iPhone Loyalty Hits 96.4% as Android Users Four Times More Likely to Switch

[JohnC1959]

Hmmm, reading this article again I realized it can be a bit misleading. More Android uses were inclined to switch phone makers, but most of those switching would be to another Android phone. So from a phone OS perspective, iOS and Android users both have similar very high loyalty.

 

[diblasio]

Have these survey respondents tried Liquid Glass or Apple Intelligence? It’s like saying people on the Titanic were electing to stay on the big boat rather than risk those tiny lifeboats.

Most people don’t even notice Liquid Glass. No one cares bruh, because no one is looking at the pixels at the edge of the screen or checking out the UI. They are using apps that function identically as they did before.

Harsh Truth: LG is either a “neat” or a “meh” from 99% of Apple users.

The other 1% are posting on MW, apparently…

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

This isn't great news honestly, seeing what they can already afford to do, imagine what happens when they get even more marketshare nay a near monopoly

 

[haruhiko]

if you have green text bubbles. We can’t be friends.

It’s not even about Messages. You know most of the people in the world don’t use iMessage at all.

 

[JohnC1959]

This isn't great news honestly, seeing what they can already afford to do, imagine what happens when they get even more marketshare nay a near monopoly

While a monopoly is a concern, they aren't remotely close to that yet so too soon to worry about that specific problem.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

It’s not even about Messages. You know most of the people in the world don’t use iMessage at all.

My kids, in the US, don't use SMS/RCS/iMessage at all, other than talking to the "old people." Their entire school is on Snapchat.

 

[TechnoMonk]

Liquid Glass is big nothing burger outside a minor but loud echo chamber. Most of the regular folks don’t care.

 

[FattiesGoneWild]

I’m allergic to Android, gross! 🤢

 

[dba415]

laziness is one of many components of loyalty, though even most lazy people will change if the motivation is high enough. Regardless, one still must ask why iPhone users are more 'lazy' than Android users.

Because there's more barriers to switching. Like Imessage, losing FaceTime, being bullied

 

[SnowCrocodile]

Android phones may be cheaper than iPhones, but they don’t get updates as often or for nearly as long. I don’t switch phones all that often so iPhone’s long term support is important.

 

[applefan8254]

As a cross-platform developer, I believe this. The amount of hoops you have to jump through to do something on an Android device that iOS gives you with one function call is stunning. And Google insists that you drop support for devices that are older than about two years whereas an iOS app will probably run for a decade or more. Then there's the tight integration in the ecosystem. I can copy a text or images on my iPhone and it magically shows up in my Mac's clipboard.

Why does Google do this?

 

[dominiongamma]

iOS is the biggest problem right now.
Imagine if iOS was still as smooth as iOS 14 & 15

iOS 14 or 15 were not smooth at all, I would say probably the worst ones

 

[dominiongamma]

I’m allergic to Android, gross! 🤢

I’m allergic to lightning charging iPhones, should’ve been USB-C from the start

 

[applefan8254]

This is why Apple shouldn't worry so much about being "behind" on AI. They are doing just fine without it.

Kinda agree - I kind of wish Google would address "day to day" issues with their user interface compared to like "AI"

 

[applefan8254]

Android phones may be cheaper than iPhones, but they don’t get updates as often or for nearly as long. I don’t switch phones all that often so iPhone’s long term support is important.

Pixel has 7 years of support, I think that's the same as apple if I'm not mistaken

 

[Apple_Robert]

I am not surprised by the numbers. Apple does need to try and offer more phones that are far less than the flagships if they want to keep growing customers.

 

[FatLouie]

Hmmm, reading this article again I realized it can be a bit misleading. More Android uses were inclined to switch phone makers, but most of those switching would be to another Android phone. So from a phone OS perspective, iOS and Android users both have similar very high loyalty.

There are a handful of Android OS derivatives that are very enticing. Some Asian manufacturers are building their own Android OS, often with features that are better liked than Android's. There are Chinese and Global versions of hardware and software, and Asian manufacturers are quick to add new or improved hardware and software features. The Asian market for Android phones is robust, and there seems to be little brand loyalty.

Apple, on the other hand, struggles to move quickly with hardware and software, and when it does, it tends to mess something up. Bug fixes in Apple come a lot slower than in Android.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Whole family is on Apple devices. The ecosystem integration is much more important to me than the cost of an individual device or the features on an individual device. So no Windows or Android in the house (apart from a work laptop).

The ecosystem is the gateway drug. It’s just so, so, so good.

 

[capamac]

Most people don’t even notice Liquid Glass. No one cares bruh, because no one is looking at the pixels at the edge of the screen or checking out the UI. They are using apps that function identically as they did before.

Harsh Truth: LG is either a “neat” or a “meh” from 99% of Apple users.

The other 1% are posting on MW, apparently…

I dislike the liquid glass special defects. One upside to Android: no L.G.!

 

[capamac]

This isn't great news honestly, seeing what they can already afford to do, imagine what happens when they get even more marketshare nay a near monopoly

Globally, Android is greatly out-selling iOS: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide

 

[ThomasJL]

The worst thing about Android phones is not their hardware, but rather their crappy operating system. Although iOS has always been a better smartphone operating system than Android, Tim Cook has narrowed the gap by drastically reducing the user-friendliness of iOS. Cook has actually tried to make iOS have the user-unfriendliness of Android by copying aspects of it, including its flat design. Flat design is user-unfriendly as it removes visual cues.

 

[Yamcha]

I love my Google Pixel 10. It's the iPhone of the Android world.

 

[mansplains]

But but what about all the MR posts of jumping ship because Tim Apple is personally responsible for every bug!!

 

[CarAnalogy]

I don’t know about that. Every single Android user I know openly admits to using it out of spite. That even if I bought them an iPhone, they wouldn’t use it.

People are very entrenched at this point.

 

[rjp144]

My daughter just switched from a 13 mini to a Samsung A54 and watching the experience convinced me NOT to switch. It’s “okay” but there are bugs and already. For example yesterday her phone wouldn’t make anything but emergency calls until she rebooted it. I appreciate apple’s attention to quality and detail.