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iOS and Android Combined for Record 99% of Smartphone Sales Last Quarter
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There was the iPhone SE... But I think the 4" screen turned Android users who haven't seen a 4" screen in years, away from the cheaper Apple offering
As of June 2016, Play Store is bigger with 2.2 million apps vs Apple's App Store with 2 million apps. Then you can add the Amazon App Store, which is available only on Android at the moment. Source: http://www.statista.com/statistics/276623/number-of-apps-available-in-leading-app-stores/
I thought bigger didn't mean better? And speaking of biased.........
Numerous reports made clear that iPhone owners pay more for their apps then Android users. This is not a matter of who's better then the other or not but has everything to do with the fact that developers can earn significantly more with iOS based apps then they can with the Android platform. Developers will continue to create apps for the iOS platform as long this remains the case.
Well, I guess it's time for Apple to close up shop and bend the knee to their new Google overlords.
So no actual proof that "most" of Android owners are thief's then, just as i thought...
All that does is give random numbers are revenues. Nothing about stolen copies. Plus it puts ios in the same boat, so you are saying ios users are pirates as well if these graphs are anything to go by. Good work sir.
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What kind of proof were you expecting then? Say it, and we will find it.
http://www.ibtimes.com/androids-pir...ive-away-games-altos-adventure-latest-2303552
Is the developer's own words not good enough for you?
You are talking about one developer talking about 1 game. Out of a million plus apps, hardly a big enough sample to say most Android users are thieves now is it. Talk about generalising...
Have a lovely day sir.
I have never claimed that iOS users are all angels, but in summary, the problem of piracy is still less on iOS and users are in general more likely to pay for content, as evidenced by the app's higher revenue on iOS compared to Android.
Please don't include links in articles that are behind paywalls:
http://www.statista.com/statistics/263453/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/
Its just annoying...
http://www.statista.com/statistics/263453/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/
Its just annoying...
There's a very long stretch between stating that some users breach copyright, and that the typical user does so. You haven't made your case, not that it would matter - is your intention just to tarnish all Android users?
Well, something is making iOS apps more lucrative than their Android brethren, and something is incentivising developers to release their apps for ios first or exclusively, and something is getting them to release these apps as paid on ios but iap / ad-supported on Android.
But hey, whatever the reason is, I am not complaining.
You have a good day too.
It's no mystery - at the very least, iOS products are bought by people who are on average more afluent, and thus have more money to spend on apps (I guess, games mostly). Coupled with Apple's focus on fashion tech, it's no wonder. People pay lots of money for fashion, to be seen as fashionable, and to signal their superiority to others. You are a prime example.
Don't get your panties in knots, it doesn't happen that much.
Win goes to Android, if its users get better value for money as far as apps go. On top of the far better value for money for the devices themselves. No wonder the market share is growing.
No, you're very smug in your belief that you're somehow better because you bought into an overpriced and largely inferior product eco-system that focuses on fashion tech.
Look at the numbers many more IOS users downloaded that game, so more revenue, maybe Android users didn't care for the game so didn't bother. The jump then to suggest that Android users must have pirated it is huge. There is no actual evidence on those graphs to prove any pirating has occurred. But thanks anyway for your input.
Still money to be made on the iOS side. Plus buyers of hardware does not equal users of apps. While Apple does need to slow market share loss they still have the money spending clients on their side.
Right now Apple is not the friendliest place for developers. A Mac, which is required to do iOS Development, is showing its age and Apple does not seem to be giving a lot of attention in that direction. Xcode could use some solid work as well, it works but other IDEs have a lot more features that make it easier on developers.
I am just trying to shed some light on why this is so. I am not saying that all Android users are thieves, but as the saying goes, there's no smoke without fire.
The ios platform is raking in more revenue despite Android having 7 times the market share. This should be sufficient proof that market share isn't the be-all and end-all of what makes a successful platform, yet people keep trumping up this statistic as proof that Apple is somehow doomed, while ignoring every other statistic indicating otherwise. Year after year, their tune never changes, despite having been proven continuously wrong. I get tired of hearing it, even if they aren't tired of parroting the same old "Apple is doomed" refrain.
Even with a way larger user base, the majority of Android users are apparently not pulling their weight when it comes to app purchases. Till now, all discussions I have seen seem to conveniently skirt around this inconvenient truth. Why is that?
I'm talking about business.
And you can't compare in terms of Apps, the PlayStore is full on non-Apps as Apps and worse, has mountains of fart and flashlight Apps that they still keep accepting! Notwithstanding frauds, malware, cloned apps, etc. it's the Wild West!
While I don't doubt that in numbers Android OS is being used far more than iOS. I'd still like to see the Android part of the data broken out by some of the different manufacturers since they most of them modify the OS. And you certainly do not get the same experience on all android devices like you (mostly) do in iOS.
So you do admit to calling some of us thieves, cheers for that....
Still not much to back it up tho bar the usual ios smugness ....
I have literally no idea what you mean by "pulling their weight". Am I supposed to fulfill some app purchase quota? Why is that?
As far as I'm concerned, I want maximum value for minimum money. I personally don't pay for apps (Android or iOS) since there's no paid app I need, and this suits me perfectly.
The apps I have, for communication/navigation & transport/media/banking/web browsing & news etc are all free.
What else would you call anyone who pirates software, regardless of whether it is on Android, iOS, Windows or Mac or any other platform?
Well, I have already provided some links and articles, the onus is on you to make of it what you will.
But hey, what do I know. I am apparently just another smug iOS user. Let me just go back to playing with Overcast, Fantastical, Tweetbot and other iOS-only apps.
