SA: Android share grows to 79% in 2013, iOS loses ground
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- AnonD-12015
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- 30 Jan 2014
Remove subsides of Iphone in USA and Apple will see a free fall .
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- prince
- U@f
- 30 Jan 2014
android rocks now many frustrated apple fans are giving so many excuses lol.
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- Chupacabra
- c}h
- 30 Jan 2014
RIP Apple. Only Android and Windows are gaining marketshare.
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- uC3
- 30 Jan 2014
i also have changed from ios to android.
iphone 4 to nexus 4.
so far love the screen. hate the battery life and camera. overall i think both ios and android has their own strength and weaknesses
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- AnonD-202828
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- 30 Jan 2014
[deleted post]Dont judge a book by its covers. dont ever compare OS tht totally has differnt ecosystem with such as that simple explanation.. x_x
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- 30 Jan 2014
long live to IOS
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AnonD-38518, 30 Jan 2014Only USA still buys Apple's phones. The world is buying And... moreagreeed ! :d
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- 30 Jan 2014
Anonymous, 30 Jan 2014Microsoft is doing a good job for PC all these years. Don't... moreNo doubt that 90% people globally use MW..
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- 30 Jan 2014
Anonymous, 29 Jan 2014Current android version is still far better than any other ... moreLOLOL.. Just because you do not like android n u said tht Android is worse than other.. PITY ON YOU. 999+ Million people ROFL to you. shameface :p
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2014
Microsoft is doing a good job for PC all these years. Don't think they are all out to suck $$ as much as that shameless Apple. MS phone will slowly become popular.
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- 30 Jan 2014
Protocol, 29 Jan 2014The world doesn't have an alternative open source OS to And... moreThat has absolutely nothing to do with anything... Linux has been around for 30 years and still has less than 1% of the market.
People don't even know what open software means.
Android is big because 99% of the phones that are released run it.
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- Remo
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- 30 Jan 2014
Bcus Andriod phone is cheaper. Andriod offers a variety range of products to customers from rich to medium to low income people. Thats the only reason Android can sell the most.
Different target customer from APPLE. GOod job Android.
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- Tom-Helge
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- 30 Jan 2014
And soon iOS will be so small worldwide that it will be as little relevant as WP8.x and Blackberry is now.
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- AnonD-38518
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- 30 Jan 2014
Only USA still buys Apple's phones. The world is buying Android's phones.
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- 30 Jan 2014
Anonymous, 29 Jan 2014Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is free. But if an OEM w... moreSo you are saying it's not free...g services or not...and yet it is free, how about that...
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- 30 Jan 2014
AnonD-134497, 29 Jan 2014Because it's free. N0 licensing fee 0f Andr0id and there ar... moreDoes not matter...0wnage
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2014
Protocol, 29 Jan 2014The world doesn't have an alternative open source OS to And... moreIncorrect. Firefox, Sailfish and Ubuntu are all open source OS options.
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- Punyaslok Dash
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- 30 Jan 2014
I think Apple eaters are disappointed with this news post. Dont worry guys we Android users respect all other platform as well. Personally I had Iphone 4s and I shifted to SG S4 for more choice and flexibility. Thats not 4S is cheap and ios is batter but flexibility matters. No doubt iphone is good but from users perspective Android is great. Its like u have a pc on the go with HD screen. It gives u full flexibility from entertainment to office work n more importantly u dont need to be jail broken or heart broken. And talking about device longevity I guess no one going to use a cell phone for 2 or more years now a days. I mean everyday technology improving on its way and we would like to test the changes. So dont saute yourself if u brought iphone n trying to hate android users. Batter luck next time..
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- Anonymous
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- 30 Jan 2014
AnonD-183110, 29 Jan 2014"-Wow, google, you have all the market. You've got eve... moreCheck your info (in this case the the stock market) before making pointless and/or wrong posts.
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- Anonymous
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- 29 Jan 2014
AnonD-183110, 29 Jan 2014You are aboslutely right. I'm also not surprised. On androi... moreThat is because Android's ability of choice. See, Android needs a way to work on more architectures (ARM, x86, MIPS) because there are so many different phones being produced out there. We can CHOOSE any of these phones. So because of that it needs a Virtual Mashine. Of course, it demands more resources, just like it would on a PC. Apps would run in this sandbox regardless of the CPU architecture. That way developers don't need to make more versions of their apps for the different architectures. Simple. Apple has just one device line, so they don't need a VM. That's why apps need better hardware to run smoothly on Android. Combined with other benefits, like it being free, along with the power of choice, Android has risen to King of the mobile OSs (Apple "fans", please ignore this post - it's a bit long for you to read. Also you don't care how things work, just the end result, so please, no need to read this if you don't want to.)