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I wonder how much of this has to do with the ever increasing appeal of Android, especially with Jelly Bean? I went from ICS to Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus and

I wonder how much of this has to do with the ever increasing appeal of Android, especially with Jelly Bean? I went from ICS to Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus and was really impressed by all the subtle and not so subtle improvements. Jelly Bean was a huge step forward, iOS 6 looks like another placeholder.

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headShrinker 14y ago
The average public don't even know what Jelly Bean is, much less which device to buy that has it. I would guess this only has to do with maps. Related; Reading a negative review will definitely influence negative response. There are so many different reports of failure to do with the iPhone 5 launch, whether all the report they've are legitimate or not, is not known.
- oldstrangers 14y ago
  It doesn't matter if 'average Joe' knows about Jelly Bean specifically, it's that he's now more aware than ever of an alternative to the iPhone; which allows him to be more critical of his purchases. Next thing you know average Joe is researching Android phones and watching youtube videos about Jelly Bean.
rimantas 14y ago
How many phones can run JB now? According http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html it has 1.6% share. According to some reports iOS6 got 25% in just 48 hours and had more than 50% share a week after release, so much more people have experience with it.
- tsahyt 14y ago
  Most phones could technically run it but there are no updates supplied by the vendors. That's one of Androids biggest weaknesses. Well, I don't care, I've rooted my device long ago and keep flashing updates :)
sbuk 14y ago
Very little, if any. The difference is statistically explained by regression to the mean.
ubernostrum 14y ago
I'm sure Jelly Bean is a huge step forward, and I'm sure that when it actually starts having a significant install base -- sometime in Q3 2014 -- people will probably be really impressed with how close it was to what Apple's products were shipping with just two years ago :)
- oldstrangers 14y ago
  Well if that helps you feel more comfortable with your iPhone purchase then more power to you. Regardless, in a year or so hopefully iOS users will start to see some more Android influence. There's a lot of catching up to do right now.

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headShrinker 14y ago

The average public don't even know what Jelly Bean is, much less which device to buy that has it. I would guess this only has to do with maps. Related; Reading a negative review will definitely influence negative response. There are so many different reports of failure to do with the iPhone 5 launch, whether all the report they've are legitimate or not, is not known.

oldstrangers 14y ago
It doesn't matter if 'average Joe' knows about Jelly Bean specifically, it's that he's now more aware than ever of an alternative to the iPhone; which allows him to be more critical of his purchases. Next thing you know average Joe is researching Android phones and watching youtube videos about Jelly Bean.

rimantas 14y ago

How many phones can run JB now? According http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html it has 1.6% share. According to some reports iOS6 got 25% in just 48 hours and had more than 50% share a week after release, so much more people have experience with it.

tsahyt 14y ago
Most phones could technically run it but there are no updates supplied by the vendors. That's one of Androids biggest weaknesses. Well, I don't care, I've rooted my device long ago and keep flashing updates :)

sbuk 14y ago

Very little, if any. The difference is statistically explained by regression to the mean.

ubernostrum 14y ago

I'm sure Jelly Bean is a huge step forward, and I'm sure that when it actually starts having a significant install base -- sometime in Q3 2014 -- people will probably be really impressed with how close it was to what Apple's products were shipping with just two years ago :)

oldstrangers 14y ago
Well if that helps you feel more comfortable with your iPhone purchase then more power to you. Regardless, in a year or so hopefully iOS users will start to see some more Android influence. There's a lot of catching up to do right now.