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Inaccurate headline and interpretation, if you ask me. One cannot simply equate "desired" and "targeted for next purchase." Simple reductio: The car I desire mo
by apl 15y ago
Inaccurate headline and interpretation, if you ask me. One cannot simply equate "desired" and "targeted for next purchase." Simple reductio: The car I desire most is rarely the one I plan on purchasing, unfortunately.
There may be other factors at play (such as price and availability) that have little to do with Android being more attractive than iOS. Just to clarify, I'm not saying that iOS is in fact more desired, let alone more desirable. But the data as presented in the article doesn't support the conclusion as stated.
- grovulent 15y agoDepends on what you mean by desire. If you count a desire as being the thing you want after all variables (including price) are factored in, then you don't really desire it if you don't purchase it. Yes, one has desires when considered in abstraction from certain variables - and often people report desire based upon these abstractions. But it goes back to the old adage - believe not in what they say, but what they do.
- apl 15y ago> believe not in what they say, but what they do. > you don't really desire it if you don't purchase it. Good point, yes. But I still think the headline gives it a slightly misguided spin -- i.e., "now people don't just buy more Android devices, they also desire them more."