iPhone becoming less popular
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Apple owners are becoming less fanatical about their shiny new iPhones. What has put some of them of iPhones? Bad publicity about suing everyone? Lack of innovation? Same unchanged user interface? Poor maps? Smaller screen compared with rivals? People realising Apple are not the only smartphone maker? Perhaps the hipsters see that every chav has an iPhone so its not trendy any more?
Take your pick but Apple might want to pay attention befoe a trickle becomes a flood.
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/10/31/apple_loyalty_questioned_as_iphone_popularity_drops/
Take your pick but Apple might want to pay attention befoe a trickle becomes a flood.
Only 75 per cent of iPhone owners in Western Europe say they'd choose an Apple device for their next smartphone, new data from market watcher Strategy Analytics show. The numbers are relatively healthy Stateside, with 88 per cent of iPhone owners ready to remain loyal. But that's marks a drop from 93 per cent last year.
http://www.reghardware.com/2012/10/31/apple_loyalty_questioned_as_iphone_popularity_drops/
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He now has an s3 as the profile of android has increased and he has used mine a lot but "word" on the street well in his school/mates etc the iphone is still the cool phone and this will take a while to change I think. he also still needs the odd reassurance that he has the 'right' phone.
When you're on the Tube in the mornings everyone seems to have iPhones/and or Blackberrys.
I don't think I've seen anyone with an S3 either.
I spent last week in Canary Wharf and I was amazed at how many iphones (both 4 & 5) I saw, almost everyone had one. I saw a couple of S3 but nowhere even close to the number of iphones.
I somehow think Apple will be pretty happy with the sales figures.
I dont live in a busy city, but since the iphone 5 has been released i have been many places and many airports and i have only seen 1 iphone 5. My dads!
Must confess i haven't seen that many S3's just walking about but, when i was on the plane to Greece at the beginning of this month, it was like Samsung had sponsored the flight! Every second person seemed to have either an S2 or S3.
I'm sure they will be but when even their loyal fan base starts to mutter they ought to start taking care.
Windows Phone 8 looks smart so I will try that out. I'm not a fan of Android, but I played with an S3 yesterday and was pleasantly surprised with it.
iMacs, iPads and iPods are Apples best products. Hopefully they'll concentrate on them a bit more than the iPhone.
I don't disagree.
I personally haven't upgraded to iOS6 yet - I've used it and thought it was a step backwards. I really think the poor job they did on iOS6 has made people think about alternatives. Personally, the innovative design of live tiles on Windows Phones interests me more than the aging apps interface that iOS and Android offer.
Have you got a ref for this?
or 4S. The only 5 i've seen is a work dev one.
Also a lot of them are trying to save monthly outgoings and opt for cheaper, but just as good, alternatives.
I think its probably a simple case of there being more choice of smartphones now then ever.
Yeah I see them now and again, they aren't very popular though.
After several years of minimal innovation (major disappointment at the launch of the 4S and 5 as far as I can see) both Android and Windows are newer and more exciting. Apple's marketing department is doing a great job if 75% of Apple owners think their next product will be from Apple!
Unless you are fully bought into the Apple eco-system and have multiple products, it must be very tempting to switch to a cheaper product that (in my opinion) does more.
No convincing was required, the iPhone 3G was unique and by far the best phone out at the time, I upgraded from a Nokia N95 and it was so much better, a real innovation.
The iPhone 4/4S was a good upgrade, nothing major but really speeded things up.
The iPhone 5 is a great piece of hardware but the OS just isn't moving as fast as the competition, I think it woud actually sell better if it coud run jelly bean and didn't have the silly price tag.