“Nearly 30 percent of Apple’s 48.04 million iPhones sold in the last quarter went to customers coming from an Android handset. That’s 14 million people new to iOS, helping Apple further build its iPhone base,” Kevin Tofel writes for ZDNet. “But after seven years of Android and eight of iOS, why is that?”
Tofel writes, “There are several reasons that explain the growing rate of Android switchers moving to iPhones, and the first signs actually appeared last year.”
5 reasons why record numbers of Android settlers are upgrading to real iPhones:
1. Bigger iPhones in two choices: 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhones
2. Sharing data between apps: Just tap iOS’ configurable Share button
3. You know what you’re getting with Apple
4. Fast software and security upgrades direct from Apple: That’s a big deal when it comes to security as Google is now realizing
5. It’s still an iOS-first world when it comes to new mobile apps
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: #1 is/was extremely important. #2 isn’t (but it is useful, of course). #3 is overlooked by many, but it’s an important selling point. #4 will only become more important as Android continues to fall fall apart due to a thousand cuts. #5 is not only true, but we can go further and will: iOS apps routinely are more polished and offer more features and better usability than their afterthought Android ports.
If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone.
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