Apple’s strength has always been consistancy, and this is no exception. When you buy a new Iphone, you know exactly what you’re getting in terms of storage, power, application compatibility and OS. There are however dozens of androids on the market with a lot of different specs. Not all android apps will run well on all androids.
The OS experience will also differ from android to android. There are still some androids on the market running android 1.6, a lot still running 2.1, and only a few that run 2.2 well. On top of that, manufacturers tweak the OS. HTC droids for example run HTC sense on top of the OS, which gives them added functionality, but also means you can’t seamlessly move from one to the other without understanding the differences.
Apple folks will never admit it, but when it comes to power the Iphone is actually no match for the high end androids like the Incredible, Mytouch 4G, HTC Evo, HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy S, etc. The problem is that the average consumer can’t tell the difference between one android and another.
The A4 in the iPhone has in general higher performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon in the HTC Incredible, Desire, Evo and myTouch. So they are no match for the iPhone. The major performance-related difference between a Galaxy S and iPhone is the Samsung Hummingbird processor in the Galaxy has a faster GPU. Otherwise, they are almost the same chip, except that Apple adds hardware video decoding to increase battery life during video playback.
Phones that dwarf the current iPhone in power are coming this year, especially dual-core phones. But then Apple is coming out with a faster chip too. I doubt they spent $400 million on chip design firms in the last few years for nothing. One of those firms designed that Samsung Hummingbird.
-PJ
I saw this stat somewhere the other day.
Less than 4% of Android devices are running the latest version of the operating system.
Apple iOS devices, 90% are running the latest version of the iOS.
Google posted a 29 percent increase in earnings too 8.75/sh. They are down today. CNBC would say nothing about it till early this AM, how much money does Googlr have to make before they’re deemed a total failure. Usually when earnings come out after the close they’re covered right away. Apple was not treated so shabbily. What gives.