iPhone 5 Demand Helps iOS Overtake Android’s Market Share In The U.S.

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Shubhank said:

You will compare S3 with 4S ? lol

Indeed, I will.

 

1) Bigger Screen ( dont say screen size doesn't matter . iPhone 5 and iPad mini  would not have been made then)

iPhone 5 (Larger) and iPad Mini (Smalelr) do show that screen size does matter, I agree with you. Some prefer smaller, which is why "bigger screen = better" is subjective. Thanks for rebutting your first point for me.

  

2) LTE 

Not in my area. Either way, we both use WiFi while at work or at home. Outside of those we have access to Optimum WiFi due to being customers. Data plans are shit anyways, regardless of 3G, LTE, etc... since it's all capped and the overage charges are total bullshit.

  

3) Expandable Memory up to 64 GB .

I have 32GB and I never filled it. Yes however, it could be an advantage if you use it primarily as your music device, although most use iDevices for that. Something my iPhone takes care of for me and it's available in 64GB too!

 

4) Double RAM

And? It doesn't run any faster than my device from what I can tell. Must need that for all the phone carrier bloatware and other stuff constantly running in the background that bogs down Android devices. There is a lot more to a smartphone than just specs my friend.

 

5) Quad Core Processor

See above.

  

6) Much Better Battery ( 4G vs 3G device).

You're not serious here are you? Android devices are notoriously known for their poor battery performance. My fiance charges that thing every day. I charge mine on average once every 2-3 days unless I play games on it. Over time almost every Android device experiences battery performance degredation due to so much crap running in the background.

 

As for features enjoying plugging into docking station.. There are many more advanced features for android device

For proof watch this vid : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI-Rbm-m5Kk

So if we count the pros again.. android being an open platform has much much more options available

 

Remember, I had an android device before and my fiance has the Galaxy S3 we are discussing. I know about it being open as my phone was running CM7 vanilla ROM with custom kernel and with various performance mods to get it to well over 2600 on benchmark tests, which was pretty high considering the Captivate had a benchmark score of 800 when stock. Those mods came at a price though since the ROMs tend to not be 100% stable and I had WiFi issues, GPS issues amongst various others. I am well versed in the modding community and am a frequent user over at the XDA forums.

My iPhone is also jail broken and highly moddable at the moment so what am I missing right now? Widgets and Live Wallpapers? Never used them before thanks to being nothing but resource and battery drains. My phones is already set to do what I would have had my Android do and it's running fantastic.

Your video is also about the Note, which is a big ass tablet-phone thing. We are discussing S3 and 4S. Plus I already have a laptop and a tablet, so that is pretty useless actually. It's one of those features where you say "Hey, look what I can do!", meanwhile nobody really cares.

 

Now coming to resale part.

The thing is the carrier based 2 year contract works only in US..its nowhere as much adapted around the world.

So to sum up. Just because some different policy available in US . the resale value of iPhone makes it better for the US citizens.

i then quite agree with you iPhone is better for you..even though because of only its resale value.

Rest of the world is dominated by Android.

 

Good thing this article is about the US, not to mention I live in the US. I don't care what people use outside of it because i'm not calling them.

 

So what i see is Android task up ahead : shift US citizens to Android from iOS

iOS task up ahead : shift Rest of the world citizens to iOS from Android.N

I pretty much know who is gonna come on top :D

 

In marketshare? Yes. In developer and peripheral support? No.

 

Still, I think the S3 is an awesome device. It just isn't for me and honestly, it isn't in anyway a device that blows mine away. At least in any real meaningful way anyways.