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>I like Android, I make an Android app What app? >Over 230,000 iDevices sold per day, compared to less than 100K Androids Groan. Android was past 160K per da

by ergo98 16y ago

>I like Android, I make an Android app What app? >Over 230,000 iDevices sold per day, compared to less than 100K Androids Groan. Android was past 160K per day many months ago. It has only accelerated since. >Multiple studies say people buy way more iPhone apps than Android apps. Why does this matter? >Apple owners are on average wealthier. This one gives me a chuckle every time. Every burger flipper owns an iPhone -- It is not the status symbol it keeps getting ridiculously paraded as. All smartphones have a net cost in the $2500 range, adding in requisite data plans. The iPhone is no big expense. >but end of the day, Android revenues sucks. Again, what is your angle? You seem to be saying "for people who make gimpy little micro apps and hope it's going to be their payday, distort all metrics to validate your worldview."

andrewljohnson 16y ago
We make the "Topo Maps" app for the Android, which is similar to our outdoorsy iPhone apps. I Googled around and concede that Android sales are at 160K per day, but that is still not close to the 230K Apple is putting out. And I did not say iPhone owners are wealthier, I said Apple owners are, which is certainly true. People who own iPads, iPods, iPhones, Macs, and other expensive gear are wealthy. If you don't believe me: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/07/ipad-owner-are-selfish-elites-critics-are-independent-geeks-says-study/ http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/07/ipad-owner-are-selfis... I am happy to have a successful mobile app business, and the pay day is from iOS, not Android. I think I am in a good position to council people to do iOS first if they want to bootstrap.