Amazingly, 42% of all iPhone 4 owners plan to upgrade to the iPhone 4S, a truly amazing statistic.
88% of Android users are still broke and they will be sticking with their inferior phones.
1 out of every 4 Blackberry users will be jumping ship and getting an iPhone 4S!
Apple produces their biggest hit ever! iPhone 4S to become most popular phone ever!
I really like the way you think about this.
Especially 1 in 4 Blackberry users leaving their phones behind. Yikes! Leaving BB for what is considered just a standard upgrade model from Apple, no redesign or super amazing whiz bang features. 1 in 4!
Imagine what will happen to RIM when the iPhone 5 ships with it's bigger screen
I already have an iPad 2, so I know what the performance is like. It's pretty darn good.
I also read today that Grand Theft Auto III is being released, only available for iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
I can see the point for the 4 and iPad 2 owners. I'm just skeptical of the 3G'ers who won't have iOS5/cloud and 3GSers who see the huge speed leap. I can remember being astonished when I made the move from 3GS.
Did any surveys ask what features would have been compelling enough to move from a 3G or 3GS? One not oft talked about . . . 64GB. I'm gonna love the headroom.
Give it another 6-8 weeks. As more Android phones start using 4.5" 720P displays the iPhone is going to look less attractive.
Don't get me wrong, OS-wise iOS is better than Android IMHO. The app selection is better and the apps are of better quality. But when non-iPhone users go into a store and immediately see some of these big beautiful new displays, the iPhone is going to look less interesting.
Among iPhone 4 users, dissatisfaction rates were substantially higher, countering another media-led fallacy that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features. ...
Still, 42 percent of existing iPhone 4 users said they planned to buy the new model,
They said that they would buy, even as they said they were dissatisfied.
Doesn't that mean that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features?
. But when non-iPhone users go into a store and immediately see some of these big beautiful new displays, the iPhone is going to look less interesting.
-kpluck
But what about the Specs! Doesn't the iPhone have more PPIs or something?
They said that they would buy, even as they said they were dissatisfied.
Doesn't that mean that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features?
What you didn't get the memo? Aren't you one of "Apple's customers"? Or are you just hanging around these forums because you're not but you love Apple?
What you didn't get the memo? Aren't you one of "Apple's customers"? Or are you just hanging around these forums because you're not but you love Apple?
He's extremely dissatisfied but he supposedly continues to buy Apple products... wait! what?!... wouldn't that make him... ignorant.
The statistics are meaningless for several reasons. First, out of the 1, 300 smartphone users, how many are blackberry users, Android users, 3GS users, and iPhone 4 users?
If 4 out of 1, 300 users are iPhone 4 users, and two of these users will switch, you can accurately say 50 percent of iPhone 4 users users plan to switch. Yet, if I told you I asked four iPhone 4 users if they'd switch to the iPhone 4S and two said yes, you'd should say the statistic is not useful. We do not know if the sample accurately represents the market division among manufactures.
Second, not one of these people have actually used the iPhone 4S. By all accounts, Siri is pretty impressive.
Third, was there a time frame attached to the purchase decision. If you asked my brother does he plan to buy one, he'd say no because it is too expensive to break his contract. If you asked him, does he want one, he'd say yes. Six months from now, his answer would be different.
Give it another 6-8 weeks. As more Android phones start using 4.5" 720P displays the iPhone is going to look less attractive.
Until they pick it up, that is. Then they discover it's larger, heavier, not as easily held in one hand, not as easy to type on with one humb, doesn't fit into your pocket...
Bigger isn't always better. And for a phone, doubly so. The greatest feature of the iPhone for me is I can put it in my pocket - no need for an ugly holster or case. And I'm hardly alone.
People aren't going to switch for a larger screen any more than they picked the smaller android tablets because the iPad was "too big"
If you think one or two specs are going to sway momentum, you haven't been paying attention much \
The numbers are bad, Apple needs to figure out away to attract more buyers to the iPhone before it is too late. There will always be some diehard fanatics, but I find it hard to believe that the majority of Android or Blackberry users are biased.
Do you see those numbers? That`s 44%+42% of two iPhone generations, many of them still under contract
The media which had over dramatized the release of an iPhone 5, rumors so sure even MacUser had an article that it will be released. It goes to show that we can't believe what we read. It's because so many got it wrong now they are disappointed since they can't write how accurate their rumors were...funny how there was evidence of 4S all along and the media pushed it aside because they wanted to believe its time for a new iPhone design... I am not surprised of this finding. All my friends who have iPhone 4 want to upgrade...
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I can't see why anyone would brag about 4.5, or even 5 inches
True. I wouldn't walk around bragging about any inches either, if I only had 4.5" to brag about.
On the other hand, if I had 9.7" to brag about, then that's a whole different story.
Here are a few more accurate headlines.
Amazingly, 42% of all iPhone 4 owners plan to upgrade to the iPhone 4S, a truly amazing statistic.
