Women want Apple's iPhone, men prefer Google Android, Nielsen finds

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  • Reply 41 of 91
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpamSandwich View Post


    Pssst! Just between you, me and the Interwebs... AppleInsider is not a news organization. It's more like a popular blog, because they adhere to none of the standards and conventions of a news organization. We worked that out a long time ago.



    It's still ridiculous nonsense whatever AppleInsider labels themselves as (and they don't really label themselves as anything really).



    There's no excuse for tabloid headlines and stupid reporting whether you're a blogger or working for the New York Times. The only possible reason for being purposely inaccurate, is an underhanded attempt to generate traffic which reflects poorly on the respectability of the blog.



    Any blog, whether it's more to the 'serious news' end of the spectrum like Apple Insider, or more to the silly egomaniacal end like Gizmodo, needs to retain the respect of it's viewers. AppleInsider attracts a lot of techie type people with serious jobs and credentials. Putting up Weekly World News style headlines is not the way to go if you want to retain that audience.



    To me this is a Gizmodo style article.



    Inaccurate reporting of a report that is itself slanted, outrageous headlines intended to lure the viewer, vague hints of homophobia, and a general stupid tone. It's got it all.
  • Reply 42 of 91
    I was expecting to see these remarks when i read the headline. I know for a fact that real men prefer what works, not what has to be worked on. There is no reason to question your manliness because the author, Katie (presumably female) is proud that other woman agree that the iPhone is preferred.



    I have held many phones to compare against my iPhone and my instant impression is that it has the feel of a cheap imitation. And lets all remember if it is a smart phone and it is not an iPhone then it is an imitation at best.
  • Reply 43 of 91
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  • Reply 44 of 91
    My wife and I are on our third iPhones. They are easy to use and just feel right.



    Many men just like doing things the difficult and rough way. It's the 'not asking directions' phenomena.
  • Reply 45 of 91
    Can't see the appeal, that and the stupid Prox sensor kept turning off the screen when I tried to end a call. So much of Android's experience is dependent on the quality of the hardware.
  • Reply 46 of 91
    addaboxaddabox Posts: 12,665member
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    Originally Posted by skiracer1987 View Post


    Plus the fact that guys like to tinker around with things and make them work the way they want them to. But some of us are busy and like the fact that it just damn well works out of the box. Who has time to read a manual?



    My personal experience is that men like to imagine that they "make things work the way they want them to" but typically are just going through the motions with a kind of restless fucking around sort of approach.



    Just being male doesn't magically grant one keen powers of tech insight, tool use, mechanical aptitude, etc. Those are all learned skills, and we increasingly live in a world of passive consumption coupled to some very narrow skill sets acquired for one's livelihood. The kind of generalist, can-do guy who's as comfortable fixing a transmission as building a table as hacking his phone is a shrinking minority, although the average guy probably likes to flatter himself that he could do all those things, in a pinch.



    Thus, my guess is that the typical male Android user gets his new toy, spends a little time admiring the "customizability" while looking at various settings screens, and then never really does anything with it again beyond the basics. However, he takes great satisfaction in knowing that he could muck about to his heart's content, should he ever want to (and without admitting that he actually doesn't really know how) and will happily belittle iPhone owners as pussies who don't know how to field dress a deer.
  • Reply 47 of 91
    What's the margin of error? Depending on that number I think would most likely place them about the same between the sexes. I love my iPhone. I jailbreak. But-I AM a fag. So I wonder what sexual preference would do to the numbers. I have a duke friend-she's loving her Android. Does any of this really mean anything. Or is it just now after people read this matter? Hmmm... I think it's all just lame BS.
  • Reply 48 of 91
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    Originally Posted by SaltWater View Post


    I prefer SYMBIAN, is the WORLD MOST USED OS, but still Apple Insider don't mention it, why is that?



    Maybe because it was a US only survey?
  • Reply 49 of 91
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by addabox View Post


    My personal experience is that men like to imagine that "make things work the way they want them to" but typically are just going through the motions with a kind of restless fucking around sort of approach.



