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I think its is just the question of the size of your universe. Apple users don't compare with Lenovo and Sony but with Apple. I know a couple of Apple users who

I think its is just the question of the size of your universe. Apple users don't compare with Lenovo and Sony but with Apple. I know a couple of Apple users who owned every generation of iPhone (and don't even consider Android).

ugh 16y ago
Do they? Do you have data on that and also on other, comparable phones?
- bane 16y ago
  Something like 77% of iphone 4 owners were upgrades from previous iphones. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/25/77-of-iphone-4-sales-were-upgrades/ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/25/77-of-iphone-4-sales-... Since there's not much of an upgrade path for Android devices in quite the same way I suspect finding numbers to compare against will be hard. Besides, the platform didn't start to really become popular until 2009-ish, so most people are still on their first Android phone.
  - ugh 16y ago
    Well, that doesn’t really tell you anything since you have nothing to compare it against.
  - ZeroGravitas 16y ago
    That stat refers to the first month of sales. I would imagine "normal" people neither time their purchases to coincide with Apple product announcements, nor like to pay early termination fees to be the first on the block with a new gadget.
    - bane 16y ago
      Theres two other things I've noticed about the phenomena. When an iProduct is launched, my local Apple store has a line around the block on launch day. But then a week later, no line and plenty of inventory. You can just walk into the store and buy one. When a new major Android phone is launched, there's no line, but it takes weeks on a waiting list to get one and months for the inventory to catch back up so you can just go buy one. I have a feeling one of the two (or both) is either a manifestation of what we're talking about, or its Nintendo style artificial scarcity at play.
- mironathetin 16y ago
  "Do they? Do you have data on that and also on other, comparable phones?" Internet search is your friend (try to avoid the word Google in connection with friend ;o)
  - ugh 16y ago
    I’m not the one making the claim, I don’t have to search for anything.

ugh 16y ago

Do they? Do you have data on that and also on other, comparable phones?

bane 16y ago
Something like 77% of iphone 4 owners were upgrades from previous iphones. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/25/77-of-iphone-4-sales-were-upgrades/ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/25/77-of-iphone-4-sales-... Since there's not much of an upgrade path for Android devices in quite the same way I suspect finding numbers to compare against will be hard. Besides, the platform didn't start to really become popular until 2009-ish, so most people are still on their first Android phone.
- ugh 16y ago
  Well, that doesn’t really tell you anything since you have nothing to compare it against.
- ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  That stat refers to the first month of sales. I would imagine "normal" people neither time their purchases to coincide with Apple product announcements, nor like to pay early termination fees to be the first on the block with a new gadget.
  - bane 16y ago
    Theres two other things I've noticed about the phenomena. When an iProduct is launched, my local Apple store has a line around the block on launch day. But then a week later, no line and plenty of inventory. You can just walk into the store and buy one. When a new major Android phone is launched, there's no line, but it takes weeks on a waiting list to get one and months for the inventory to catch back up so you can just go buy one. I have a feeling one of the two (or both) is either a manifestation of what we're talking about, or its Nintendo style artificial scarcity at play.
mironathetin 16y ago
"Do they? Do you have data on that and also on other, comparable phones?" Internet search is your friend (try to avoid the word Google in connection with friend ;o)
- ugh 16y ago
  I’m not the one making the claim, I don’t have to search for anything.