Hynad said:
HappySqurriel said:
| man-bear-pig said:
1.) Becuase there are a million android phones and only one iOS phone...
2.) I've seen stats that say the opposite..Apple users use more functions than android users
3.) No you couldn't...the OS is iconic, and I'm sure ANY apple user EVER could tell that some new android phone is not an iPhone
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1) Doesn't matter, if iOS was so unquestionably better to the vast majority of people than the number of alternatives wouldn't matter. It is because the average user doesn't see much of a difference and one of the Android phones better meets their immediate needs that Android is more popular.
2) Using more functions does not mean that they use more than the shallow capabilities of their device.
3) Windows is pretty iconic but I have seen people skin Ubuntu to look similar to Windows and the vast majority of users couldn't tell the difference. The average iPhone use would think (when using Android) "oh, Apple changed the icons". If you didn't realize it, one of the reasons Apple sued Samsung over the look and feel is because if someone copies Apple's look and feel with Android the typcial user couldn't tell a difference between the phones.
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Hum... no. The common consumers don't choose their cell phones based on OS knowledge. They do it mostly based on the size of their wallets.
Also, the iPhone has been the most successful single model phone. But of course there's a lot more Android phones sold every years. There are hundreds of models, for all kind of budget, while there's only one new iPhone model every year. You seem to have the idea that the average Joe is buying an OS before buying a phone based on his budget, or service provider. You couldn't be more wrong.
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I think we're saying exactly the same thing ...
The average user doesn't know or care about the OS and that makes it easy for them to buy a device for other reasons. People buy the iPhone primarily because of marketing, and people buy the Android phones based on budget, the features and quality are meaningless to them.
Take the Samsung Galaxy S3, do this http://www.idevotees.com/2012/04/android-tutorial-give-android-the-feel-of-ios-5/ and I bet 95% of iPhone users wouldn't know it wasn't an iPhone.
