I don't know about you guys, but this makes life much more worthwhile. I feel so much better than yesterday.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iPhone 4 and 3GS Rank as Best-Selling U.S. Smartphones
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I argue a lot with one of my friends who has the Thunderbolt. He keeps on calling the iPhone a "soccer mom" phone and that he only recommends the iphone for people who aren't tech savvy. I tell him that's the genius of Apple: It makes the complicated simple. I've seen the battery life he gets with the LTE phone and other issues with Android. Apple simply knows how to deliver something that works and that's why they have taken over the world. LOL.
While it breaks down the iOS & iphone, it never breaks down Android into actual cell phones that use the operating system. I just don't like misleading data.
Umm I fail to see your logic on how it is impressive. This is a pretty far twist even for you.
if you want iOS you only have 2 choices. If you want Android you have a lot of choices. That means the larger Android user group is split up a lot more so each phones get fewer choice.
iOS you have 2 choices and you have to make huge sacrifices in what you want. Proof of this is just go look at these boards for people who want larger screen iPhones compared to those who are happy with 3.5. Android you have a range from 3.5 to 4.7. Take your pick.
My 32GB 3GS still works great for me. Got it when it came out. June 2009. Only looking to upgrade to the next iPhone when it hits the new LTE networks. I'm not interested in another 3G network phone. The phone has never been the problem. Just the crummy networks it runs on.
But but people don't like having too many choices. They get too confused. It is better for one man to decide what is best for them. If the screen is 3.5, they will say it's perfect. If he changes it to 4.5, they will say it's perfect. If he changes nothing and renames it iPhone 5, they will say it's the best thing ever.
True it does't say, but one can infer it from the breakdown of the top 5 devices.
I have yet to find an Android phone that will sway me from my iPhone 4. Even the phones with 4.5" screens aren't that impressive, especially when the resolution is lower than that of my iPhone
You also fail to see how a 2+ year old iPhone is outselling every single Android phone, ouch!
Your assuming people are making their decisions based on iPhone vs Android. A lot of people are just looking for a phone based on many factors. Service plan, features, carrier, support ect.
You know, WebOS phones were quite nice. I have one. My next one I've always said would be an iPhone but its sad to see reduced competition. What's sadder is people on this message board wanting further reduced competition.
Can someone tell me aside from the App problem-which would be remedied with more users-why people here have a problem with WebOS like Android? Cause you know, I keep hearing how great iOS is, and WebOS is in my experience more usable, and dead now. But if you know nothing about it, it proves in my opinion you're a fanboy unwilling to try a niche product (versus old Apple fanboys of when I was a teen).
Think Different.
Can someone tell me aside from the App problem-which would be remedied with more users-why people here have a problem with WebOS like Android? Cause you know, I keep hearing how great iOS is, and WebOS is in my experience more usable, and dead now. But if you know nothing about it, it proves in my opinion you're a fanboy unwilling to try a niche product (versus old Apple fanboys of when I was a teen).
Think Different.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A5302b Safari/7534.48.3)
How is the Intensty II on this list?? It isn't even a smartphone! It's a basic slide out keyboard texting phone on Verizon
How is the Intensty II on this list?? It isn't even a smartphone! It's a basic slide out keyboard texting phone on Verizon
Um the consumer driven market killed WebOS, not some fanboy conspiracy. Obviously most consumers didn't want it for various reasons, as HP just recently learned.
But lack of developers and apps is probably the main reason.
Points back to multiple Android phones vs 2 iOS phones. Please see that logic and get back to me.
So if you have 100 people who want Android phones with 10 phones to choose between vs says 50 that want iOS with 2 phones.
That makes a pretty clear break down.
This is a big burn for android
once again shows that it's not all about tech specs, and hardware.. It's all about the used experience, and that's what apple does best (which is why I'm pretty sure alot of us are apple fans)
once again shows that it's not all about tech specs, and hardware.. It's all about the used experience, and that's what apple does best (which is why I'm pretty sure alot of us are apple fans)
thats my main beef with Android. you would think that since its on half of the devices in the market that it would have a little more polish and stability. Basically the android marketing mantra is "we're not Apple"
Enerprise market drives a lot of this too.
I have friends who have firms just now rolling out the iphone 4 and giving it to their employees.
Massive adoption of iphone here in New York for enterprise. It has been replacing the blackberry. No android supported at my firm or at any of my friends firms.
I have friends who have firms just now rolling out the iphone 4 and giving it to their employees.
Massive adoption of iphone here in New York for enterprise. It has been replacing the blackberry. No android supported at my firm or at any of my friends firms.
While I totally missed the quote in the article on MacRumors (Oops), I was quoting from the research firm NPD statement which does not break down Android by cell phone models.
I wonder what Apple's sales would be if they started the iPhone with "buy one, Get one free" deals as when the Android phones came out?
This isn't about Android vs. iOS and about how many options there are for either. This is about singular devices, not the collective for either platform. More people are flat out choosing the iPhone 4 over any other singular device including the iPhone 3GS. As I recall there were only a few webOS phones, but they aren't above the Android phones in terms of sales so your logic is invalid.
I was wondering that too... I guess it's more on the 'borderline' of smartphones... I'm not sure if you can even surf the web on that phone or what OS it uses. I was surprise that it outsold some of the other Samsung smartphones
.