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Taking the Mini and iPhone out of the equation, what do the tablets do that the others do not?
Taking the Mini and iPhone out of the equation, what do the tablets do that the others do not?
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Large-Screened iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Less Popular With Android Switchers Than Predicted
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Except, he isn't wrong.
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None, that's how many.
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And so do Apple people...
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No surprise here, more FUD from you...
Provide the ideal form factor for a reading device. I'll never buy a tablet that isn't 4:3.
Yea, it canRegardless of your bias, there are people who don't exactly for this reason.
One of those not 74 million.
With tens of millions of iPhones sold it was bound to happen for a few, as in some people experience odd-one-off behaviors of everything created by human kind.
I'm an android switcher although I did start off with Apple before I went to android. When I switched to android it was the combination of having my iPhone 4 stolen and being lured in by the larger, higher resolution screens. However although I was using android phones and even tablets I still had my foot in the Apple ecosystem (iPad, iPod touch, Apple tv) and continued to buy a lot of content (music, tv shows, apps). I have invested a lot of money in the Apple ecosytem (2005-present) and never really spent much money with android. I tried to return to the iPhone last year. I bought the 5S but found it too small and sold it after a month. When the 6 plus was announced, I knew I would get it. I've had it for 3 months now and I'm still very happy.
I can see the 6/6 plus getting ex Apple users to switch back and perhaps a few curious android users. However for the majority of android users with no affiliation to Apple, a larger screen, widgets and third party keyboards are not going to be ebough to lure people over to Apple. Let's be real these are all things that android users have enjoyed for years.
I can see the 6/6 plus getting ex Apple users to switch back and perhaps a few curious android users. However for the majority of android users with no affiliation to Apple, a larger screen, widgets and third party keyboards are not going to be ebough to lure people over to Apple. Let's be real these are all things that android users have enjoyed for years.
True. And with the stigma of 'Steve Jobs Can't Tell Me What To Do', there are a lot of people that will be laid waste by the increase in malware on the Android devices. Fragmentation and lazy OEM's are having some toll on the people that probably shouldn't have been sold a Droid device in the first place. I had an early Verizon Palm Treo 'Windows phone', and waiting for patches, and discovering that other carriers versions of the same phone had more features was one of the reasons that I went iPhone as soon as I could.
Waiting months for updates. Dealing with patches that didn't work well, and having dropped calls and not able to ever get the email function working convinced me that both Verizon, and the Windows Phone weren't ready for Prime Time.
People being sold into Android devices should be warned that they are essentially 'rolling their own', and should be careful where they go, and what links they click. The 'noobs' and 'sheep' are going to be the biggest force for the reduction in Android users, and could be the 'Typhoid Mary' that releases a tsunami of malware and viruses that swamp the platform.
Android will have to become a lot less open to deal with the coming issues.
Not at all to say that the iOS platform is pristine, and lily white, but the avenues for compromise aren't the same.
It will be interesting to see how it all plays out over the next 5 or so years.
Absolute FUD...
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My point was, that it happened and for people to say it didn't, is wrong.
Time will tell, and I don't see it as being very kind.
That is one thing about time. It can be very brutal.
Curious one speaking....
You are correct, I (a curious android user,) did enjoy the widgets, third party keyboards, and of course the large screen, which is why I waited to switch to Apple once the screens got bigger.
I test drove the 5c for about a month this past Nov 2014, and by Dec, I had the 6. I was tired of touch wiz and Htc Sense, well Android altogether. I also have the Blackberry Z10, which is my backup, but it just lack the support and some apps(yes even with the new 10.3 update with Amazon, etc) to be my daily driver but I still appreciate Blackberry10.
IOS is very refreshing, and being that IOS 8 is my first vs the previous numbers, this OS felt familiar so it was a smooth learning curve.
I now understand and respect the hype about Apple and its phones and I wasn't a basher before, just kept hearing all the hearsay about Apple. The crispy smoothness is beautiful to use and there is no dead end for support.
Before I go all noob deep about my experience, I will just say that I can't see myself going back to Android. Again, not bad, just got tired of it.
You are correct, I (a curious android user,) did enjoy the widgets, third party keyboards, and of course the large screen, which is why I waited to switch to Apple once the screens got bigger.
I test drove the 5c for about a month this past Nov 2014, and by Dec, I had the 6. I was tired of touch wiz and Htc Sense, well Android altogether. I also have the Blackberry Z10, which is my backup, but it just lack the support and some apps(yes even with the new 10.3 update with Amazon, etc) to be my daily driver but I still appreciate Blackberry10.
IOS is very refreshing, and being that IOS 8 is my first vs the previous numbers, this OS felt familiar so it was a smooth learning curve.
I now understand and respect the hype about Apple and its phones and I wasn't a basher before, just kept hearing all the hearsay about Apple. The crispy smoothness is beautiful to use and there is no dead end for support.
Before I go all noob deep about my experience, I will just say that I can't see myself going back to Android. Again, not bad, just got tired of it.