The mobile OS war is over

[A895]

What if I was to say Ubuntu will give android a run for its money?

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[Vsweety]

Me thinks you invented these myths, maybe?

We did together.

 

[kbo911]

People are going to vote with their wallets. I know in ontario Canada, if you get an iPhone from a carrier, u have to sign up for a $80-90/month plan before taxes. Now u do that, ur wife does that and 1 of ur kids, ur looking at $250-300/month for cell phone bills. Add in mortgage payments and all your other bills, it's hard to justify that $ for a cell phone. I bought my note 3 privately and I'm on a $40/ month plan before taxes. I personally couldn't justify that much a month for an iPhone. Of course I am dutch, so maybe that's why

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[Vsweety]

I bought my note 3 privately and I'm on a $40/ month plan before taxes. I personally couldn't justify that much a month for an iPhone.

But apparently you can for a Note 3. What's the difference?

 

[kbo911]

But apparently you can for a Note 3. What's the difference?

Like I said, $40/month vs $80-90/ month, over a 2yr contract. U do the math

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[pappy53]

Like I said, $40/month vs $80-90/ month, over a 2yr contract. U do the math

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Why can't you buy an iPhone privately and do the same $40/month?

 

[kbo911]

U probably could. I didn't feel like spending $600 or more for an iPhone

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[Sluffs]

Japan belongs to Apple: iPhone claims top 10 spots in total smartphone sales in November

This is not unexpected. Most Japanese have a seething hatred against anything and anyone Korean (although, I never really understood why they would prefer a US company, after all it was US would dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan... maybe they respect a "winner", as opposed the lowly Korean "dogs"*?)

Now, with many South Korean companies "beating" their Japanese counterparts (i.e. Samsung TVs vs Sony TVs), jealousy makes this even worse.

*) Their term, certainly NOT mine!

 

[Sluffs]

Never said that they didn't. It was funny when the gold iPhone came out, and Samesung rushed a gold Galaxy to market.

Maybe Apple will launch a lawsuit against Samsung (oh, clever, you wrote "Samesung" -- straight from the "AppleInsider" school of hate) for this outrage!
After all, USA allowed Apple to patent and sue for rectangles with rounded corners, so why not repeat this strategy for "using the color gold on a mobile device"?

 

[xchange]

Like I said, $40/month vs $80-90/ month, over a 2yr contract. U do the math

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For $40/month you're either on a 200mb data plan, or wind mobile, or you live in Nunavut.

 

[Brian Tapia]

Order these companies by how many phones they sell: Samsung, Apple, Nokia, Motorola, LG, Sony, HTC, ZTE, Huawei.

Apple wants to be a premium brand. There's is nothing wrong with that. That doesn't make their products better. That doesn't mean it's competitors suck. Look at the automotive industry. There's a place for BMW and Mercedes among Toyota and GM. Volume doesn't mean the product is better. Volume also doesn't mean the product is worse.

It's all just different philosophies. Apple is more hardware than services. Google is using the open Android platform and the Google Play Store to get people to use Google services. Room for both. Not a zero sum game. They all want to lock you in. But if you guys want to argue about winning and losing by comparing sales and marketshare, go right ahead.

AMAZINGLY SAID

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[Sanjay Chandra]

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I don't hate Apple at all , I have so many friends who own an iPhone but majority of the Apple users in Internet are elitists

(I still use my iPad and love it , I am Apple user too but the attitude of some fellow Apple users is simply pitiful)

It is the users who make me hate Apple but not the products.

 

[Haalcyon]

I don't hate Apple at all , I have so many friends who own an iPhone but majority of the Apple users in Internet are elitists

I think it's more accurate to use the adjective 'many' as opposed to 'most' here. There are millions and we don't know most of them. I can't really understand what these Apple users believe they could possibly have to be elitist about...certainly not our iOS wares, as nice as I believe them to actually be.


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[LeoRex]

I can't really understand what these Apple users believe they could possibly have to be elitist about..

Apple does a marvelous job of stroking their users' ego and vanity. They project their products as the end all, be all... and everyone else is sub standard. From the very top, they get insulted at the mere thought that someone else has a better product.

