Comments on: Android vs. iOS – No Progress https://www.radiofreemobile.com/android-vs-ios-no-progress/ To entertain as well as inform Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: windsorr https://www.radiofreemobile.com/android-vs-ios-no-progress/#comment-442 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 06:56:33 +0000 http://www.radiofreemobile.com/?p=940#comment-442 Hi Mike…yes fair enough…I always think about things from the point of view that a user goes into a shop and what makes him choose something over something else which plays to your point.

However what I would say is that I think that the iOS ecosystem is pretty sticky. I don’t think Nokia can get under Android on pricing but it can offer much more bang for the buck. That I think is an interesting draw users have to be sold on the Windows ecosystem to go all the way and take the plunge.

]]> By: Michael Mace https://www.radiofreemobile.com/android-vs-ios-no-progress/#comment-441 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:48:09 +0000 http://www.radiofreemobile.com/?p=940#comment-441 I generally agree, Richard, but I think the causation runs in a slightly different direction. People don’t do more with iOS because it’s easier and more fun; the most active users gravitate to iOS because it’s easier and more fun. The device doesn’t make the user; the users self-select based on the benefits of the device.

The distinction is important because if someone else came up with an even easier and more enjoyable device, those users might shift again. The power users tend to be aggressively loyal until a much shinier object appears, and then they migrate as a group.

So Apple should not rest on its laurels. But yes, I think Android is potentially vulnerable because its users are not as deeply committed to mobile computing. The question, to me, is whether anyone can get under Android on pricing. I’m not sure Nokia can do that, but you’re the financial guru, so I think you can answer that better than I can.

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