Food for Thought; Android vs iPhone... extinction

[pinhunter27]

Opinions wanted... What are the odds that in 20 or so years android phones become extinct? like blackberry.... Before you say no way, think about this..
The young generation all seem to have iphones. The ones that don't have them, want iPhones despite that the iphone has become kind of stagnant lately. My kids all have iphones because all their friends have iphones even true with my android owning co-workers kids. The one reason seems to be imessage. Which I admit is pretty cool. Even apple execs claim that iMessage is the niche to iPhone and will never be ported to android.

It's hard to think that Android phones would become the next blackberry but there is no denying in my area kids are all about the iPhone. Opinions please bashing not necessary..just a thought.

Maybe that's what google is shooting for with Allo. I don't know

 

[Rukbat]

Considering that AT&T is eliminating 2G at the beginning of the year, pretty good odds. (In one shot, ALL the old feature phones become curiosities, not usable phones. And that's 10 year old phones. There's nothing from preventing all Phones earlier than the 8 [or 9, or 10 ...] from becoming extinct too.)

 

[bnice]

Opinions wanted... What are the odds that in 20 or so years android phones become extinct? like blackberry.... Before you say no way, think about this..
The young generation all seem to have iphones. The ones that don't have them, want iPhones despite that the iphone has become kind of stagnant lately. My kids all have iphones because all their friends have iphones even true with my android owning co-workers kids. The one reason seems to be imessage. Which I admit is pretty cool. Even apple execs claim that iMessage is the niche to iPhone and will never be ported to android.

It's hard to think that Android phones would become the next blackberry but there is no denying in my area kids are all about the iPhone. Opinions please bashing not necessary..just a thought.

Maybe that's what google is shooting for with Allo. I don't know

That's because Apple set it up to block iMessage from Android. Plus when your a kid you tend to follow others. In my work place, I see Samsung and Apple phones.

 

[kristenelaine1991]

I think some of these phone companies like Samsung and Apple are gonna have to up their game. They're such popular brands that people just buy because of brand loyalty. Eventually people are gonna get sick of upgrading to the same old thing.

 

[rocknrollover]

When you can get great Android based phones for around the$300.00 mark or less I see no ending to it.

 

[TheMysteriousOne]

Opinions wanted... What are the odds that in 20 or so years android phones become extinct? like blackberry.... Before you say no way, think about this..
The young generation all seem to have iphones. The ones that don't have them, want iPhones despite that the iphone has become kind of stagnant lately. My kids all have iphones because all their friends have iphones even true with my android owning co-workers kids. The one reason seems to be imessage. Which I admit is pretty cool. Even apple execs claim that iMessage is the niche to iPhone and will never be ported to android.

It's hard to think that Android phones would become the next blackberry but there is no denying in my area kids are all about the iPhone. Opinions please bashing not necessary..just a thought.

Maybe that's what google is shooting for with Allo. I don't know

Which "area" do you live in?

 

[Morty2264]

A very interesting thread topic, OP. People seem to think that a specific platform "will never lose its rank" in the mobile industry; but that is just not true. BlackBerry was a mobile giant for years before a variety of situations occurred making them move from the #1 spot.

With the mobile world, you never know. It's a game that multi- million and -billion dollar companies play. You never know what can happen in the next year, two years, or decade.

 

[Zig261]

The smartphone market was nowhere near it is today during Blackberrys prime days. Blackberry only had a certain segment of the market shared with Windows Mobile while Android has almost 90% market share covering all price points.