Winder reports, “The figures coming out of this poll (which doesn’t appear to be available online, sorry folks) rather surprisingly also suggest that only 16% of people would ‘most like to own’ an Android smartphone.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: WInder tries to rationalize, but the fact remains: Why would anybody settle for a knockoff when they can have the original? This – along with other similar studies’ findings (see related articles below) – bodes very poorly for Android when iPhone goes multi-carrier in the huge U.S. market.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dow C.” for the heads up.]
So who are the 7% who covet a knock-off?
And when are you gonna fix the bug in your iPhone app so I can actually log-in to post comments from my iPhone?
…and that’s a surprise how?
Sorry this is bullshit. iPhone is a iPhone and an Android is an Android. Period.
Why would anyone want a fake iPhone?!!!
Android = Google = Microsoft = pure evil!
98% of people prefer Filet to a turd.
I’ll bet that 95% of you have never really looked at a current Android OS phone. I have a G2 and can easily say I like it better than the iPhone 4 I gave up a month ago. People know a little something about what you’re talking about before you say such stupid things.
Yes steve32465. Manure is “bullshit” and people have a bad experience when they put it to their ear and talk into it.
Do you have or have you ever owned an iPhone? Watch and see what happens to the Android when Verizon iPhone hits the market.
I’d love an iPhone. I have an Android.
Why?
Because I can’t pay ridiculous prices for phone service that AT&T charges and then their coverage in my area is more than lacking.
steve32465, why did you return the iPhone 4? We have several in our house and converted several people to the iPhone over the years. My 2 and 3 year old grand daughters have used our for most of their lives. They are pretty good at it and prefer the iPads when they are offered.
If your issue was the AT&T service. Verizon will offer you the solution in a few months. The iPhone is international any should be judged by what it is not by the carrier. AT&T is not an international issue or a long term issue. Just a company crushed by the usage of an innovative phone and device.
Hey Jersey, not only have I owned an iPhone… I’ve owned everyone since the first (which was given to me by Apple since I worked for them for 7+ years) I own and iPad and 3 MacBook Pro’s. So I think I’m qualified to give an honest opinion. As for what will happen when iPhone hits Verizon and any other carrier? Who cares. Apple will sell a lot of them and the Android will continue to sell a lot too. I see RIM being the looser here. When Apple decides to put a decent size screen on the iPhone 4″ or better and fix the stupid antenna issue (yes it is a problem, even with a bumper) I’ll take another look.
“I’ll bet that 95% of you have never really looked at a current Android OS phone.”
Tell us, “steve,” WHICH of the dozens of Android phones do you own and recommend? Or are they ALL the same? (Are all Windoze PCs THE SAME?)
So, which one do YOU have, sir? And what, pray tell, makes it so superior to the iPhone? Please, PLEASE, do not say it’s the OS, for we all know that’s b*llsh*t. It’s the cost that makes your phone “superior,” isn’t it? Can’t afford an iPhone? Then hate it and post your vitriol on MDN.
Can’t wait to hear back from you, steve. (SPECIFICS, please.)
@steve32465
Put a decent screen size on the iPhone? How large of a phone do you want to carry around?
I sold it for two reasons. I went to work for T-Mobile and had to get to know my product. I was reluctant to part with the iPhone and swore that I’d keep my iPhone and pay AT&T to still use my iPhone for personal use, but after a few weeks I found my self forwarding all of my calls to the G2 and not missing the iPhone more and more as time went on. The one thing that I couldn’t deal with was the terrible Blue Tooth reception on my iPhone. I couldn’t put the iPhone in the opposite pocket from the side my earpiece was on with out the BT disconnecting! I also couldn’t move more than a few feet from it without people telling me I was breaking up. Yes I tried several BT headsets and it never got better. The iPhone 4 has some serious issues.
Also, why is it that it’s only when I’m talking to iPhone users on my Android that the call gets dropped and not when I’m talking to others on AT&T w/o an iPhone. This is not just a AT&T problem. It’s a phone problem.
