“Apple Inc.’s ‘Move to iOS’ app may have been the target of angry Android users last week, but that hasn’t stopped Apple from racking up an unprecedented number of switchovers,” Jennifer Booton reports for MarketWatch. “Apple reported the strongest-ever adoption of its mobile operating system on Monday, while two analysts in separate notes to clients spoke of the widening gap in the U.S. between Google Inc.’s Android and iOS.”
“The number of people in the U.S. expressing an intent to buy an iPhone has grown to 53.2% from 43.7% a year ago… according to a recent survey by Baird Equity Research,” Booton reports. “Intent to buy Androids, meanwhile, has slid to 46.8% from 56.3% a year ago.”
“Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley said his checks indicate there continues to be a greater mix of Android users switching to the iPhone 6 than in previous cycles, a reflection of demand for larger-screen premium phones and the industry shift away from two-year carrier contracts,” Booton reports. “Carriers, facing new competition from Apple’s iPhone installment plan, are pushing harder for iPhone sales, particularly unsubsidized handsets. While carriers like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications previously used the increased store traffic surrounding iPhone launches to cross-sell larger-screen Android devices, they have narrowed their focus to the iPhone. ‘There is a push to sell more iPhones with the 6 and 6S product cycles at point of sale versus Android than during the 5 and 5S product cycles,’ said Walkley, who raised his 12-month stock target on Apple to $160 from $155 on Monday.”
The upgrades to the iPhone 6s/6s Plus are nice, but what really wowed me today was when i saw a reviewer scrolling through text by 3D touching the keyboard and then pressing down harder to highlight the text. I think this is a huge improvement. Last night I was editing a note and tried to position the cursor to the right of a time. iOS 8 automatically converts times to links, and trying to insert the cursor near a link is almost impossible. This new 3D Touch text scrubbing and highlighting should solve that problem, and even though it seems so minor, this shows Apple’s meticulous attention to detail. This one feature alone is worth the upgrade.
I find it quite funny how people here get hysteric about numbers when they seem in favor of iOS and how much market share is unimportant when numbers favor Android…
If you want unbiased (strange concept I know) numbers you can still check here:
Release The H-Bomb! Thank you MDN! 😀
BOOM!
love the H-bomb!
It’s hydrogen fission, not fusion 😉
Clearly not particle physicists
Um…you’re wrong. Fusion of hydrogen (or other elements if you’re boss like a super massive star); fission of uranium.
Well, actually… It is hydrogen fusion. In H bombs, a primary fission reaction triggers a secondary H fusion reaction.
You people are confusion me. Please stop!
The upgrades to the iPhone 6s/6s Plus are nice, but what really wowed me today was when i saw a reviewer scrolling through text by 3D touching the keyboard and then pressing down harder to highlight the text. I think this is a huge improvement. Last night I was editing a note and tried to position the cursor to the right of a time. iOS 8 automatically converts times to links, and trying to insert the cursor near a link is almost impossible. This new 3D Touch text scrubbing and highlighting should solve that problem, and even though it seems so minor, this shows Apple’s meticulous attention to detail. This one feature alone is worth the upgrade.
Shouldn’t we just call it the A-bomb?
I find it quite funny how people here get hysteric about numbers when they seem in favor of iOS and how much market share is unimportant when numbers favor Android…
If you want unbiased (strange concept I know) numbers you can still check here:
http://stats.areppim.com/stats/stats_mobiosxtime.htm
Except for a short time effect due to the release of the iPhone6 it’s there is no change in the long term trend.
MDN’s nuclear bomb looks more like… Well… Nothing.