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Android isn't cool with teenagers, and that's a big problem (www.androidpolice.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It dominates the rest of the world due to cheap android phones being available there and many of them can’t buy Apple phones for cheap.

For example: India , where I come from, people can’t afford iPhones so they buy the cheaper android phones. But literally every single person buys an iPhone as soon as they can afford it. iPhone market was really low in the past because you couldn’t even buy it there. Now that the used iPhone market is growing there, a lot of people prefer buying a used , relatively cheap and reliable iPhone over a new cheaper android phone.

Market penetration is the issue. Not that people over there love android over iPhones.

Everyone there loves iPhones over android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

this is bang on right. In south america, everyone rocks the chinese androids, but if they can afford or get an iphone during a visit to the states they jump on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I’m 100% convinced that if you started to give away free iPhones and free Android phones around 90% of people would choose the iPhone. All the people hating it do it because they cant afford it, not because they really dislike the OS. Its a completely normal behaviour

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's something Android will never have -- the iPhone signals to others you are a storyteller, part of the top 5% globally in wealth, etc. An Android phone, fair or not, signals you are likely to be carrying a Discover card and use ad-supported Pandora for your music. Its not something the brand will shake.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

As an Indian, I was going to give the same example, but you already covered it. I live in the US now, whenever I go to India during vacation, I get request to bring at least one or two iPhone(s) from US to India. LMAO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Considering iPhone’s are supported for twice as long as android phones I’m not sure if they’re much more expensive in the long term.