Well that is what's expected it is going to obviously be most popular for months probably till march or longer.
It's not the most popular. That's a fallacy. Maybe as a single model vs all the other phone models. But then, iOS only has ~one~ flagship smartphone. Android as HTC OneX, DroidDNA, Samsung S3, Samsung Note2, Nexus4, to say the least.
Topic at hand is in the title: US smartphone. You're posting a link to global figures.
Android ~50%. iPhone ~35%. In USA. Worldwide, even less. Let's face facts. I'm not happy about it, in some ways. But Apple will reap, what it has sown, without Steve Jobs.
So 3 phone models (iPhone) have sales of almost 1/3 as many as +100 different phone models (Android) and that is poor?
It's closer to 1/4 as many sales. And no, that's not poor overall.
However, it's half as many as Samsung alone sells.
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And most iPhones less than 4 generations old are still in use.
If anyone is using an Android more than a year old.. Wait, they aren't.
Reference for the first comment? Certainly the second comment about Android is false.
As for the iPhone, at least in the US most (60+%) sales are to previous owners upgrading, and more than 80% of their old devices are never activated again.
That means that for every two iPhones sold in the US, one is put into a drawer, is lost or broken, or for some other reason is no longer in use So if AT&T sells 20 million new iPhones, at least 10 million old ones disappear from use.
No doubt Android's disposal rate is much higher than that, due to likely fewer resales. Will have to research some numbers to see how much more.
Not that any of this should matter that much. They're all selling well enough to stick around for a while, and that's all that counts. Some people prefer to own something that many people own; others prefer to simply get what they like.
If anyone is using an Android more than a year old.. Wait, they aren't.
Originally Posted by KDarling
As for the iPhone, at least in the US most (60+%) sales are to previous owners upgrading, and more than 80% of their old devices are never activated again.
Similar upgrade numbers have been reported since the iPhone 3G came out. IPhone user retention is quite often noted. But then, you should know that from being around iPhone news all the time.
As for the number of old phones that are (re)activated, we just went over that the other day in another thread. To refresh your memory, AI reported last January that "11 percent of iPhone activations in the test period were previously-used handsets".
If 60% of sales are to people upgrading their phone, but less than 20% of activations are to used phones, then that means over 80% (actually almost 90%, but I was being nice) of those 60% are not reactivated = over 50% cease to be used.
Anecdotically, that number feels right as well. About half the longterm iPhone owners I can think of, handed their old phone down or sold it. The other half just put their old one in a drawer.
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It's not the most popular. That's a fallacy. Maybe as a single model vs all the other phone models. But then, iOS only has ~one~ flagship smartphone. Android as HTC OneX, DroidDNA, Samsung S3, Samsung Note2, Nexus4, to say the least.
Android ~50%. iPhone ~35%. In USA. Worldwide, even less. Let's face facts. I'm not happy about it, in some ways. But Apple will reap, what it has sown, without Steve Jobs.
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Originally Posted by sr2012
My post disappeared?
Anyway, again, briefly:
GLOBALLY ANDROID 68.8%, iPHONE 18.8%
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/android-extends-global-smartphone-lead-20121205-2au9n.html
Please stop these fantasies of iPhone still holding on.
So 3 phone models (iPhone) have sales of almost 1/3 as many as +100 different phone models (Android) and that is poor?
And most iPhones less than 4 generations old are still in use.
If anyone is using an Android more than a year old.. Wait, they aren't.
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Originally Posted by Chris_CA
So 3 phone models (iPhone) have sales of almost 1/3 as many as +100 different phone models (Android) and that is poor?
It's closer to 1/4 as many sales. And no, that's not poor overall.
However, it's half as many as Samsung alone sells.
Quote:
And most iPhones less than 4 generations old are still in use.
If anyone is using an Android more than a year old.. Wait, they aren't.
Reference for the first comment? Certainly the second comment about Android is false.
As for the iPhone, at least in the US most (60+%) sales are to previous owners upgrading, and more than 80% of their old devices are never activated again.
That means that for every two iPhones sold in the US, one is put into a drawer, is lost or broken, or for some other reason is no longer in use So if AT&T sells 20 million new iPhones, at least 10 million old ones disappear from use.
No doubt Android's disposal rate is much higher than that, due to likely fewer resales. Will have to research some numbers to see how much more.
Not that any of this should matter that much. They're all selling well enough to stick around for a while, and that's all that counts. Some people prefer to own something that many people own; others prefer to simply get what they like.
Originally Posted by Chris_CA
If anyone is using an Android more than a year old.. Wait, they aren't.
Originally Posted by KDarling
As for the iPhone, at least in the US most (60+%) sales are to previous owners upgrading, and more than 80% of their old devices are never activated again.
*citations needed.
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*citations needed.
"The majority of US iPhone 5 sales, 62%, have come from existing Apple owners upgrading to the new device" - Kantar, Soaring iPhone 5 sales in US knock Android into second place
Similar upgrade numbers have been reported since the iPhone 3G came out. IPhone user retention is quite often noted. But then, you should know that from being around iPhone news all the time.
As for the number of old phones that are (re)activated, we just went over that the other day in another thread. To refresh your memory, AI reported last January that "11 percent of iPhone activations in the test period were previously-used handsets".
If 60% of sales are to people upgrading their phone, but less than 20% of activations are to used phones, then that means over 80% (actually almost 90%, but I was being nice) of those 60% are not reactivated = over 50% cease to be used.
Anecdotically, that number feels right as well. About half the longterm iPhone owners I can think of, handed their old phone down or sold it. The other half just put their old one in a drawer.
Wow, my post disappeared again showing US numbers. I'm done, catch you guys next week.