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I've been an iPhone user since 3GS but I'll dispute that. Top Android phones have been first to market with too many hardware/design/UI innovations that were la
by coverband 9y ago
I've been an iPhone user since 3GS but I'll dispute that. Top Android phones have been first to market with too many hardware/design/UI innovations that were later copied by Apple. I think familiarity with the O/S & keeping paid apps are what keep users on their chosen platform, and lifestyle signaling is what brings new users onboard.
- Retric 9y agoInnovations don't make the device. I know at least 10 people that bought an Android phone after owning an iPhone and every single one of them switched back. Really, after years of using an Android people don't switch back because of familiarity. PS: I am not saying Android is strictly worse, just there are meaningful positives on the iPhone side.
- macintux 9y agoIt helps when you're not afraid to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks; it also helps when you have dozens of companies following that same strategy. Android makers are almost always going to be "first" with something new. They're rarely going to get it right.
- madeofpalk 9y ago> and lifestyle signaling is what brings new users onboard. For me to understand this, I need to know what lifestyle Apple is trying to convince the iPhone will give you. The biggest thing I can think of is Instagram and Uber, two things which everyone knows happens without iPhones. ...what is this magical iPhone lifestyle that’s I’m being sold?
- valuearb 9y agoSaying that is like saying Xerox invented graphical computing, it’s true but misses the point. The Macintosh vastly improved graphical computing and its cost. In phones Apple hasn’t been first with any technology, but it’s been first making the useful and usable for the mass market a lot.