Not all Android owners. The real competition with iphone is things like the S3 or Nexus and other high end phones and I suspect you'll find if you compare similar Android phones or iphone the numbers are much closer in terms of marketshare. But because Android is open for basically anyone to use there are a ton of phones that are on the low end of the market.
Low-end Android phones aren't a bad thing. But when people say things like Android has 65% or whatever of the market that it's not really comparable. I'd even argue the low-end of Android isn't even in the same market as the high-end Android. But that is why when you look at the whole market (I.e. any phone running Android) that yes a much higher percentage of iphone users use the internet and pay for apps.
If you compare like for like, then Android and iphone are probably about the same in net usage and app purchases.
Yeah Android has a higher market share. That will happen when you can target a wider range of incomes. There are a lot of Android owners that Apple has no interest in because they want to appeal to the higher end of the market and those people will have better contracts and better data plans.
I realise you can't handle the truth but anything said about the iphone applies directly to high-end android phones too. If Fandroids are going to keep touting Android market share at least be realistic about what it means and that there is a very huge variety of Android phones and the sort of people that buy them which means even if there was double the android phones that doesn't, for example, equate to twice the potential market for app developers which is why developers don't leave iOS in great numbers.
Market share doesn't matter. iOS people use the web more. Not all android owners have a nexus or s3. They have cheap phones on cheap contracts which is why they don't surf the net much if at all and avoid paying for apps.
They have no problem teaming up with apple to buy up Kodak patents. That and the Motorola deal show they aren't against patents. They're just like everyone else. I can't believe people still think they try to do the right thing. If they really wanted to do that they can start paying fair taxes.
Apparently you missed the submission last night with the guy complaining about an app costing something like $3. Not that I'm a skin flint but most people are when it comes to mobile software which is no surprise. if you buy some budget range Android phone (which I suspect are the majority of Android phones sold) then you're not exactly the sort to splash out cash on apps.
Except there are valid reasons to enable the ability to get external software until google builds in access to amazon and other sources. Also it naive to assume just because it is in google's store that it's safe and thanks to vague security warnings and an all or nothing approach google teaches uses to disregard safety.
Except he has a point. He's relating android to MSE which also ranks poorly against the alternatives. The problem is people will trust the freebie from google (or MS) because they assume they would do everything to protect their software which is untrue if they're giving it away for free.
He's also lived a large chunk of his adult life at MIT and I think he still has an office there even if he's not living there and basically hasn't had a job (as far as I'm aware) in any commercial business. I'm not saying that's bad but no matter how intelligent you are, if your experiences are fairly narrow then you can't understand the needs of people who aren't like you. His life largely revolve around the university lifestyle. It's good to have people like that but their experiences are often lacking which means they're good at what they've invested their time into learning but not much else.
The guy saying you need to buy the app first can do that and no $3.99 is not expensive unless you live in some third world country. That's the problem with mobile development. Everyone thinks shit should be a dollar or free. There's not many things of decent value that you get to keep for $3.99 these days. It's nothing.
The other one that just flat out refuses should be reported.
Richard is an academic. He doesn't live in the real world and it doesn't help that he is probably a little looney. That said, he can be right on a lot of points and even if he's wrong if he opens up a discussion then you can still say he's done his bit.
That is only if the hardware fails within the warrany and the user doesn't have to go out and buy another one or opts to just buy another one because they're impatient.
Wikipedia puts the 360 numbers at 70 million as you say. It also puts the PS3 at 70.2 million and the Wii is at 97.8 million so what you're saying is despite their year lead, their superior hardware to the Wii and their reasonably similar and cheaper hardware than the PS3, it has ended up in third place and that's assuming it is actually 70 million given all the hardware issues.
If there were no workers involved in the production of our most complex products, the potential price of these same productions would be little over the cost of the raw materials.
I'm sure it works fine but just because something works doesn't mean enterprises are going to accept it otherwise they would have taken on Linux by now which would make much more sense than Android.
Android is only free if you're capable of rooting the thing or putting yourself at risk by accepting non-google play sources. Yes that is more free but for your average person they have to know to enable that option while not doing the stupid crap they do on their desktop.
All that applies to an Android phone if you wish to actually receive OS updates for more than a few months. Besides if you want the freedom to using your phone like a desktop and doing what you want with it then you need to live with the same risk of fucking things up like many people do with their desktop.
Google can't be bothered to police their App Store so they've created an option to allow people to do google's job if they're keen on my being spied on by all their apps.
Rackspace has a cheap alternative for email that works very well. Fastmail is also cheap and reliable and I doubt either of them will spy on you as much as google.
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Not all Android owners. The real competition with iphone is things like the S3 or Nexus and other high end phones and I suspect you'll find if you compare similar Android phones or iphone the numbers are much closer in terms of marketshare. But because Android is open for basically anyone to use there are a ton of phones that are on the low end of the market.
