Apple iPhone v. Android Phone Ping!
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Posted on 01/29/2015 4:08:37 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
Apple’s newest iPhone customers aren’t just old customers upgrading older devices – in fact, the vast majority are migrating from other platforms.
Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal in an interview that a large percentage of consumers buying iPhones lately are coming from devices that aren’t iPhones, and that most of those are shifting over from Android.
This is potentially better news for Apple than its record-breaking 74.5 million iPhones sold during the past quarter, because it means there’s plenty of headroom to improve on that number in the future.
A lot of the apprehension that crops around Apple when it posts huge numbers like it did this past quarter involves analysts predicting it has or is about to reach a ceiling, but the way in which Apple is racking up sales is as important as how many it’s moving. Apple CEO Tim Cook has pointed to new markets with lots of consumers new to smartphones as key opportunities, and the company’s success in markets like Greater China has shown those sentiments to be true.
The size and shape of the emerging smartphone market is debatable, however, and partly at the whim of global economic climate shifts (and that’s doubly true when you’re targeting the rarefied higher end of the market). What isn’t as hard to pin down is the pool of existing smartphone users who own an Android device: It’s a huge market, one that we’ve spent the last few years watching as it grows.
Apple’s situation with the iPhone in some ways parallels what happened with the Mac: Cupertino led the way with a relatively successful early product before it ceded the majority of the market to a competitor and started making gains once again. The big difference is one of scale: iPhone was never on the ropes in the way the Mac was, and as a result the moment (now) when it starts bringing switchers back to its platform sees it doing so from a position of power. The Macs steady gain in the PC market, when applied to the iPhone/Android equivalent, could translate to huge sales volumes if Apple can continue to convince people to switch camps.
Nothing on the horizon would seem to indicate Android devices are on the verge of gaining any significant technical advantage over iPhones, and Apple’s pacing in terms of releasing larger-screened devices has clearly done a lot to trigger of users waiting for that feature on iOS hardware. And with Samsung seeming like a ship that may have lost its rudder, Apple may be fighting a battle without a truly organized resistance.
Every new release of the iPhone has Apple fanbois singing and dancing.
Yawn.
I will probably make this switch in a month.
Main driver: video talk with Apple owning family members. Other drivers: battery life, camera, larger screen size in the 6 Plus.
“Every new release of the iPhone has Apple fanbois singing and dancing.”
Apparently, it is the Android fanbois who are singing and dancing and switching...
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Being an IT person, I prefer Android, because you can more easily ‘hack’ it, and get ‘under the hood’.
Apple is totally locked down, and you can’t do much with it that they don’t want you to. I don’t like that, though we have many Apple devices in our home. They just bore me.
Of course, I’m probably among 5% of users, if that. lol
Apple is a company conceived and born in the USA that showcases American ingenuity. Two guys tinkering with computers, 40 years later, results in a company valued at over $650 BILLION dollars. Arguably the most successful company on the planet.
Yet, some petty souls still aren’t impressed. Apple has revolutionized the PC industry, the mobile phone industry, and the music industry. They’ve created whole new markets (i.e. tablets). Their level of execution is second to none. I applaud their accomplishments.
Oh, and by the way, I don’t own an iPhone.
Agreed. I am new to Android, but I know long-time Andriod users always like to jab at iPhone users when they brag about the "new" features... Ya Android had that 2 years ago... or (brag, brag brag about the new iPhone) andriod user says, "so what you're saying is you got an Android.."
My phone (an iPhone 4s) is just that: a phone. I’m a “big iron” guy and prefer the soft hum of the Noctua fans in my gaming rig or the rhythmic cycles of the fans in my Cisco switches to the boring 4” screen on my phone.
I don’t understand the “mobile” movement.
“Apple’s iPhone 6 Success Is Mostly Android’s Loss, Giving iPhone Plenty Of Room To Grow”
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We only started using Apple products when my wife picked an iPhone out of the current offerings several years ago. It worked so well and became such an indispensable tool that we all have a couple of Apple devices now. They just work and the quality control is superb. Side by side the apps I required worked on Apple products and many failed on the Galaxy. I have the gs5 and iPhone right now. iPhone wins.
I am a converted skeptic.
Good decision. The iOS family of products (iPhone, iPad, iPod) is great and it has great infrastructure to back up the hardware. Glad to hear you’re joining the rest of your family members!
Yeah, it’s quite AMAZINGLY what Apple has done and how they have REVOLUTIONIZED several different industries. It’s quite amazing, and of course ... Steve Jobs was the driving force.
Congratulations! Welcome to the Apple corner.
iPhone owners should be singing and dancing. Apple has brought the iPhone quite a way from the first model in 2007. Today’s model is like a Ferrari, compared to a Model T back then. That’s worth singing and dancing about! Just imagine what the next few years are going to bring!
The big difference is on an Apple, it works....
You’re quite right!
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