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It is interesting how the US are continuing to adopt Apple/iPhone in contrast to the rest of the world. I think its one of those things where once the majority take hold it becomes set in culture which further embeds the trend.
Saying that, when looking for documented statistics, they don't match up with the article.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america
The source is Counterpoint Research as linked in the article - the 55% figure in the headline is misleading, the statistic is really “55% of new devices shipped”, not total market share.
Yeah iPhone people seem to upgrade about twice as often as the rest of us
got a source for that? iphones tend to last pretty long
Initially anecdotal. But also turns out to be statistically true. www.statista.com/chart/amp/3634/smartphone-upgrades/
not exactly what you said earlier. There's only like a 10% difference in the apple/android groups. So, slightly more iPhone users upgrade every two years compared to android users.
This data is also about 8 years old but I couldn't find any newer
I would guess the 2-year numbers are much lower these days.
Source: this guy he knew a few years ago, see also: his butt
www.statista.com/chart/amp/3634/smartphone-upgrades/
2015 may as well be 1000BC when it comes to smart phones 🤣
goalposts 📈📈📈
Do you think its iPhone users upgrading then?
Are those the people who have apple like a 99% satisfaction rating, and gave themselves a 95% one? I think I heard of them on Linus tech tips LMAO
It is a US company, that likely helps a little. They are expensive. In many countries 55% could not afford them. Easy access to Apple stores to fix issues is a massive advantage.
Anecdotally, my friends and family that have switched have done so because of malware. Apple is far from perfect, but Google has done a terrible job of keeping bad apps out of the Play store. And malicious software has other ways of getting installed. My sister was a diehard Samsung user, but reluctantly bought an iPhone when she started getting porn pop ups and her and none of her friends could figure out how to stop them.
Sounds like a your sister thing, never got smth like that and you also wont get it without installing smth
She probably isn't a perfect tech user, and installed an app that she shouldn't.
But iphone users don't usually have this problem anyway so sister still ends up benefiting from that ecosystem.
Google needs to stay more on top of the app store. It's clear they never had the man power to actually police it well.
There are benefits to that as well, apps that enabled features that carriers didn't want to be enabled used to be pretty popular. Not to mention the benefit of being able to side load apps if you are a power user.
It literally gives you a bright red warning full screen that you have to read and only can accept after waiting 10 seconds, shes just ignoring it, thats her problem ngl
Wait. I've never seen this screen? Are you saying that the play store has a bright red warning like you've described?
I'm talking about the play store, the official store, which has sometimes hosted adware and malware.
No, by sideloading apps
iPhones have tones of pop up in the browser also. Don't even know how many times I get calls from my parents about some sort of pop up on their phones.
I was on android for the longest time but I got tired of Samsung’s crap, the horrible way version upgrades are handled (or not handled), etc.
Yeah, I don't understand why Samsungs are the most popular Android phones.
Like, I get that they have good hardware, but their software is annoying as hell.
I disliked Samsung devices' software even more than I disliked iOS. Neither of them hold a candle to the Pixel experience.
I switched from Pixel to Samsung and found it much nicer personally.
I'm about to make this jump with my next phone. I've had 3 different Pixels now and they've all had terrible battery life and honestly just seem like mediocre phones.
You think the popularity in the US is because you had a bad experience with upgrades?
No i was merely stating a few personal reasons. I’m sure there are hundreds if not thousands of factors to explain why iPhones are more popular
Surely yes. I was intrigued into the regional differences. Surely the technical differences are similar in each region, however I find it really interesting that the US is an outlier in the stats.
I feel like a factor is that in other countries people use 3rd party apps for messaging, therefore the difference between android and iMessage is less important in those countries. As a US citizen I feel like I’d miss iMessage if I bought an android phone.
That is a really good point! I read something about that in a previous article, that iMessage is heavily used throughout the US. Certainly a major factor, thanks.