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Apple's iPhone may have outsold Android nearly 6-to-1

9 points by peter123 18y ago

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axod 18y ago
Hopefully in the next iteration the GPhone won't have an abysmal keyboard, terrible build quality etc. If they get those right they could make some headway.
- icey 18y ago
  I have an iPhone and a GPhone... The iPhone's hardware feels vastly superior to the google phone. That being said, I strongly prefer Android to the the iPhone OS (I'm not sure what the actual designation is for iPhone OS X). I also prefer writing software for Android; it feels less restrictive to me. It will be interesting to see where the chips are stacked after a couple of years.
josefresco 18y ago
Yes and ...? I'm sorry but Android will come on like a quiet tidal surge and soon you'll see 10-20 models running it (each with moderate sales). It will make the iPhone look like a (still very profitable) niche product in comparison.
Silentio 18y ago
It can't help that the only Android phone on the market currently is on T-Mobile. T-Mobile is a deal breaker.
- jm4 18y ago
  You could say the same thing about the iPhone being locked to ATT. Personally, I consider ATT to be a deal breaker so I never gave any consideration to the iPhone. I really don't care how good of a phone it is. On the other hand, I have been with T-Mobile for 5 years and like the service so the G1 was an easy choice. I'm sure there are plenty of others that would say the same thing about either carrier as well. I doubt the choice of carrier had much impact on the bottom line relative to the iPhone.
  - srn 18y ago
    Depends where you live. Some places tmobile has terrible coverage and ATT has good coverage. For me tmobile is a deal breaker but I would happily use ATT.
gotsomeideas 18y ago
What a dumb title. Its like saying "the MacBook Pro outsold Linux 10-to-1!" It doesn't make any sense. They're really talking about the G1, not Android.
- DenisM 18y ago
  It's not dumb. As a developer I care about install base and this is a valid comparison.
  - gotsomeideas 18y ago
    No, its not. No one is selling Android, they're selling the G1. The iPhone can't outsell Android because it's freely available software meant to run on a multitude of devices. You can't compare a single device to a platform that is currently only available on one device. If you're basing your decisions as a developer on this information, you're missing the big picture.

9 points by peter123 18y ago

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axod 18y ago

Hopefully in the next iteration the GPhone won't have an abysmal keyboard, terrible build quality etc. If they get those right they could make some headway.

icey 18y ago
I have an iPhone and a GPhone... The iPhone's hardware feels vastly superior to the google phone. That being said, I strongly prefer Android to the the iPhone OS (I'm not sure what the actual designation is for iPhone OS X). I also prefer writing software for Android; it feels less restrictive to me. It will be interesting to see where the chips are stacked after a couple of years.

josefresco 18y ago

Yes and ...? I'm sorry but Android will come on like a quiet tidal surge and soon you'll see 10-20 models running it (each with moderate sales). It will make the iPhone look like a (still very profitable) niche product in comparison.

Silentio 18y ago

It can't help that the only Android phone on the market currently is on T-Mobile. T-Mobile is a deal breaker.

jm4 18y ago
You could say the same thing about the iPhone being locked to ATT. Personally, I consider ATT to be a deal breaker so I never gave any consideration to the iPhone. I really don't care how good of a phone it is. On the other hand, I have been with T-Mobile for 5 years and like the service so the G1 was an easy choice. I'm sure there are plenty of others that would say the same thing about either carrier as well. I doubt the choice of carrier had much impact on the bottom line relative to the iPhone.
- srn 18y ago
  Depends where you live. Some places tmobile has terrible coverage and ATT has good coverage. For me tmobile is a deal breaker but I would happily use ATT.

gotsomeideas 18y ago

What a dumb title. Its like saying "the MacBook Pro outsold Linux 10-to-1!" It doesn't make any sense. They're really talking about the G1, not Android.

DenisM 18y ago
It's not dumb. As a developer I care about install base and this is a valid comparison.
- gotsomeideas 18y ago
  No, its not. No one is selling Android, they're selling the G1. The iPhone can't outsell Android because it's freely available software meant to run on a multitude of devices. You can't compare a single device to a platform that is currently only available on one device. If you're basing your decisions as a developer on this information, you're missing the big picture.