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Android Users Aren't As Disloyal As Reported
ergo98 writes "As we discussed recently, a CNN article had a statement that '77% of iPhone owners say they'll buy another iPhone, compared to 20% of Android customers who say they'll buy another Android phone.' This was a gross misrepresentation. The CNN story now has up this note: 'Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that 20% of Android customers say they'll buy another Android phone. The survey actually revealed that 20% of all smartphone customers say they'll buy an Android phone.' The Yankee Group has further sought to clarify the situation by saying that the 20% are people who explicitly said they would buy a 'Google-branded' phone (which excludes the overwhelming majority of popular Android phones) — as Google gets out of the business of selling branded phones. Summarizing their position on Android: 'Yankee Group still believes that Android will become the next breakout mobile phone platform, making it the third most popular platform behind iPhone and RIM's Blackberry in installed base for at least the next five years.'"
Maybe it was actually confirmation bias from the said Apple fan, that Android was so disliked and hence he got taken in by the false report?
Nah, no way! Apple fans are the most objective and unprejudiced technology connoisseurs, they would never be "taken in" by any reports or studies unless it has been independently verified by Steve Jobs.
Apple press statements lie about competition.
I'm shocked I tell you, absolutely shocked. Who would have thought.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
I went from an iPhone 3G to a Nexus One, which I returned due to poor reception when holding the device. http://gdgt.com/discuss/nexus-one-has-cell-antennas-on-the-6sn/
I then got a Droid, which was the next best Android phone at the time. When my contract is up, I'll probably switch back to the iPhone unless significant improvements have been made to Android by then. Android has a very Linuxy mindset--it can do just about anything you want, but the user experience is very poor. Compare to the iPhone, which does slightly less in practice (for me at least, the only thing the iPhone doesn't do is tether) but is more or less a joy to use.
18 months is a long time in phones these days, so who knows what the future will bring. But for myself, for now, I wish I had stuck with Apple.