It somehow always comes down to OS vs. OS. My post was merely about this article and this article alone, however.
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It somehow always comes down to OS vs. OS. My post was merely about this article and this article alone, however.
It is priced differently. Lower cost products typically sell in higher numbers. Lower price -> higher demand. Econ 101.
Over last 10 months Apple has finally moved the 3GS down into the zone it should be at for two year old tech. In another year or two, the "more affordable" iPhone should take over the front running position in units from the bleeding edge phone. The fact it is under the bleeding edge phone now is more a pointer flaws in its design/production than in what should be the case.
By that logic, David Hasselhoff should be number one on US music charts.
this is such a stupid cliche btw i wouldnt even know who he is if it wasnt for that cliche
I usually don't equate popularity = best.
If that was the case, The Spice Girls are better artists than Black Sabbath or Nirvana for selling more records. Lady GaGa or Justin Bieber, anyone? I prefer my Sony PSP more than my Nintendo DS just because it can play more emus. I tend to have alot of different gadgets, so I really don't care who wins in sales. What works for me, works for me. Sometimes even the more obscure mobile OSes (like QNX and webOS) are better than the more popular ones like iOS and Android.
But I am very happy to see iPhones sell well. Apple worked their butts off during the last decade considering they were a dying company in 1997. User-friendliness has been in Apple's DNA for a long time since the early Macs. If Macs were sold similar to iPhones or iPads and be under $500, it would do so much better. As nice and popular as Windows 7 is, Mac OS X (Lion) is still much nicer. iOS is more affordable to make Apple more popular with the masses, but Apple's brilliance with a GUI really started from the Mac.
If that was the case, The Spice Girls are better artists than Black Sabbath or Nirvana for selling more records. Lady GaGa or Justin Bieber, anyone? I prefer my Sony PSP more than my Nintendo DS just because it can play more emus. I tend to have alot of different gadgets, so I really don't care who wins in sales. What works for me, works for me. Sometimes even the more obscure mobile OSes (like QNX and webOS) are better than the more popular ones like iOS and Android.
But I am very happy to see iPhones sell well. Apple worked their butts off during the last decade considering they were a dying company in 1997. User-friendliness has been in Apple's DNA for a long time since the early Macs. If Macs were sold similar to iPhones or iPads and be under $500, it would do so much better. As nice and popular as Windows 7 is, Mac OS X (Lion) is still much nicer. iOS is more affordable to make Apple more popular with the masses, but Apple's brilliance with a GUI really started from the Mac.
the Galaxy S2 is being released in the US around August/Sept (or later). This report is for the quarter ending June 11.
Also when the S2 does come out in the US, it will probably come in different variants.
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Less individual model choice of a popular platform = more unit sales per device with improving marketshare.
More varying unit choice of a second popular platform = Lesser sales of each model but with the benefit of improving marketshare.
Both Android and iOS are doing fine in the U.S it seems. WP7 sitting idle still, will Mango help?
More varying unit choice of a second popular platform = Lesser sales of each model but with the benefit of improving marketshare.
Both Android and iOS are doing fine in the U.S it seems. WP7 sitting idle still, will Mango help?
Android will have 60 percent marketshare in another 3 months thats why apple is ******** in their pants.
Apple is not only the best (and popular) smartphone manufacturer (IMO), I really do think they are the best computer manufacturer in the world.
But why aren't Macs as popular like iOS devices? Pricing and Microsoft Windows already won the desktop OS war years ago.
Android is going to be the new Windows but for mobile devices. It might be inferior to iOS just like I think Windows 7 is inferior to Mac OS X, but it will sell just like how Windows PC's were sold. Different price points. To win volumes sales, it always comes down more about price than the actual quality. This is why popularity doesn't always equal best. iPhone sales is one of the rare times that Apple is the best and most popular at something.
But why aren't Macs as popular like iOS devices? Pricing and Microsoft Windows already won the desktop OS war years ago.
