and all of them started talking, all at the same time, and continued throughout the lunch. I have no idea how they understood each other. The waiter was also very amused.
Disagree. Android's race to the lowest price point isn't the most sustainable pricing strategy
Seems both sustainable enough (it's been going for a while now), and great for consumers. Personally I am very excited about Huawei and Xiaomi entering the fray (i.e. EU market). I don't particularly like Samsung's dominance in the field.
As it should be just like Windows and Linux based personal computers. Consumers get unlimited choices!
Windows mobile down in the drain is disappointing. I would have preferred a 3rd os playing in the field.
I'm fine, thank you for your interest.
I switched to android from iOS a few years ago.
Once you're used to having the back and overview button on the bottom it's hard to go without them, especially having to go to the top left corner to go back in iOS means you can't really move around as easily with just one hand in some apps.
Also I really like having the ability to set the widgets on onscreen next to the app icons. eg I have my cal covering 1/2 of my screen vertically and work/calendar related apps next the them. News headlines and social media apps together in another screen etc. The quick dial/msg widget is useful next to them too, so you can have the 'phone' app setup to call a specific person directly without opening the phone call or msg app. eg call work shortcut next the calendar widget. Basically it's the widgets and shortcuts that you can setup on the home/app screens that I like about it.
It's also for the same reason that I've been a osx/macos user for 10+ years, the ability to customize it to how you work with smartfolder/tags/workspaces ..etc
Sure, OK. The SE is also rocking a four year old design and a tiny screen by today's standards. I think something around the price point of the old nexus line. $300 or $350.
Dude, past glories are irrelevant in the tech business, otherwise IBM would sill be Big Blue....
The camera, particularly its low light performance, is perhaps the biggest differentiator among phones nowadays, IMO. I have both an iPhone 6 Plus and an S7 Edge and in low light (like a restaurant) the Samsung is much better. Many of the iPhone shots are unusable, where the S7 Edge provides passable results. The iPhone 7 is not much better, unfortunately.
And what lag are you talking about? Yes, past Galaxies sucked, I've had most of them, too. But Samsung has come a long way in the past year and the S7 Edge is a really good device and even though it's at the end of its model life, it's still better overall than the iPhone 7.
Just as the Gear 3 appears to have leapfrogged the Apple Watch, offering both LTE and a three day battery life (as opposed to less than a day for the Apple Watch 2).
You seem stuck in 2014....