Eric Schmidt: Android is winning the war with iOS pretty clearly

13 December, 2012
Schmidt compared Android's war with iOS to the Microsoft vs Apple battle from 20 years ago.

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  • 13 Dec 2012

Androids and jellybeans. What's not to like?!

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    • AnonD-26571
    • 6pF
    • 13 Dec 2012

    seriously !! :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
    i haven't used android for a long period till yesterday when my wife got an android tablet and as she knows almost nothing about technology it became my duty to manage the new device and it was soooooooo Shocking how bad android is so i searched youtube for other android tablets ( as ours was some what a cheap tablet ) and compared it with apple tablets which where superior in almost every thing!! ( i have iphone 4s running ios6 ) sorry android fans but this is a true story just yesterday.

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      • sam
      • 13 Dec 2012

      Anonymous, 13 Dec 2012Android is only winning because it is on every other device... moreIos is not free for other devices and ios is not open source they don't want it to be shared.

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        • Ahmar
        • mVx
        • 13 Dec 2012

        Anonymous, 13 Dec 2012Android is only winning because it is on every other device... moreYes,you are right

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          • Iphone star
          • Rx5
          • 13 Dec 2012

          Itz coz apple has a standard n a style it dznt dstribute its os to any cheap compny which android is doing ....
          Android devices can beat apple at any cost

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            • dark_knight
            • wdQ
            • 13 Dec 2012

            Anonymous, 13 Dec 2012You dont get it, software-wise an open system is not killin... moreTrue.... but then there is not felixiblty of tinkering with the Core or Shell of android... no one can create their own version of android.... anyone is allowed to play with the outer look and feel part only.. Google controls the whole game through play store... i see no openness in this....

            btw, one more fact is the it may be more devices andoroid is selling but it is Appple who is generating the maximum shares of revenues in smartphone market....

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              • fldskgs
              • 3cY
              • 13 Dec 2012

              they have spoken

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                • Anonymous
                • p1X
                • 13 Dec 2012

                sam, 13 Dec 2012What features did android copie from ios when and when andr... moreThe only really useful or lets say important feature Android stole from iOS is, that it runs very good on mobile devices ;)

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 13 Dec 2012

                  Anonymous, 13 Dec 2012Android is only winning because it is on every other device... moreand again, nothing is keeping apple from doing the same thing, other then themselves.

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                    • sam
                    • 13 Dec 2012

                    AnonD-53679, 13 Dec 2012@Ibrahim.... LOL! There are many features in iOS copied ... moreWhat features did android copie from ios when and when android has more feature,both wp and ios coped the notification bar from android.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • p1X
                      • 13 Dec 2012

                      Dark_knight, 13 Dec 2012Domination any one is clearly bad for end users. it kills t... moreYou dont get it, software-wise an open system is not killing innovation, it makes it possible for everyone, it accelerates it, because everyone can add new stuff to it. Killing innovation is, if you have a computer, which tells YOU, what you can do with it and what not.

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                        • MDV
                        • 13 Dec 2012

                        go google, their ads are very good and you can choose on which topic ads will be , free os with excellent open capabilities! everything with google is for a very reasonable price with the best feature set! go google the best non money hungry company! Eric and larry page i love you ! elop you destroyed my best company dear former micrsoft officer, destroying nokia is not anything for him as his salary from microsoft is available and as microsoft wants to acquire nokia today before tomorrow!about all fanboys google is providing you everything , from maps and google apps on ios to stolen notification center on ios to android apps with no restrictions in sailfish and bb playbook and a lot more! you should thank go9ogle so much and not get what you want and bash it by the way everybody telling that jellybean is laggy is a salesman or a man who dreams a lot!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 4rC
                          • 13 Dec 2012

                          Android is only winning because it is on every other device. iOS only being on the iPhone limits availability.

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                            • Dark_knight
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                            • 13 Dec 2012

                            Domination any one is clearly bad for end users. it kills the innovation...

                            btw another very key thing is that Steve jobs and apple are able to see the future again... initially with PC and now with IOS, iPhone & Ipads.... is google going to go the Microsoft way....

                            hope to see the transition not in next 20 years but in 5 years only... given the pace of change and innovation has drastically improved......

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 13 Dec 2012

                              Ibrahim...., 13 Dec 2012Brother did u all stil remember this ANDROID OS is a copy o... moreNot true!

                              If you know the real history, you would know, that Android is even older than iOS. Android by all means did not copy iOS^^

                              If somebody got copied from the others, than it is the father of Smart Devices, Symbian OS. Yeah yeah, I know what you are thinking now, but you know, smart means nothing more, then "feature rich". In smart is nothing like "super smooth, running fluid", that has nothing to do with smartphone, but it is apples way of marketing and a lot of people fall for that, cheers to apple for that genius idea :)

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                                • AnonD-53679
                                • 3Cc
                                • 13 Dec 2012

                                @Ibrahim....

                                LOL! There are many features in iOS copied from Android. And about apps... Developers have made their apps available to Android and iOS. There is no way to make iOS apps work on Android.

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                                  • facory
                                  • cN9
                                  • 13 Dec 2012

                                  sam, 13 Dec 2012Android is winning because it's better than ios.Android is winning because they have a lot of phones.

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                                    • AnonD-29026
                                    • pwH
                                    • 13 Dec 2012

                                    Android has already won.

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                                      • AnonD-77544
                                      • sSK
                                      • 13 Dec 2012

                                      [deleted post]HAHAHA u talking about update....... what is apple doing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????

                                      The same ui since the first iphone n now they have just increased another row....... n about wp i agree it looks good but not much apps to use or games to enjoy...... Black berry is still under the cover so cant tell much whats new

                                      So still android is the best os in market

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                                        • 13 Dec 2012

                                        Jay, 13 Dec 2012I think Android and ios both sucks, we need a fresh os like... moreActually, W8 phone is already being called a failure, and Nokia will just be brought down with that sinking ship. On top of that, Symbian is already a dead os. It would be best for Nokia to start making android devices.