Android is going to be the new Windows but for mobile devices. It might be inferior to iOS just like I think Windows 7 is inferior to Mac OS X, but it will sell just like how Windows PC's were sold. Different price points. To win volumes sales, it always comes down more about price than the actual quality. This is why popularity doesn't always equal best. iPhone sales is one of the rare times that Apple is the best and most popular at something.
This has nothing to do with the platform! Why people are buying certain phones is pure speculation. The article only states that the iPhone 4 is selling more than any other single phone, including the 3GS.
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OMG. Please stop with the 2 iOS vs 20+ Android devices. The NPD data is simple. No matter how you spin it to make your chosen platform look good, the fact is: More people chose the iPhone 4 and 3GS over all other phones out there. Those people had a choice. They looked at all other phones and chose the iPhone over all others. Regardless of circumstances, carriers, nerd-status, tech-savvy-ness, etc. Nobody buys phones combined. They buy the one phone (or two, depending on family requirements). The fact that the Android OS is on a million phones is irrelevant. In essence, people got up, went to the phone store, looked at the millions of Android choices, and said no, I want an iPhone. The reasons why they did this is a matter for another discussion (ignorance, Apple marketing, sheep-ness, whatever haters want to call it). That is impressive, that when faced with "millions" of choices, they still went iPhone. I don't know enough about Android devices to call them good or bad. But come on, sales. This is not opinion. Today, people choose the iPhone over any other phone, regardless of what OS it runs. End of story. Good job, Apple.
OMG. Please stop with the 2 iOS vs 20+ Android devices. The NPD data is simple. No matter how you spin it to make your chosen platform look good, the fact is: More people chose the iPhone 4 and 3GS over all other phones out there. Those people had a choice. They looked at all other phones and chose the iPhone over all others. Regardless of circumstances, carriers, nerd-status, tech-savvy-ness, etc. Nobody buys phones combined. They buy the one phone (or two, depending on family requirements). The fact that the Android OS is on a million phones is irrelevant. In essence, people got up, went to the phone store, looked at the millions of Android choices, and said no, I want an iPhone. The reasons why they did this is a matter for another discussion (ignorance, Apple marketing, sheep-ness, whatever haters want to call it). That is impressive, that when faced with "millions" of choices, they still went iPhone. I don't know enough about Android devices to call them good or bad. But come on, sales. This is not opinion. Today, people choose the iPhone over any other phone, regardless of what OS it runs. End of story. Good job, Apple.
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The iphone 4 is still the best smartphone on the market so not shocking.
The iPhone 4 should definitely make it into the smartphone hall of fame if one existed
The iphone 4 is still the best smartphone on the market so not shocking.
The iPhone 4 should definitely make it into the smartphone hall of fame if one existed
I expected to see the iPhone 4 performing so well, but the not the 3GS, that is plenty impressive considering these phones are pretty outdated compared to some of these newer releases. These are some rock solid devices
In essence, more people got up, went to the iPhone store, looked at the choices, and said no, I want an Android Phone.
If you're going to make that argument, then you need to compare the phones by maker. You can't count all phones sold by HTC, Samsung, Motorola and half-a-dozen other Android sellers and then say that's a fair way to discuss. I can see a one-to-one ratio on the basis of phone makers, but comparing sales of all Android phones versus the two Apple makes is meaningless. Again, if you're comparing platforms, then the iPad and iPod Touch need to be included. Otherwise, it seems you're intentionally knee-capping Apple.
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I'm aware of that. It was a joke.
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It's STILL not released in the US
Wow! I was playing with one just today in Best Buy (Canada). It was lightning fast. It made my iPhone look like a giant pile of Brontosaurus droppings. The screen on that thing is also incredible.
Except if we start talking about OS (Android vs iOS) then you have take into account the little and huge brothers of the iOS family... iPod Touch and iPads.
20% difference compared to iPods and iPads where android hasn't comparable products (or comparable products that sale)
******* that argument. As a consumer, I have umpteen zillion choices. I CHOOSE iPhone. Not because I'm too stupid to figure out how to use something else, or because someone told me I don't need anything else. I choose it because it is what I want.