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"The reality is that Google will simply continue to improve Android and, like a slow motion replay of the 90s, Apple will watch the iOS lineup pushed back into

by proee 16y ago

"The reality is that Google will simply continue to improve Android and, like a slow motion replay of the 90s, Apple will watch the iOS lineup pushed back into the luxury niche that the Mac has enjoyed for all these years." I've thought about this a lot, and I think that Android is gaining ground right now because it's across so many carriers. As soon as Apple breaks it marriage with AT&T and gets it phones into Verizon, Sprint, and all the other major carriers I think the Android growth with slow. FWIW, I just bought an HTC EVO because I refuse to sign an AT&T contract.

tomjen3 16y ago
I am not so sure: in Denmark Apple has an agreement with a reasonably good carrier but I still see a lot of Android phones around.
- frio 16y ago
  Anecdotally, here in my office in New Zealand, we have 4 HTC Magics, 2 iPhones, and then a raft of SE/Nokia devices for lesser peons such as myself ;). This is despite the fact that Android devices aren't available for retail through a large Telco (Vodafone/Telecom) and need to be parallel imported. Corporates are scared of iPhones, because the level of control that's handed to Apple is reasonably unacceptable.
TheBurningOr 16y ago
"I've thought about this a lot, and I think that Android is gaining ground right now because it's across so many carriers. As soon as Apple breaks it marriage with AT&T and gets it phones into Verizon, Sprint, and all the other major carriers I think the Android growth with slow." Possibly. I think Android is also growing because it can fill so many niche's in the market. It's not just across a lot of carriers, but a lot of different types of devices. The Devour seems to me to be a little bit more than a messaging phone, while the EVO is sort of a cross between a Nokia-type phone and an iPhone. The iPhone is pretty much the same device and if that isn't your cup of tea, then it is pretty easy to get a comparable phone somewhere else.

by proee 16y ago

tomjen3 16y ago

I am not so sure: in Denmark Apple has an agreement with a reasonably good carrier but I still see a lot of Android phones around.

frio 16y ago
Anecdotally, here in my office in New Zealand, we have 4 HTC Magics, 2 iPhones, and then a raft of SE/Nokia devices for lesser peons such as myself ;). This is despite the fact that Android devices aren't available for retail through a large Telco (Vodafone/Telecom) and need to be parallel imported. Corporates are scared of iPhones, because the level of control that's handed to Apple is reasonably unacceptable.

TheBurningOr 16y ago

"I've thought about this a lot, and I think that Android is gaining ground right now because it's across so many carriers. As soon as Apple breaks it marriage with AT&T and gets it phones into Verizon, Sprint, and all the other major carriers I think the Android growth with slow." Possibly. I think Android is also growing because it can fill so many niche's in the market. It's not just across a lot of carriers, but a lot of different types of devices. The Devour seems to me to be a little bit more than a messaging phone, while the EVO is sort of a cross between a Nokia-type phone and an iPhone. The iPhone is pretty much the same device and if that isn't your cup of tea, then it is pretty easy to get a comparable phone somewhere else.