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iOS and Android: A State-by-State Breakdown
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New England has gone iPhone!
But the Cupertino Kids in California are android. Steve Jobs has to hate that...
But the Cupertino Kids in California are android. Steve Jobs has to hate that...
For the variation between iOS and Android, yeah. If Oregon was listed as Android, I wouldn't have bitched, even though my experience is that I see mostly iOS. But Blackberry? Really? From a mobile-web-advertising company? If anything, you'd think their statistics would be skewed AWAY from Blackberry. (i.e. some states that show up as iOS and Android may actually be slightly higher Blackberry.)
Where in CO do you reside? I'm in Denver.
Counting my circle of friends + associates at work, I know exactly 3 people using Android & maybe 5 people on BB. The rest (~75) are iPhones. It's funny, the Android users (in my experience) are the types that want something non-iPhone just to be "different."* They also gripe most about their experiences (which I have also noticed tends to correlate with people that are non-somehting for non-something's sake). The BBs are all corporate-issued. None "by choice." And in my casual observation when I'm out & about, iPhone looks dominant. Followed by Android, then BB.
* Which is still so odd to me... at 38, I'm still getting used to the idea that Apple is now mainstream and not the underdog it was the first 34+ years of my life. What. A. Ride.
I'm not surprised North Dakota is still Blackberry dominated, until very recently, the only carriers there were Alltel/Verizon, so the best phones they had were Androids, or Blackberries, now Alltel's towers are under AT&T, so now there's some actual options for phones.
I know a few hours north in Canada, there's still a Blackberry dominance (that's quickly diminishing) as the regional carrier here really likes to push Blackberries down peoples throats.
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And as long as that .0001 is randomly sampled, like just seeing people in restaurants and such, it should still be representative of the population. Or, at least, their city.
I can definitely vouch for Louisiana, at least New Orleans and around there, pretty rare to see an Android around here.
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And as long as that .0001 is randomly sampled, like just seeing people in restaurants and such, it should still be representative of the population. Or, at least, their city.
I can definitely vouch for Louisiana, at least New Orleans and around there, pretty rare to see an Android around here.
What we need is a map based on how self important and smart users think they are. Call it the smug factor, pretty sure you will find a correlation there.
You're an idiot if you think that politcal preferences correlate to which kind of smart phone you own. The funny thing about Capitalists and Republicans is that they believe in the freedom to choose, whether you like it or not! However, I am compelled to think that the map that was shown (not by you), is in parallel to the dominant cell phone carrier.
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Randomly sampled from a representative population*
I could randomly sample a group of vegans located in NY and still not say that I found nearly all people in NY prefer the taste of vegetables and fruits over meat. Must be representative of the general population of NY, meat-eaters included.
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Randomly sampled from a representative population*
I could randomly sample a group of vegans located in NY and still not say that I found nearly all people in NY prefer the taste of vegetables and fruits over meat. Must be representative of the general population of NY, meat-eaters included.
It's all meaningless drivel. I've never cared what "everyone else does". Why not just use what one likes and forget about it.
I like variety, so I carry one of each. It's fun, it's different, and it keeps me on top of what's happening. Having first hand experience with both, gives me a way to enjoy the strengths of each platform. They are both quite nice.
I like variety, so I carry one of each. It's fun, it's different, and it keeps me on top of what's happening. Having first hand experience with both, gives me a way to enjoy the strengths of each platform. They are both quite nice.
Or Montana being iPhone dominated. I thought they didn't even have iPhones until recently (?). Or am I wrong?
That's a very good thought, with the exception that I've always heard that Florida has good ATT coverage. Then again, that could be true, but perhaps more people down there are on Sprint and thus use Android.
Really dunno about that. I too live in Louisiana (although on the west end), and while most people at McNeese have iPhones from what I've seen, I graduated from high school in a class of four, and two people in the class had Android phones, one had an iPhone (me), and the other had some dumbphone.
not sure why there is so much surprise over android, its on over 200 devices. many that you wouldn't really notice unless you were up close. it shows the strength of the iphone that it dominates the states shown in the graph.
Same. I also don't see why people care. I have an iPhone but according to the map my state is Android I really don't care it doesn't affect my purchase choice either way.
I live in Oregon and have only seen like four BBs in the wild. And most of them are teenage girls.
And statistics like this are more and more of less value to do the fact the US is becoming less and less worldwide sales as a %.
US data is still good though. Cause it's good to test things on the smaller US markets. Just in case it's a dud. Better to screw it on the smaller US market and fix it before you release the product on a the larger world market.
US data is still good though. Cause it's good to test things on the smaller US markets. Just in case it's a dud. Better to screw it on the smaller US market and fix it before you release the product on a the larger world market.
i am in an iphone dominant state. but i have found that since iPhone has come to verizon, i know a ton of people who either have an android and are switching, or are waiting to save up for one. it was weird because for a while i saw a kind of slow down of iPhone sales around the spring but ever since the summer started people seem to be buying them again. i think if iPhone comes to t mobile and sprint iPhone sales will once again gain. iPhone 5 should be a good test to see what is happening in the smartphone race. can't wait!!!
Yay for Kansas being a Blackberry dominated state. There might be absolutely nothing here, but at least we have good taste in phone brands.
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I live in Indiana & I see iPods & iPhones everywhere. So this makes a lot of sense.
I have a Blackberry Torch though... It's nice, But the app store is rather limited.
I live in Indiana & I see iPods & iPhones everywhere. So this makes a lot of sense.
I have a Blackberry Torch though... It's nice, But the app store is rather limited.