88% of Android users are still broke and they will be sticking with their inferior phones.
1 out of every 4 Blackberry users will be jumping ship and getting an iPhone 4S!
Apple produces their biggest hit ever! iPhone 4S to become most popular phone ever!
I really like the way you think about this.
Especially 1 in 4 Blackberry users leaving their phones behind. Yikes! Leaving BB for what is considered just a standard upgrade model from Apple, no redesign or super amazing whiz bang features. 1 in 4!
Imagine what will happen to RIM when the iPhone 5 ships with it's bigger screen
I already have an iPad 2, so I know what the performance is like. It's pretty darn good.
I also read today that Grand Theft Auto III is being released, only available for iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
I can see the point for the 4 and iPad 2 owners. I'm just skeptical of the 3G'ers who won't have iOS5/cloud and 3GSers who see the huge speed leap. I can remember being astonished when I made the move from 3GS.
Did any surveys ask what features would have been compelling enough to move from a 3G or 3GS? One not oft talked about . . . 64GB. I'm gonna love the headroom.
...Er, ah... Sorry... wrong forum
Give it another 6-8 weeks. As more Android phones start using 4.5" 720P displays the iPhone is going to look less attractive.
Don't get me wrong, OS-wise iOS is better than Android IMHO. The app selection is better and the apps are of better quality. But when non-iPhone users go into a store and immediately see some of these big beautiful new displays, the iPhone is going to look less interesting.
Don't get me wrong, only 7% surveyed cared.
Among iPhone 4 users, dissatisfaction rates were substantially higher, countering another media-led fallacy that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features. ...
Still, 42 percent of existing iPhone 4 users said they planned to buy the new model,
They said that they would buy, even as they said they were dissatisfied.
Doesn't that mean that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features?
They said that they would buy, even as they said they were dissatisfied.
Doesn't that mean that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features?
It means that satisfied means different things to Apple users than it means to other buyers.
Apple users are unsatisfied if they don't get a revolution every 12 months.
Android users are unsatisfied if their clunky phone gets thrown out the window. Anything more than they're pleasantly surprised.
. But when non-iPhone users go into a store and immediately see some of these big beautiful new displays, the iPhone is going to look less interesting.
-kpluck
But what about the Specs! Doesn't the iPhone have more PPIs or something?
They said that they would buy, even as they said they were dissatisfied.
Doesn't that mean that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features?
What you didn't get the memo? Aren't you one of "Apple's customers"? Or are you just hanging around these forums because you're not but you love Apple?
They said that they would buy, even as they said they were dissatisfied.
Doesn't that mean that Apple's customers are generally ignorant and will buy anything the company sells without a consideration of features?
We Apple customers must be ignorant -- because smarter people like you spend the greater part of their days telling us we are...
And we never catch on -- we just keep on, keepin' on buying those products that dissatisfy us and waste our time.
What's your excuse?
What you didn't get the memo? Aren't you one of "Apple's customers"? Or are you just hanging around these forums because you're not but you love Apple?
He's extremely dissatisfied but he supposedly continues to buy Apple products... wait! what?!... wouldn't that make him... ignorant.
My iPhone 4 became a vibrator on Oct 4th.. (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=950117). It was out of warranty and no way of rebooting it..
Perhaps it was trying to tell me something..
Anyway, I took it as a sign for me to upgrade.
If 4 out of 1, 300 users are iPhone 4 users, and two of these users will switch, you can accurately say 50 percent of iPhone 4 users users plan to switch. Yet, if I told you I asked four iPhone 4 users if they'd switch to the iPhone 4S and two said yes, you'd should say the statistic is not useful. We do not know if the sample accurately represents the market division among manufactures.
Second, not one of these people have actually used the iPhone 4S. By all accounts, Siri is pretty impressive.
Third, was there a time frame attached to the purchase decision. If you asked my brother does he plan to buy one, he'd say no because it is too expensive to break his contract. If you asked him, does he want one, he'd say yes. Six months from now, his answer would be different.
Give it another 6-8 weeks. As more Android phones start using 4.5" 720P displays the iPhone is going to look less attractive.
Until they pick it up, that is. Then they discover it's larger, heavier, not as easily held in one hand, not as easy to type on with one humb, doesn't fit into your pocket...
Bigger isn't always better. And for a phone, doubly so. The greatest feature of the iPhone for me is I can put it in my pocket - no need for an ugly holster or case. And I'm hardly alone.
People aren't going to switch for a larger screen any more than they picked the smaller android tablets because the iPad was "too big"
If you think one or two specs are going to sway momentum, you haven't been paying attention much
Edit: damn iOS 5 Safari on the iPad is FAST!
The numbers are bad, Apple needs to figure out away to attract more buyers to the iPhone before it is too late. There will always be some diehard fanatics, but I find it hard to believe that the majority of Android or Blackberry users are biased.
Do you see those numbers? That`s 44%+42% of two iPhone generations, many of them still under contract