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If you increase the timescale, those numbers actually show that iOS has increased its market share by 10% since late 2018, which is also interesting.

by ink_13 4y ago

fckgw 4y ago
Not too long after the introduction of the iPhone SE and Apple keeping older models in their lineup to act as cheaper options to their yearly flagship phone. I'm sure a $399 SE has taken a chunk of Android's market share.
- brewdad 4y ago
  I made the switch to Apple a year ago. I was tired of losing support 12-18 months after purchase and having my phones be practically unusable after 2 years. I have no interest in messing about with 3rd party OSes, I just want a phone that works. So far, I don't regret the change. Check back in a year to see if my battery still holds an all day charge.
  - selectodude 4y ago
    And a new battery is, what, $50?
  - lostmsu 4y ago
    Hm, you picked peculiar time to switch considering Samsung announced 4 year support cycles for new phones in Feb 2021: https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-updates-knox-2021-1202942/ https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-updates-knox-2021-1... Google did it around the same time.
- hbn 4y ago
  Apple didn't need to do anything to get me to finally switch at the end of 2020. Experiencing the constant rug-pulling from being a Google user for the better part of a decade is a better ad campaign for the iPhone than Apple could ever hope to pay for. One of the final straws for me was when they killed Google Play Music out of nowhere and forced everyone over to YouTube Music which is inferior in basically every way. The only thing I missed when I first switched was free unlimited Google Photos backups I got with the Pixel phones. It was around that exact same time that the Pixel 5 launched, and Google announces that Pixels no longer get that perk. And the free, compressed tier also uses up your Google Drive space now. That basically cemented my feeling that I made the right decision. Oh, and then the next major upgrade to Android introduced Material You, forcing you into having a bizarre pastel shade of a color based on your wallpaper across your entire OS, and it looks horrible. Every decision Google has made about Android since I left has only made me more glad I'm not on the Google wild ride any more. I'm 2 years in and I don't really miss anything about Android.

If you increase the timescale, those numbers actually show that iOS has increased its market share by 10% since late 2018, which is also interesting.

by ink_13 4y ago

If you increase the timescale, those numbers actually show that iOS has increased its market share by 10% since late 2018, which is also interesting.

fckgw 4y ago

Not too long after the introduction of the iPhone SE and Apple keeping older models in their lineup to act as cheaper options to their yearly flagship phone. I'm sure a $399 SE has taken a chunk of Android's market share.

brewdad 4y ago
I made the switch to Apple a year ago. I was tired of losing support 12-18 months after purchase and having my phones be practically unusable after 2 years. I have no interest in messing about with 3rd party OSes, I just want a phone that works. So far, I don't regret the change. Check back in a year to see if my battery still holds an all day charge.
- selectodude 4y ago
  And a new battery is, what, $50?
- lostmsu 4y ago
  Hm, you picked peculiar time to switch considering Samsung announced 4 year support cycles for new phones in Feb 2021: https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-updates-knox-2021-1202942/ https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-updates-knox-2021-1... Google did it around the same time.
hbn 4y ago
Apple didn't need to do anything to get me to finally switch at the end of 2020. Experiencing the constant rug-pulling from being a Google user for the better part of a decade is a better ad campaign for the iPhone than Apple could ever hope to pay for. One of the final straws for me was when they killed Google Play Music out of nowhere and forced everyone over to YouTube Music which is inferior in basically every way. The only thing I missed when I first switched was free unlimited Google Photos backups I got with the Pixel phones. It was around that exact same time that the Pixel 5 launched, and Google announces that Pixels no longer get that perk. And the free, compressed tier also uses up your Google Drive space now. That basically cemented my feeling that I made the right decision. Oh, and then the next major upgrade to Android introduced Material You, forcing you into having a bizarre pastel shade of a color based on your wallpaper across your entire OS, and it looks horrible. Every decision Google has made about Android since I left has only made me more glad I'm not on the Google wild ride any more. I'm 2 years in and I don't really miss anything about Android.