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iOS and Android Activations Now Split Evenly in the U.S., Research Shows
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Agreed, and I can guarantee that many here would take avail of that service if they could with their iPhone.
Hey! I already get those types of calls on my home phone. Now they are following me to MacRumors?
Hey, the mouse charging port was an innovation...kind of cool. And yeah, good for Tim Cook that he can print money. It's his reward for taking Apple to the next level.But Timo has a cash fountain at his backyard.. plus, you can also buy your own half-baked airpods max at only $550, with lossless audio.. well sorta.
Now what about the magic mouse's charging port, that was real innovation.. and now in colors, loads of courage there. Touch bar should be named Timo Bar. T2 is Timmey's personal chip.
Use Safari, is our most "private" browser ever, it blocks trackers but shows ads, Snowden is drooling all over it, Aplpe has outdone themselves again.
5Gb free iCloud storage should be enough for all your 4k cat vids.
Always remember, "we love our customers (wallet)".
..and even then they are counting your money 🤣
You just got Timo'ed.
It's like winning a cup of sand at the beach I suppose.
They are everywhere, except on android where you have spoof call blocking. Great feature actually.Hey! I already get those types of calls on my home phone. Now they are following me to MacRumors?
Battery life hot garbage. It went from lasting 'over 8 hours' (apple's ambiguous claim) to less than 30 minutes per full charge in less than 1 year. This made it especially infuriating because 1) at the time, I was listening to music on the go A LOT and 2) coming from a Sony Minidisc player, I was spoiled with a minimum of 20 hours per charge on and up to 66 hours if using an additional AA battery attached battery.
Plus the lack of an EQ made is lousy.
UI though, was amazing at the time. Doesn't matter anymore though.
My home phone is an Android. I will have to look into spoof call blocking - thanks for mentioning that!They are everywhere, except on android where you have spoof call blocking. Great feature actually.
I can but people brings up “monopoly” more often than not and ignore “duopoly” so I just skip that.
AppleTV - outpaced by some but certainly not by all. Their original content strategy is more complex than you understand
FaceTime - Did you watch the WWDC keynote? FaceTime works with Windows and Android through browsers
Home Office - iCloud revenue is way up so someone is using it.
iCloud, still offering 5(!)GB base - 5GB is paltry but Apple now offers unlimited storage temporarily (3 weeks) for backups
iCloud, what about offering a Linux client? Most Apps customers don't know or care about Linux
iCloud, what about offering iCloud Copy & Paste for Windows or Linux - What?
iCloud, services, Docker, XY as a service? forget about it - competing with Azure or AWS? Now you're just playing fan fiction with their business model
The data here says US market share for Android and iPhone is equal. When you say 80%, are you talking global? Or do you mean the US data here is wrong?
Hmm. I'm pretty sure activation numbers are a good indicator of sell-through, which is what I think of as market share. But you're right, it's possible there are tens of millions of unsold Android units on US store shelves. Those units WERE sold by the manufacturer, but never purchased by consumers.
Apple - 350 billion dollars in revenue and the likely most successful tech consumer electronics seller in the history of the planet.
So of course Apple should take advice from someone who hates Apple. Just wow...
Critical thinking skills abound.
Yes, Android is super successful because it is open, right. That Android also occupies the highest volume section of a market, the low cost space, is just a meaningless statistic.
Apple is dominant, that's only up for debate by those who can't accept facts. As a company it has surpassed all. But I'm sure Apple weeps that it only has 20% WW share making more money than any tech company by a million miles.
Just wow...
(to the Anti Apple crowd -- happy at Android success, always will have the big share, Apple is a Monopo....oh wait).
100% correct. That is my experience with Android users, low cost os why they pick it 90% of the time. The 10% of Android users who claim they have more control to customize their phone are also completely delusion about the iPhone. Let's not even discuss privacy issues with Android vs iPhone. A co-worker told me he won't use an iPhone because you have to pay for all the apps - LOL.
Android will always have high market share as they sell thousands of low priced phones…
don't forget iPhones are fully integrated into the ecosystem, that's a major benefit!
iCloud is a consumer-facing service for Apple end users; Azure and AWS are backend services. Apple doesn't COMPETE with the data centers, it's a CUSTOMER.
Don't mention that. There is half of the Anti Apple crowd who insist the low cost phones aren't low cost at all. Everything is just overpriced above what they buy. The other half has no concept of how a market space works and that the lower cost segment ia a simple and very enduring business plan: lost cost, high volume, quicker manufacturing, lowest cost parts feasible, purchasing consumer knows (or should know) replacement will likelier need more frequency.
That's not a smartphone market space thing, that is consumer product spectrum thing. There is nothing wrong with the low cost space. For some items that is all I can afford(though I've learned my lesson that spending more now can frequently save in the long run), for many that is also the case. The low cost high volume space allows them the chance to purchase a product they might otherwise be unable to afford.
It's really isn't rocket science...
Not a problem. I can't remember where it is in settings. It might also be for 11 only. But I know I read about call blocking feature. One of the reasons I am going back to android. I use my mobile as home phone as well.
I don’t get this comment. If you never have owned an iPhone then why even comment? Especially since you no experience with one.
I have owned BlackBerry’s, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Android and iPhones.
They all have had pluses and minuses but over all iPhone is the best IMHO.
Sell through is helpful, but market share is really the number of units in use. If Apple iPhones are typically lasting 4 years while Androids are only lasting 2 years, the market for cell phone Apps is increasingly becoming an iOS only market in the US.