TonyToro
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28-1-2013 19:46 |
Originally posted by kakaand now she's ready to learn more, do more with a smartphone. but iphone isn't offering her that.
so she decided to say byebye to the "easy-to-use" iphone.
she's ready for Android. in fact she is excited to use Android.
so she bought a S3.
OK, changing the discussion from computers to mobile phones, I agree that what was once a HUGE gap between iPhone and everything else has closed. In fact I agree the Samsung products are very good and the S3 is excellent. In terms of "doing more with a smart phone"... I don't know anything meaningful you can do with an Android you cant do with an iPhone. Both have Apps for just about everything these days. I'm saying that trying to avoid the circular debate of Android owners who "think" they know all there is to know about iPhones and iPhone owners who think the same about Android.
There is much talk about market share. Someone who is very pro Android told me that collectively they own more than half the smartphone market. The response I got from someone with great insight into Apple's marketing was "little surprise given the price cutting and 2 for 1 offers available on Android phones". When faced with the market share debate Mr Apple says, "sure, but if you look at how much web browsing is actually done on smart phones it is still overwhelmingly done on iPhones" (something like 70%) which tends to suggest the market share issue may not be quite so clear cut... consumers make mistakes sometimes.
What I find really interesting though is the reluctance by Apple to participate in the larger screen smartphone market. In particular the Galaxy Note is a good example (at least so far) of how Apple have misread the consumer. The fact that the new Note comes with a stylus is the ultimate "anti iPhone" feature. It will be very interesting to see where that goes.
Android people insist that consumers want a bigger web browsing experience in their smartphone. Apple people insist that it's not a "smartphone issue"... they say consumers want a bigger "mobile" web browsing experience which is catered for in 2 sizes of iPad. Who's right? we will know this year I guess. | |
| DArtagnan |
30-1-2013 10:17 |
Acceptance +3 |
very thoughtful comments! |
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