Low-end Android phones aren't a bad thing. But when people say things like Android has 65% or whatever of the market that it's not really comparable. I'd even argue the low-end of Android isn't even in the same market as the high-end Android. But that is why when you look at the whole market (I.e. any phone running Android) that yes a much higher percentage of iphone users use the internet and pay for apps.
If you compare like for like, then Android and iphone are probably about the same in net usage and app purchases.
Yeah Android has a higher market share. That will happen when you can target a wider range of incomes. There are a lot of Android owners that Apple has no interest in because they want to appeal to the higher end of the market and those people will have better contracts and better data plans.
I realise you can't handle the truth but anything said about the iphone applies directly to high-end android phones too. If Fandroids are going to keep touting Android market share at least be realistic about what it means and that there is a very huge variety of Android phones and the sort of people that buy them which means even if there was double the android phones that doesn't, for example, equate to twice the potential market for app developers which is why developers don't leave iOS in great numbers.
Market share doesn't matter. iOS people use the web more. Not all android owners have a nexus or s3. They have cheap phones on cheap contracts which is why they don't surf the net much if at all and avoid paying for apps.
They have no problem teaming up with apple to buy up Kodak patents. That and the Motorola deal show they aren't against patents. They're just like everyone else. I can't believe people still think they try to do the right thing. If they really wanted to do that they can start paying fair taxes.
Apparently you missed the submission last night with the guy complaining about an app costing something like $3. Not that I'm a skin flint but most people are when it comes to mobile software which is no surprise. if you buy some budget range Android phone (which I suspect are the majority of Android phones sold) then you're not exactly the sort to splash out cash on apps.
Except there are valid reasons to enable the ability to get external software until google builds in access to amazon and other sources. Also it naive to assume just because it is in google's store that it's safe and thanks to vague security warnings and an all or nothing approach google teaches uses to disregard safety.
Except he has a point. He's relating android to MSE which also ranks poorly against the alternatives. The problem is people will trust the freebie from google (or MS) because they assume they would do everything to protect their software which is untrue if they're giving it away for free.
He's also lived a large chunk of his adult life at MIT and I think he still has an office there even if he's not living there and basically hasn't had a job (as far as I'm aware) in any commercial business. I'm not saying that's bad but no matter how intelligent you are, if your experiences are fairly narrow then you can't understand the needs of people who aren't like you. His life largely revolve around the university lifestyle. It's good to have people like that but their experiences are often lacking which means they're good at what they've invested their time into learning but not much else.
$3.99 is nothing. People just seem to live in some alternate reality when it comes to paying for mobile software.
The guy saying you need to buy the app first can do that and no $3.99 is not expensive unless you live in some third world country. That's the problem with mobile development. Everyone thinks shit should be a dollar or free. There's not many things of decent value that you get to keep for $3.99 these days. It's nothing.
The other one that just flat out refuses should be reported.
Richard is an academic. He doesn't live in the real world and it doesn't help that he is probably a little looney. That said, he can be right on a lot of points and even if he's wrong if he opens up a discussion then you can still say he's done his bit.
That is only if the hardware fails within the warrany and the user doesn't have to go out and buy another one or opts to just buy another one because they're impatient.
Wikipedia puts the 360 numbers at 70 million as you say. It also puts the PS3 at 70.2 million and the Wii is at 97.8 million so what you're saying is despite their year lead, their superior hardware to the Wii and their reasonably similar and cheaper hardware than the PS3, it has ended up in third place and that's assuming it is actually 70 million given all the hardware issues.
If there were no workers involved in the production of our most complex products, the potential price of these same productions would be little over the cost of the raw materials.
So how's life in imginary land?
I'm sure it works fine but just because something works doesn't mean enterprises are going to accept it otherwise they would have taken on Linux by now which would make much more sense than Android.
Android is only free if you're capable of rooting the thing or putting yourself at risk by accepting non-google play sources. Yes that is more free but for your average person they have to know to enable that option while not doing the stupid crap they do on their desktop.
All that applies to an Android phone if you wish to actually receive OS updates for more than a few months. Besides if you want the freedom to using your phone like a desktop and doing what you want with it then you need to live with the same risk of fucking things up like many people do with their desktop.
And how has spent jail time or been sued for jailbreaking their iphone?
OS X steam isn't buggy for me. TF2 can be buggy but the client itself works just fine as do most games.
The US likes to exclude people. It makes them feel special where as everyone else rather have their choice of carrier when choosing an iphone.
Google can't be bothered to police their App Store so they've created an option to allow people to do google's job if they're keen on my being spied on by all their apps.
Everything on android is just like what someone else has done but with less sophistication.
Rackspace has a cheap alternative for email that works very well. Fastmail is also cheap and reliable and I doubt either of them will spy on you as much as google.
Someone is angry. Don't worry, eventually a woman will like you. Just accept she'll be overweight and lack self confidence and she will be there for you soon.
Maybe in your parent's basement but not in the real world.