[wolfman23601]

Android phone manufacturers made a big mistake taking the expanded SD card space and the removable battery out of their new phones. That was a huge competitive advantage.

[Swordmaker]

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[kingu]

Wow, that's some pretty incredible news in there for Windows Phone - a couple losses, but some huge gains. Never thought it'd top 10% in any market.

And Samsung, gosh, didn't realize that they'd grown to 34% of the market share (if the numbers are accurate for iOS having a 30% share and 64% between the two companies) which I guess makes them the biggest in the US now of any single brand.

I'm more than a bit surprised about the market share loss in the US for Apple; I had assumed that catching up with mobile payment options as well as the Apple Watch would have at the very least maintained their market share - I wonder how much of this is being affected by T-Mobile dropping subsidized phones?

[Bratch]

[TexasFreeper2009]

Maybe more sodomites live in Europe?

Because it makes no sense otherwise.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I love my Samsung Note 4 and it has the added advantage of not being made by a company with a sodomite CEO who aggressively pushes the sodomite agenda.

[The KG9 Kid]

Android is just a flipping mess to support or write apps for, thanks to its dozen-plus versions of the operating system in circulation ultimately distributed by the service carrier to the end user. I think I saw somewhere recently that Samsung alone had ten supported devices in their lineup and each of them had four or five distinct versions of Android to support for Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, etc. and other carriers worldwide. Most Android users on the planet were at least two Android generations behind the current release!

It got to the point that no matter what Android device you bought from any manufacturer, whatever version of Android it shipped with would basically be the only version it would ever have — and that includes patches and updates. There are still Android users out there with a fairly new smartphone that are stumbling around running a four or five year old Android operating system. You practically need a lookup chart going to Google Play store to determine if some app will run on your specific model of phone within your supported version of Android. Madness.

Or, buy an iPhone and get updated to the latest version of iOS along with everyone else on the planet the same day.

Why anyone would want to relive the early 1990s of AT-compatible PC building on their smartphone in the year 2015 just to save $35 and not be an “Apple faggot” is just beyond my understanding.

[Sam Gamgee]

I have no personal stake in the argument. My family tried Android for tablets and they were just clunky and hard to use. I think Apple is a much better choice when choosing a tablet. However, with phones, I prefer Android hands down. The advantage Apple has in number of apps is now just a very small advantage. It is much easier to manipulate an android and get into its features than a iphone in my humble opinion.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I admit - the reasons I switched to Android are becoming less and less valid as Android keeps becoming a more closed system. I might switch back to the iPhone when upgrade time comes again.