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Don't worry, nobody thought it was literally everyone.

by ajkjk 4y ago

JohnFen 4y ago
The implication, though, is that iPhone is at least the most common device used. At least in the US, this is not true.
- echelon 4y ago
  Every statistic I've found shows not only a 50+% share of the existing market, it also shows new phones from Apple are selling to over 50% of the market. It makes the email signature even more bizarre. https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united... https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/apple-iphone-overtakes-androids-us-market-share https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/apple-iphone-overtakes-androids...
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    Correct, which means that neither are "most common". But the distribution is not even. In my part of the country, you don't see iPhones very often at all. In other parts of the country, you see them everywhere.
    - pwinnski 4y ago
      I'm sorry, how is "greater than 50%" not the same as "most common?" Either it's two players with 51% and 49%, in which case the 51% is "most common," or it's many players, with 51% and a bunch of other percentages that collectively add up to 49%, in which case the 51% is still the most common, perhaps even more so. I'm not shilling for Apple here, as Android was clearly most common From 2011-2021, and still is world-wide. If anything, I'm shilling for the English language.
      - tripa 4y ago
        The issue isn't the figure 50, it's the drawing pool. Thread-initial description was 50% of the market, which is ambiguous. It could refer to either the market in sales, which indicates highest growth, or the market in userbase, which could be the layman's “common”.
      - JohnFen 4y ago
        > Either it's two players with 51% and 49%, in which case the 51% is "most common," In a market the size we're talking about, 51% and 49% are effectively the same as 50-50. I think it's reasonable to say neither is the "most common". They're used equally. And I don't know the margin of error on the figures, but I'm sure it exceeds 1% anyway.
    - echelon 4y ago
      Common does not mean > 51%. Term Numerical rate Percentage Common 1 in 10 10% iPhone is by definition most common.

Don't worry, nobody thought it was literally everyone.

by ajkjk 4y ago

Don't worry, nobody thought it was literally everyone.

JohnFen 4y ago

The implication, though, is that iPhone is at least the most common device used. At least in the US, this is not true.

echelon 4y ago
Every statistic I've found shows not only a 50+% share of the existing market, it also shows new phones from Apple are selling to over 50% of the market. It makes the email signature even more bizarre. https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united... https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/apple-iphone-overtakes-androids-us-market-share https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/apple-iphone-overtakes-androids...
- JohnFen 4y ago
  Correct, which means that neither are "most common". But the distribution is not even. In my part of the country, you don't see iPhones very often at all. In other parts of the country, you see them everywhere.
  - pwinnski 4y ago
    I'm sorry, how is "greater than 50%" not the same as "most common?" Either it's two players with 51% and 49%, in which case the 51% is "most common," or it's many players, with 51% and a bunch of other percentages that collectively add up to 49%, in which case the 51% is still the most common, perhaps even more so. I'm not shilling for Apple here, as Android was clearly most common From 2011-2021, and still is world-wide. If anything, I'm shilling for the English language.
    - tripa 4y ago
      The issue isn't the figure 50, it's the drawing pool. Thread-initial description was 50% of the market, which is ambiguous. It could refer to either the market in sales, which indicates highest growth, or the market in userbase, which could be the layman's “common”.
    - JohnFen 4y ago
      > Either it's two players with 51% and 49%, in which case the 51% is "most common," In a market the size we're talking about, 51% and 49% are effectively the same as 50-50. I think it's reasonable to say neither is the "most common". They're used equally. And I don't know the margin of error on the figures, but I'm sure it exceeds 1% anyway.
  - echelon 4y ago
    Common does not mean > 51%. Term Numerical rate Percentage Common 1 in 10 10% iPhone is by definition most common.