1 In 2 Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Owners To Switch To iPhone 7, Says Analyst (softpedia.com)

Branding Brand recently conducted a post-recall study asking Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users which smartphones they would consider upgrading to. While 40 percent of them said they are ready to jump ship to a different manufacturer, 30 percent of respondents said they are likely going to be switching to the iPhone. However, according to one analyst, that number could be even higher. Softpedia reports: KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors that approximately 50 percent of those who ordered a Note 7 are now very likely to go for an iPhone 7, as customer trust is collapsing in the Samsung ecosystem and all these buyers are no longer planning to stick with phones manufactured by the South Korean firm. Between 5 to 7 million Note 7 orders are likely to transfer to Apple, the analyst says, and the iPhone 7 Plus is expected to be the main model benefitting from this transition. Other Android phone manufacturers, including Huawei, are also likely to benefit from Samsung's fiasco, and Google itself could also record an increase in Pixel sales following the Note 7 demise. But Apple will certainly take the lion's share here, mostly thanks to the iPhone 7 Plus currently being positioned as a direct rival to the Note 7.

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[Anonymous Coward]

the pixel is the obvious replacement here. swapping ecosystems because of a bad phone??? doesn't make sense

Re:pixel

[Imazalil]

I think a lot of people assume it's a Samsung ecosystem they're switching out of, not Android.

I also think a lot of people, myself included, assume analysts are full of hot air.

Re:pixel

[alvinrod]

I think a lot of people assume it's a Samsung ecosystem they're switching out of, not Android.

That wouldn't surprise me. My mother doesn't really know or care to understand what Android is, but when she needs a new phone she's pretty insistent on getting another Motorola phone, so it's just a matter of finding one that they make that suits her needs. I recall seeing this a lot back in the early days of PC's where people would insist they needed another Compaq or $brand without really understanding that it didn't matter as the operating system was still the same and they could transfer their files and programs over. Even after explaining this to some people they're just overly hesitant to make a switch, even if they could be getting something more suited to their needs.

I also think a lot of people, myself included, assume analysts are full of hot air.

That goes without saying. Anyone who really understood how the market would behave wouldn't be blabbing about it for free on the internet. Instead they'd be keeping their mouth shut and buying and selling stocks and getting progressively more wealthy.

Re:pixel

[tripleevenfall]

I think the average consumer feels it's Coke vs Pepsi. A few people violently care, but most people don't really care at all.

Re:pixel

[macs4all]

Except Apple is hardly competition for someone who wants an Android.

But what you don't see, is that, outside of Slashdot and some other "Geek" sites, not very many people even know what an "Android" is, other than Commander Data.

But they know Samsung and they know Apple/iPhone. And they know one of them just screwed up royally, and their name is Samsung.

So in their minds, that leaves "the other guys" (Apple).

Bullshit single mans opinion.

[Anonymous Coward]

If they used a Note instead of cheaper Android phones, then they wanted the stylus and multi-pane Note features. iPhone7 doesn't offer those. They'll switch to Note 6, or one of the other stylus Android phones from other manufacturers.

"KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors..."

So it's just one mans opinion and he didn't think it through.

Um, no.

[war4peace]

There is such a thing called "ecosystem lockdown" or however you want to call it.
Be it from getting used to where stuff is, how UX works or whether you paid for shit (apps, games, etc).
Also there's a big difference between what people say will do and what they will actually do.

Re:Um, no.

[mwvdlee]

Causality breakdown detected.

It may be people spend less money on Android apps because they want to spend less money on the total package.
If that were true, it would follow that they would never buy an expensive iPhone in the first place, regardless of the ecosystem or apps.

Re:Um, no.

[tsqr]

Causality breakdown detected.

It may be people spend less money on Android apps because they want to spend less money on the total package. If that were true, it would follow that they would never buy an expensive iPhone in the first place, regardless of the ecosystem or apps.

On the other hand, if they're avoiding expensive phones, they wouldn't have bought a Note 7 either.

Re:S7 Edge

[MachineShedFred]

Most people (e.g. people that don't post to Slashdot) don't give a shit about all the capabilities that Android has.

They want a big technoslab that they can text from, look shit up on the web, take selfies and post them to the Book of Faces, read reviews about the place they are going to eat, get directions to that place, and occasionally make phone calls.

Just about any phone out there, including the iPhone, meets those "requirements".

Also, your loose comparison of the iPhone 7 to a moped is ridiculous, and shows bias.