@Tommy boy
I only ever read mdn from my iPhone. As you can see there’s no bug to stop you from posting when using the iPhone
As I said the phone I have is a G2 and it’s got a 3.7 which does make a difference. I also have a Samsung Vibrant with a 4″ screen. I like the G2 better as it has the raw Google OS. Yes, I do agree that the handset makers go a bit too far with the OS and it may be causing some “fragmentation”. So I personally will stick with “Google” OS Androids. As for reasons.
1. Much better Google Maps and navigation
2. Notification bar. more info and the ability to access it quickly from the pull down.
3. Widgets
4. Voice actions. More system wide and better implemented.
5. Faster browser and more options.
That’s five. Enough?
Oh and to throw one more in there… Google Voice.
steve32465 has a point. There are reasons for people to buy an Android. The inability to use ATT is probably the best reason, but certainly there are group of tech buyers who have an aversion to Apple.
My issue, regardless of Android’s attributes, is buying a product that is so obviously the result of stolen IP and deceitful behavior by Google’s Eric Schmidt. To me, buying an Android phone is like buying a brand new stereo system out of the back of some guys truck. Schmidt is a backstabbing little shit, and Google is posing when it thinks it does no evil.
steve32465,
Why do you use your password for your name?
You worked for Apple selling iPhones and now you work for a Carrier selling Android phones.
Why the big demotion? I smell sour grapes.
Oh, and if you want to read more reasons you should check out the article on Fortune magazine… “10 reasons Android beats iOS and WP7”
I sent the link to MDN and they haven’t posted it as of yet, but here’s the link if you care to read.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1010/gallery.google_best_phone_os.fortune/10.html
Steve32465:
You clearly belong in that 7% group. It is a small group, but nonetheless, it obviously exists. Personal taste is simply widely different. What most people like doesn’t mean that everyone likes.
There are things to be said about Android and iPhone, though. The only benefits of the Android (the lack of control in way of acquiring software and media, ability to tether, regardless of carrier limitations, deeply embedded Google services) seem to be appealing enough to a small group of people that they are willing to disregard its many disadvantages (the UI, which is generally more complex and requires more steps for same tasks than iPhone, as one of them).
So far, we have seen many different surveys and studies. Literally ALL of them have found that many Android owners want an iPhone, and very few iPhone users want an Android. Same for non-users of smartphones: many more want an iPhone than an Android. While this last one is clearly due to brand awareness (after all, they likely don’t know much about either phone), the first group clearly means that they DON’T like what they have and want the other thing. And other than you, steve34567, and few others like you, iPhone owners seem to be very happy with their device.
Hi steve32465,
I too owned the iPhone, iPhone 3, iPhone 3G and the iPhone4. I too own the iPad and the newer top of the line iPad 3G. I owned every OS and most of the Macs. Even the Apple IIe. I am an electrical engineer and … So, I qualify for a qualified opinion too.
Your complaint continues to circle around AT&T. Not the iPhone. Was that Apple’s Blue Tooth earpiece? Again, 2nd or 3rd party issues. So, what was the problem with the iPhone 4?
When contracts end and returns of new Androids hit as the iPhone is offered by Verizon. Lets re-open this discussion.
Hey Spark, know a bit of facts before you post. The Android OS was purchased by Google a full 2 years before the iPhone was launched. Just because iPhone beat Google to market doesn’t mean the stole IP. It’s not like Apple has never bought a company for IP or even “borrowed” an idea before. They’ve got enough money that they can bury their accusers forever or just pay them off if necessary.
Please this is all so juvenile. You know you want a WP7 phone more than anything else in the world. That’s right fellas shout it out, shout it out loud, “Freedom!” “Hubs!” Feel better now? Thought so.
Predrag, well put. Not everyone knows when it is time to get off the sinking ship. There are many issues with AT&T and I think they are about to correct themselves. The lost of some of their customers loaded onto Verizon will lighten up the load on AT&T. And when Verizon offers tethering and FaceTime anytime so will AT&T have too. Other WiFi G4 bridge devices will also force the hand of AT&T and Verizon. Maybe Apple will offer a MobleAirPort WiFi G4 bridge and end this circus.
I’ll tell you what really works well is my mobile WiFi hotspot from my G2 and using my iPad on T-Mobile’s 4G network!