Correct. My figures show Tesla leads in sales in 2026 and it’s not incorrect. This is a thread about brand loyalty and you are confusing that with sales. Your narrative is you need the entire year.
iPhone users imo want a phone that just works. Maybe it’s reflected in the satisfaction rating.
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87 for iPhone. Read the headliner for the thread. You just made the point of the thread.S26 ultra is 84% compared to 82% on iPhone.
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I have been using iPhones for a little over six years coming from Android and iPhones definitely don’t “just work”. They have so many issues compared to Android phones thus why plan to go back to Android with my next phone. I have given iPhone a long term legit chance though.
My own subjective experience about the iPhone since the iPhone 5s is they “just work”. Don’t know what “issues” you had but as a tool to get things done, I enjoy using it.
Yeah it seems like developers are mostly only able and/or willing to handle two platforms per app, for both mobile and desktop. So we may be stuck with only two mainstream platforms each--iOS/Android, and Windows/Mac (I wouldn't say Linux is mainstream).
I started out with Android many years ago, but I found it very frustrating which drove me to iPhone. It's been a relatively smooth experience ever since. I'm sure Android has gotten a lot better, but as I've gotten older and have less time to spare, I don't bother changing things that work for me. Experimenting with tech is a young man's game.
I disagree. I can live without a smartphone, maybe not a smart device, like an iPad but a cell phone and iPad would work for me. The thing is a smart device makes things more convenient.
The togetherness of some is sometimes to another's disappointment. Misery loves company after all.
Even the lowest of tiers of phones is a smart device.
You don’t know the “average” person. Clearly there are tiers of survival and “smartphone” isn’t near the top.
Still, you say you can live without a smartphone device while you can't, by your own admission.
Nice shift in context, there. Go live in a forest off the grid if you want to argue survivability, that's not what we were talking about.
I can live without a smartphone. Do people “need” a smart device in 2026? I know people who don’t have one. Just a basic cell phone.
Some are so tied to their smart things they don’t realize one can live without it. That doesn’t mean smart devices aren’t convenient. But when you set the bar so high as to say “live” it’s easy to disprove.
That would imply research about the percentage of iPhone owners staying with the platform when buying a new phone. I.e.: “Your previous phone was an iPhone, what platform do you use now?”
So, a year ago, 14% of new iPhone buyers were people who switched over from Android, this year it’s only 12%. That’s not necessarily a positive for Apple. (It’s not necessarily a negative, either - a difference of 2% may well be within the normal margin of error or fluctuation range.)
No, it's because we tend to just eat up whatever Apple throws at us without thinking for ourselves (iPhone Socks, iPhone Pocket, high subscription prices, etc.). We tend to just buy an Apple computer/phone for ridiculously high prices when cheaper alternatives exist, then proceed to insult said alternatives without trying them or simply because they're "cheap." At least that's what I've heard.
Live in a society != survive. Go back upthread for a refresher of the context in which words are said.
They may not need it today, but countries around the world are increasingly relying on digital services for basic citizenship services. Also, anecdotal evidence yadda yadda.
