“Not long ago, Eric Schmidt, late of Apple’s board of directors and the present executive chairman at Google, made the silly claim, at a public event no less, than Android was more secure than iOS,” Gene Steinberg writes for The Tech Night Owl. “Well, perhaps that was his profound belief, though it bought nothing but laughter from the audience. You could almost feel that Schmidt had become the politician who sticks to ridiculous talking points regardless of the facts.”
MacDailyNews Take: That, or he’s as Gatesian as we suspect.
“Well, it appears that Schmidt is at it again, this time pretending that loads of iPhone users are rushing to move from iOS to Android. So he writes, ‘many of my iPhone friends are converting to Android. The latest high-end phones from Samsung (Galaxy S4), Motorola (Verizon Droid Ultra) and the Nexus 5 (for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile) have better screens, are faster, and have a much more intuitive interface. They are a great Christmas present to an iPhone user!'” Steinberg writes. “Or is that the equivalent of putting a brick in your Christmas stocking?”
“As with his bizarre comments about the Android security situation, Schmidt is imagining situations that don’t exist when it comes to the iPhone compared to his preferred handsets,” Steinberg writes. “Now I don’t dispute his contention that “many of his friends are converting to Android.” Perhaps he limits his association to people who aren’t using iPhones, or are leaving the platform for some reason. In the real world, several times as many people leave Android for the iPhone than vice versa.”
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According to Schmidt, the world’s app developers were going to be writing for Android more than a year ago, and the majority of TVs shipping today were supposed to have Google TV in them.
And we continue to listen to Mr Schmidt non sense.
And that’s the kind of people that becomes chairman of multi-billion dollar company?
We ship our mobile apps for both Android and iOS. The iOS versions earn about TWENTY times as much as the Android versions. 20:1. It’s insane.
I’ve known many people with Android phones who couldn’t wait to “upgrade” to an iPhone.
This. The majority of people I know who started out with an Android device as their first smartphone have upgraded to an iPhone when their contracts were up. I guess Android is the “starter” platform.
So … why don’t they?
Uhh. . . two year contracts? Nice try, Peter.
peter peter bumkin eater, had a wife and …
You know the rest, obvious why he still has an android phone, it is the one thing he can keep!
Contracts and the unwillingness to pay full-price for a phone.
Ya know, Schmidt….nobody freakin cares, you imbecile.
Eric – A pimple between 2 narrow shoulders
He should be more worried about the price he will pay when he eventually expires on this planet. Unlike most good people, The Slug Trail Mole will be down under getting a special butt treatment like Adolf did from tha movie Little Nikki.
I know I am suppose to be nice so close to Christmas, but if you are friends with the thief Schmidt, you are already a questionable character. The fact the you might use an inferior product, like an Android phone, is totally not surprising and just says more about your questionable character and poor choices in life.
So… which one of his friends is gonna tell him he’s full of Schmidt?
Some people are desperate to have the wrong kinds of friends. I suggest Herr Shidt has no real friends. Just the Fair Weather variety.
The Schmidt has hit the fan.
I need to go take a Schmidt!
Haha.
i say to his “gurlfriend” eat schmidt and die… only i don’t want it to be h*im/er that dies, just eric….
not even then, he would be getting off too easy’,,,
just bite
I wouldn’t insult my ass
The pronouncements of Eric Schmidt strike me as the desperate ravings of a deranged follower of Cthulhu, mind twisted by too many hours chanting in a gloomy temple, perhaps poisoned by lichens caressing its stone altar, or driven mad by psychotropic toxins oozing from a verdigris-encrusted secret Google laboratory.
Hmmmm, so at least we have a rough idea where those barges will be sailing….
“Many of my iPhone friends . . . ” like, uh, none?
Perhaps his Google glasses were obstructing his view.
Just another thief
New T-shirt logo. “Schmidt… NO Friend of Mine”
Lost touch with reality due to fallout from thermonuclear blast from APPL
Mr. Schmidt has lots of money. And he has some nice glasses.
He has been diagnosed with some illness called “The Ballmer decease”. poor men.
“or are leaving the platform for some reason.”
Yea, the reason is they are friends with someone who has LOTS of money!
He just might be sick. I don’t mean in his mind. He just might have met to many fats in San Fran.
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/11/12/idc-android-hit-81-0-smartphone-share-q3-2013-ios-fell-12-9-windows-phone-took-3-6-blackberry-1-7/
I don’t think he is imagining things..
Eric Schmidt look like something you get from Toys-R-Us.
And this idiot was a member of Apples board? He should be put in jail.