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iOS Devices Failed More Often Than Android Units During Q3, Says Report (phonearena.com)
A report from Blannco Technology Group has revealed that iOS devices failed more often than Android devices in the third quarter. Specifically, 62% of Apple iPhone and Apple iPad units suffered failures, compared to the 47% failure rate tallied by Android devices. Phone Arena reports: Apps crashed on 65% of iOS powered devices compared to just 25% of Android models. The breakdown for the iOS devices shows the Apple iPhone 6 with a leading 13% failure rate, followed by the Apple iPhone 6s (9%), Apple iPhone 5s (9%) and the Apple iPad Air 2 (2%). In the report, some of the blame for the high iOS failure rate is placed on the iOS 10 update. Among Android devices, the LeEco Le 2 had a 13% failure rate to lead the way. Two Xiaomi devices were next, both with a 9% rate. Those models were the Redmi 3S and the Redmi Note 3. Rounding out the top five are the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (5%) and the Lenovo Vibe K5 Note (4%). Android flavored models faced problems with the battery (seen on 7% of devices) and issues with the screen (6%). Samsung branded phones and tablets had the most Android failures among manufacturers at 11%. That was followed by the 4% registered by Xiaomi built products. Crashed apps by far was the leading problem for iOS users in North America during the quarter. Worldwide, the rising temperature of an iDevice was the biggest issue. Android users in North America had to deal with crashed apps (21%) more than other problems. Worldwide, those using an Android phone or tablet were most likely to face an issue with the USB port. Last quarter, iOS devices had a 58% failure rate, which marked the first time that Apple's devices had a lower performance rate compared to Android.
Failure of an app is not a failure of the device, or of the operating system.
Not that many failed.. Samsung recalled them early enough. Whereas with Apple devices, they simply pretended issues like antenna gate never existed
Apparently, the reliability of mobile phones is now measured by how often Pokemon Go Android crashes vs Pokemon Go iOS.
Braindead.
Samsung Note 7's occasionally exploding is a failure. An app crashing is generally the fault of the developer; even crashes derived from the OS is a software failure not a device failure since software can be updated. In general on both platforms 1 in 50 users each day experience a crash (2%). If you stupidly add up how many people have an app crash any time an entire year compared to the total number of devices and print that "statistic" you wind up with this article.
Not that many failed.. Samsung recalled them early enough. Whereas with Apple devices, they simply pretended issues like antenna gate never existed
They had to, your phone blowing up is a bit more hazardous to your health and less suited to being ignored than 'antenna-gate'. Samsung seemed to be perfectly happy to ignore less explosive FUBARs surrounding their products such as complaints from their customers when they orphaned the early Galaxy Tab line. Samsung is not exactly the angel of innocence when it comes to stiffing their customers over the flawed products they sold them.
It's stupid wording to refer to app crashes as "failures", and it's pretty dumb to compare app crashes with battery and screen problems (by which I assume they're talking about hardware failures); pokemon go crashing is a pretty minor inconvenience, compared to a dead battery or screen. It's a shame, because there's probably actually some interesting stats in there somewhere, but it's difficult to get at them past the bullshit.
OP is absolutely correct. I was reading the summary and thinking "WTF?" The math is absolute rubbish. BeauHD, if that isn't obvious to you, you need to stop personally selecting stories with stats in them to post on the front page of slashdot.
The whole point of having reader submissions which are first vetted by other readers, and the cream of the crop elevated by editors to the front page, is to filter out crap articles like this one. It keeps the signal to noise ratio up. You (and the other "editors" doing the same) are short-circuiting that process by posting stories you find interesting straight to the front page. Please stop.