    Just being male doesn't magically grant one keen powers of tech insight, tool use, mechanical aptitude, ect. Those are all learned skills, and we increasingly live in a world of passive consumption couple to some very narrow skill sets acquired for one's livelihood. The kind of generalist, can-do guy who's as comfortable fixing a transmission as building a table as hacking his phone is a shrinking minority, although the average guy probably likes to flatter himself that he could do all those things, in a pinch.



    Thus, my guess is that the typical male Android user gets his new toy, spend a little time admiring the "customizability" while looking at various settings screens, and then never really does anything with it again beyond the basics. However, he takes great satisfaction in knowing that he could muck about to his hearts content, should he ever want to (and without admitting that he actually doesn't really know how) and will happily belittle iPhone owners as pussies who don't know how to field dress a dear.





    LMAOH... Hysterical. Kind made my day reading this cause it is true. Well mostly from personal experience (don't start throwing shoes people).

    this kinda made me realize (off topic) how the AI forums users since the iPhone made all these people 'expert' apple and mac users.
  • Reply 50 of 91
    mgl323mgl323 Posts: 247member
    Woman prefer iPhones. So does that mean that Women prefer men with iPhones?
  • Reply 51 of 91
    mgl323mgl323 Posts: 247member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stevetim View Post


    They're making me question my ManHood.



    I lol'd hard.
  • Reply 52 of 91
    "Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone." -- Steve Jobs
  • Reply 53 of 91
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    Originally Posted by charlituna View Post


    Apple uses the best focus group - their customers. Everything they do is with the customer in mind (albeit the less savvy majority not the uber geeks like around here). And it is validated by their sales, not some random survey



    Nah, customers are not a focus group. A focus group is a formal marketing exercise.



    Customers are customers, and yes, they are important to listen to. However, customers did not tell Steve how to build the original iPhone. And Steve built the iPad his way.
  • Reply 54 of 91
    onhkaonhka Posts: 1,025member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mgl323 View Post


    Woman prefer iPhones. So does that mean that Women prefer men with iPhones?



    I know I prefer women with iPhones. My wife told me so. And it would be better for me if I did.
  • Reply 55 of 91
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    Originally Posted by uguysrnuts View Post


    I must be a woman- ;-)



    .



    we were all woman once!
  • Reply 56 of 91
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by screamingfist View Post


    Gandalf uses android, Galadriel uses the iphone, Elrond had a blackberry



    Does that mean Samwise has Pre?
  • Reply 57 of 91
    What was the margin of error?



    Cuz it's likely that the iPhone numbers for male and female overlap, making the story ONLY that both men and women prefer iPhone at about the same percentage, while after that, a higher percentage of men prefer android amongst the rest, and women have a less strong interest in which OS runs the phone they buy.



    But that wouldn't be a very interesting story, would it?



    The other bit of data they fail to mention is that on the Android side of things, this includes ALL Android devices vs iPhones-only.



    Granted, there are so very few available Android-OS-based devices that aren't smartphones, but still, they seem to be including those devices in the total sales numbers while they're ignoring 50million iPod touches and ten+ million iPads in the total sales numbers.



    Add in iPod touches and iPads and Android isn't anywhere close to outselling iOS devices just yet.
  • Reply 58 of 91
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by camroidv27 View Post


    Does that mean Samwise has Pre?



    And Sauron has an Iridium?
  • Reply 59 of 91
    Nielsen is the same group that last month reported the poll result that some absurdly largely percentage of iPad users had not downloaded an app. It was a completely improbable percentage (32%) but this didn't seem to catch anyone's attention until released. They later corrected the release (saying 9%). I wonder if we'll see corrections here - especially on the 35-55 demographic preferring android. Most people I know aren't even sure what android (or an operating system) is so would be very unlikely to express a preference.
  • Reply 60 of 91
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpamSandwich View Post


    Pssst! Just between you, me and the Interwebs... AppleInsider is not a news organization. It's more like a popular blog, because they adhere to none of the standards and conventions of a news organization. We worked that out a long time ago.



    The first thing that crossed my mind when I opened AppleInsider today was how many 'surveys' and 'reports' this blog has to regurgitate for lack of anything solid to report. Anyone can put out a press release about their 'report' and get picked up by this blog. I'm getting real tired of it and may delete it from my favorites in favor of MacNN.



    Please start reporting some non gossip. Please?
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