And they are very persuasive. So combine that with a closed system, you end up with a user base that has collective blinders on.

Hubris is very dangerous.

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[dkhmwilliams]

Apple does a marvelous job of stroking their users' ego and vanity. They project their products as the end all, be all... and everyone else is sub standard. From the very top, they get insulted at the mere thought that someone else has a better product.

And they are very persuasive. So combine that with a closed system, you end up with a user base that has collective blinders on.

Hubris is very dangerous.

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I'm not sure that all iPhone users look at their iPhones or the overall choice of having the iPhone that way. I wouldn't be surprised if most iPhone users use the iPhone because it is a smartphone that they feel comfortable with, it is compatible with a lot of accessories, and because it's popular. I'm not sure it's any deeper than that for most users. But to indulge a little, I think what you speculated could be said about any group of tech users that are fans of a particular product or brand.


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[abazigal]

Apple does a marvelous job of stroking their users' ego and vanity. They project their products as the end all, be all... and everyone else is sub standard. From the very top, they get insulted at the mere thought that someone else has a better product.

And they are very persuasive. So combine that with a closed system, you end up with a user base that has collective blinders on.

Hubris is very dangerous.

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My general experience online has told me the exact opposite thing. I go to websites like cnet and Engadget to read apple-related articles, and before I know it, I already see tons of pro-android, anti-apple comments. And they aren't even constructive criticism aimed at fostering discussion, they are just rude jibes and mindless trolling intent in making the environment that much more acerbic and hostile.

I am sure there are some bad eggs amongst we apple product users, but I daresay that android users are no angels themselves either, if we really want to start counting the sins of both camps.

 

[Crosswhite17]

Of course ecosystem is also a consideration. Compare Android phone + Chromebook + Chromecast to iPhone + Macbook Air + Apple TV and you find a laughable difference.

I would take all three Apple products over the Google products you named. The fact is though I cannot afford all three of the Apple products. This is why many people choose Android over iOS. I went from a iPhone 4 to a Nexus 5 because it was cheaper and offered "stock android" . The truth us though I still prefer my iPhone 4 over the Nexus. And don't give me the walled garden, Google is gradually removing all the features from Android that it slated iOS for not having; flash, expandable storage and otg support (even though there are apps that can restore some if these functions). Plus the amount of advertising you get on Android apps compared to the equivalent iOS app is a real pain in the backside. The messaging function in Hangouts is a joke compared to imessage. Also for business use iWork beats the crap out of QuickOffice. Apart from the Nexus having a better camera and a bigger screen my iPhone4 meets more if my daily needs. Even watching Youtube over 3g is better on the iPhone4; even though the Nexus loads the video quicker, the iPhone4 plays it more smoothly and at a higher quality. Youtube over 3G on the Nexus is actually quite blocky. Also the heat from the Nexus after prolonged use makes it uncomfortabke to hold.

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[phonejunky]

My general experience online has told me the exact opposite thing. I go to websites like cnet and Engadget to read apple-related articles, and before I know it, I already see tons of pro-android, anti-apple comments. And they aren't even constructive criticism aimed at fostering discussion, they are just rude jibes and mindless trolling intent in making the environment that much more acerbic and hostile.

I am sure there are some bad eggs amongst we apple product users, but I daresay that android users are no angels themselves either, if we really want to start counting the sins of both camps.

The funny thing is android users tend to be more tech savvy. Now that's a stereotype, but by looking at Apple product reviews the first comments are android users crying about processor speeds and other features.

 

[olympus2]

no this war can not over because still there is some regrats about all most every OS,
some peoples still like iphones, they dont like androaid
but there is some peoples as well who love androaind most

 

[mynameis]

I'm not a big Apple fan, but don't you think that Android dominates because it's actually pretty cheaper than iPhones? I'm not speaking about the high-end devices. But you definitely can buy two decent Android devices instead of just one iPhone.

And for the fact that there are numerous amounts of different devices that you can choose from. From vanilla android to HTC or Samsung. I do prefer Android over iOS obviously.

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