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My 2 cents, considering Brazil, one of the biggest markets on the planet: An iPhone here costs A LOT, and I mean A LOT of money. The iPhone 6 costs US$ 1129 an
by PauloManrique 11y ago
My 2 cents, considering Brazil, one of the biggest markets on the planet:
An iPhone here costs A LOT, and I mean A LOT of money. The iPhone 6 costs US$ 1129 and the iPhone 6 Plus costs US$ 1258.
Our minimum wage, in comparison, is US$ 254/Month. The average montly income on the country last year was around US$ 376.
Just those figures already show how is nearly impossible for most of us to have iPhones. Add to that our crime rate, and most of us that can afford one, won't dare to do it in risk of losing it.
It's sad that we see a lot of nice apps, some good ideas and we can't even test it. I believe it's the same for several countries around the world.
That said, if you really want your app to reach a global audience, support for Android is a no brainer. I find the "Android users buy less" excuse not really acceptable, because the marrket is much bigger.
And I don't see that scenario changing in Apple's direction, because Windows Phone is growing a lot on developing countries, and it's the second operating system is almost every south american country. In Colombia, Windows Phone already have 25% of the market share. In Brazil, 6%, while iOS have 4,7%.
- swah 11y agoI never realized that Android has almost 90% market share here in Brazil. I wonder how many of those are low-end devices that don't just run the same apps that a quadcore, 2gb ram device runs.