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Verizon iPhone Leads U.S. Mobile Phone Sales in February as Android Surge Continues
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true but TCO for any subscription iOS device is likely to be many hundreds of $$$ more than an android that gives a similar experience.
TCO is where the smart people look, I'm not surprised you missed it..
This doesn't make your point valid in any sense. Please learn logic and debating abilities.
true but TCO for any subscription iOS device is likely to be many hundreds of $$$ more than an android that gives a similar experience.
TCO is where the smart people look, I'm not surprised you missed it..
So, in short, you are out of arguments and just making stuff! Spoken like a true iFan!
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That sounds a little funny coming from a guy with a brand new high end mbp and iPad 2 in his sig...
Anyway, this is interesting. Seems like apple and google are almost not competing. The people who want an iPhone get an iPhone. The people who don't choose among the other options, and google is winning that battle by a lot.
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That sounds a little funny coming from a guy with a brand new high end mbp and iPad 2 in his sig...
Anyway, this is interesting. Seems like apple and google are almost not competing. The people who want an iPhone get an iPhone. The people who don't choose among the other options, and google is winning that battle by a lot.
and it's a crappy phone compared to $50 android phones. for $50 to $70 you can get an android phone with a 4 or 4.3 inch screen, 1GH CPU, iphone 4 level GPU, much better screen than 3GS, Google Maps with Navigation, Froyo with Flash, HSPA+ radio. and it will probably be upgraded to Android 2.3 by the end of the year where with the 3GS you will probably be lucky to get iOS 5 on it with Apple's recent iOS release machinations
Maybe you should read the article a little closer before you make accusations. All Android devices combined exceed the iPhone. Which the article points out is not an apples to apples comparison. There was no breakdown by Android smartphones to make a legitimate comparison to the iPhone.
HTC Inspire 4G is $50 for new customers
Atrix is comparable to an iphone 5 since it has an ARM9 Core CPU
It does make sense. He spent his money on an iPad 2 and a MBP. Its called prioritizing.
had both, decided to pay for the iphone instead of having work pay for the droid.
too much fragmentation and too many issues.
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Your OS isn't "winning" when it's being likened to Windows. It's no compliment. Licensed to anyone who can slam together a box with User Experience as varied as the handset models that run it doesn't make Android a winner.
It just makes it generic.
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Your OS isn't "winning" when it's being likened to Windows. It's no compliment. Licensed to anyone who can slam together a box with User Experience as varied as the handset models that run it doesn't make Android a winner.
It just makes it generic.
I love the fact Apple has competition. I believe iOS 5 will benefit a lot from "successful" Android technologies. Competition means better phones, better software, and lower prices. I'd take any of those three things over "bragging rights".
You're comparing an OS (Android) with a device (iPhone 4). What you failed to point out in that same article is this:
"So while the entire Android platform with all of their partners, models, phones and tablets has outgrown the single iPhone 4 by 40.98% to 30.35% the past 4 months, iPad is outgrowing the entire Android ecosystem so significantly [that] it more than makes up for the iPhone deficiency plus some. And it just launched 3 weeks ago and millions of people who want them can't get their hands on them yet."
And: "A report from February indicated that Apple continues to own 82.7 percent of all mobile software sales with its iOS App Store".
Competition is good!
Poor little iPhone...
You can have had the mobile space crown Apple, but you gave it to Google. Soon you will be third fiddle to Microsoft and Google.
You can have had the mobile space crown Apple, but you gave it to Google. Soon you will be third fiddle to Microsoft and Google.
Keep in mind that Samsung and LG provide a huge number of "free or dirt cheap with subscription" feature phones, and that pre-Android Motorola phone owners are still subscribing to mobile plans.
While many will disagree with my point of view, I think this is just more evidence that Apple and Google with be the 2 major players duking it out. The one that should really worry here is not Apple but RIM. On the bright side, this will just force both iOS and Android to get better and better as they compete with each other. Both platforms have come a long way I can't way for the next smackdown! Now on with the endless forum wars! Let's the the usual blood I have come to know and love in Macrumors!
I think you're confusing Macrumors with Engadget. That place is so full of hate I'm surprised it doesn't catch on fire.
Thankfully most people here are either die-hard Apple fans or general lovers of tech who can debate without killing each other. 
1. So Google being smart about Android distribution is wrong?
2. You can get an iPhone 3Gs for free in many place, as well as $49.
True, but the biggest problem is that (from what I recall working at Apple and many posts on the forums) Apple counts shipping units as units sold, as well as units solely sold for replacement.
e.g. A user getting his/her iPhone replaced will be given a free iPhone, but Apple counts that as a "sold" unit in their inventory.
What these numbers do show me though is that not too many people really care about talking and surfing the web at the same time. Making one of AT&T's biggest advantages moot.
I had both too, and I didn't want to pay a fortune for my cell phone plan or my repairs.
I also didn't want to have to deal with an un-customizable home screen.
I know that I will go back to iOS when Apple really puts some work into an OS that hasn't changed much in 5 years.