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Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS
Ponca City writes "PC World reports that women are more likely to buy an iPhone for their next smartphone purchase, while men prefer Android devices. According to data collected in October 2010, 31 percent of women wanted to buy an Apple iOS device next, followed by 22.8 percent interested in a Google Android device while among men preferences were reversed with 32.6 percent of men interested in an Android purchase and 28.6 desired an iOS phone. 'So where is the extra appeal of Android to men coming from?' asks Tracey E. Schelmetic. 'More male-targeted commercials that emphasize cool gadgetry versus usability? More techno-macho phone brand names like "Droid"? Extra advertising on the Spike channel by phone makers using the Android platform?'"
Girls also wear makeup. Both of these choices seem illogical to me. Meaning they didn't follow strong deductive reasoning to reach their decisions, they went with their feelings. Where strong deductive logic is purely quantitative week emotional induction does not rely on any sort of quantitative analysis, but rather snap judgments. Remorse for ill decisions made then turns into defense of the indefensible ("Why'd you buy that?" - "IT'S JUST BETTER - SHUT UP!"). Of course without exception any quantitative argument about the iPhone vs. Android(any) eventually digresses into which platform is more open because both seem to be equally capable, and of course Android wins every time. The only way you get an iPhone over the Android is if you avoid any sort of logical deduction in the first place: i.e.: you're a girl.