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Google's increasingly prickly Android perception problem (www.computerworld.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I hear what they are saying and it definitely has merit. Because the iPhone is so expensive and has a strong brand, and because they love to say "the best iPhone yet" all the time, people get conditioned to believe that the iPhone is better.

Normally in life the better products are the more expensive products. Having said that, from my observation regular people don't really put lot of thought into phones.

As long as it works and let's them so what they need they are happy. In talking mostly people of 40+ years old. Only techy people like us watch GSMArena videos, compare specs, watch keynotes etc.

It's gen Z that seems to be a little more aware of brand, status and care about being in the iMessage group.

But even that seems to be US only. Here in Europe everyone I know except for 1 couple, have Android phones and when they upgrade they choose Android on purpose. Because we use WhatsApp and Viber, we don't have the iMessage issue, yet.

It will probably change because Apple has been working with mobile carriers to push the iPhone at incredibly low monthly prices. And sadly it's working because I'm seeing more iPhones around, especially amongst those who care about status, be it because they are rich or because they are businessmen and want to convey they are upper class.

I imagine their children will also grow up with iPhone but I think it will take 1 generation before Apple has a decent market share.

But then again, this is an island, people don't have a lot of money, so that might keep things in Android's favour for longer.