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...Really? I mean, it's pretty prevalent right here, but I am sitting in the Google office. I see significantly more iPhones on the Tube of a morning than Andro
by archangel_one 14y ago
...Really? I mean, it's pretty prevalent right here, but I am sitting in the Google office. I see significantly more iPhones on the Tube of a morning than Android phones.
Do you think Android is more prevalent outside London, or have you just had a different experience to me?
- Nux 14y agohttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/21/android-smartphones-os-uk-apple http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/21/android-sma... And I think the gap has grown even more in the last year (in Apple's disadvantage). Iphones are pretty "visible" indeed, depends where and when you travel. At work however over 90% of the people use non-apple stuff.
- beaumartinez 14y agoThe tube in the morning has a wealthier, commuting demographic that doesn't represent the rest of the UK.
- robotmay 14y agoIf only more businesses realised that the London demographic is starkly different to pretty much everywhere else. I'm in Cardiff and I see quite a few more Android phones than I do iPhones.
- andyking 14y agoI concur. The trains and trams in and out of Sheffield are very much Android territory. Not even new Android devices (Galaxy SIII, Nexus 4 etc) - they are generally devices a generation or two behind. Mind you, there is That Guy who sits watching Pointless on streaming TV on his iPad on the way home each night...
- leoedin 14y agoI think the rest of the UK is different. iPhone ownership goes hand in hand with a certain level of disposable income and fashion sensitivity. Androids dominate the lower end of the smartphone market, but people commuting by tube are not in that bracket. People who live in London and commute by tube automatically fall into an above-average income bracket. In my experience they're far more likely to have the disposable income to get an iPhone over a cheaper smartphone.