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Google Android Crushing Apple iPhone In U.S.
IBD ^ | 30 Nov 2012 | Patrick Seitz

Posted on 12/01/2012 7:08:48 AM PST by shove_it

Apple's (AAPL) iPhone gets more media attention, but smartphones running Google's (GOOG) Android operating system are beating it in the marketplace. Android was the top U.S. smartphone platform in the third quarter, with a three-month average market share of 53.6%, up 1.4 percentage points from Q2, research firm ComScore reported Friday.

Apple's iPhone platform added 0.9 percentage point to 34.3% smartphone market share in Q3. Research In Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry, Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows and Symbian all lost share...

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To: Crazieman

Absolutely LOVE my Galaxy S3

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I will love mine. When I get it. I was all set on getting an iphone 5.

Then with Apple looked stupid with the mapping and nav features on the iphone 5 being totally fubar; that was the proverbial straw for me.


21 posted on 12/01/2012 7:55:44 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: freedumb2003

Had to look it up. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8RgFITKTRk


22 posted on 12/01/2012 7:56:26 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: shove_it

I had a Droid for three years or so, and then I replaced it with a Galaxy SIII. I really like these phones. They’re the first computer device that I’ve had in a long time that motivate me to learn more about them, trying to find new ways to tweak them to do more of what I want. It’s fun! I’ve tried iOS stuff too, and they’re great products that work really well, but are sort of boring compared to Android stuff.

I do think the headline is a bit misleading, iOS is still gaining market share too, just not as quickly. It would be more accurate to say that Android and iOS are absolutely crushing everything else.


23 posted on 12/01/2012 7:57:43 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: shove_it

I’ve reached the point of dreading any iOS update.

My next phone will be a droid.


24 posted on 12/01/2012 7:57:55 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: John Valentine

Success is often fleeting. What products do they have coming online that is going to maintain this success?

The problem is their Genius is dead and Microsoft’s retired a long time ago. Google’s are still young.

I’m no google fanboy, I have real privacy concerns about them. Just seeing reality as it is.

I hope all 3 companies do very well, it’s best to see real competition instead of one dominant company.


25 posted on 12/01/2012 8:06:21 AM PST by desertfreedom765
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To: Catholic Canadian
Apple products are for.nancy boys and the iPad is the computing equivalent of the man purse.

Real men use android, specifically Samsung, the best phone ever invented.

Apple Mac - made by pussies....for pussies.

That was an amazing collection of
Slurs, Generalizations, and Misconceptions

It does not speak well to your reasoning capacity, Kind Sir
Biases shout, to all, the limitations of the speaker

You would do well to study Linguistics

In addition,
Jim Robinson has decreed an end to the Apple Wars on this forum

26 posted on 12/01/2012 8:09:27 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: ican'tbelieveit

I prefer the Iphone for one reason. It isn’t laggy , crappy software.

Features/Smeachers-— take it from someone who knows about code; Andriod is crapware.

Ever notice no matter how powerful the hardware running andriod gets, or no matter how many cores they add (phone or tablet), it is always still choppy and laggy, it’s almost like bricks in motion.

Until they get that figured out, which I don’t think they ever will based on the way it is coded, I won’t touch Andriod. Paying all that money for a laggy experience doesn’t do it for me. When I touch something I want it to register right away, when I touch type, I don’t want the letters appears in groups 2 seconds after I actually touched the key.

I’m not apple fanboy either. I build my own super PCs, but for phones, it is no contest.

Everything google makes is total crap and half-baked. Ever notice most of their “services” never make it out of beta label and/or get abandoned?


27 posted on 12/01/2012 8:10:54 AM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (Let's settle somewhere new?~ I'm thinking places people call "blue".)
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To: Bryanw92

Look up “messenger bag”... Basically a briefcase with a shoulder strap. Yes, you can find them overly-fancy if you want to make a fashion statement. (ie. lean toward the man-purse end of the spectrum). Or you can find them in high-dollar leather, or you can go more rugged with canvas etc. I use one (Swiss Army) occasionally going too and from work. Less lately since I’ve been resolved to quit bringing work home with me. ;-) But when I have to carry a briefcase like bag to hold stuff, I like the messenger bag style (or backpack style) since it keeps your hands free coffee, keys, lights, knives, guns... Gives you options...


28 posted on 12/01/2012 8:18:08 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: All

What about a basic phone, with email and a searching device? No need for music ( is that the original word for ITunes?), or the other modern thingies.

My dear, very unfancy DH has a BBerry, and I want to get him something bigger as he bumbles with the small keyboard. but he has absolutely no desire for any apps beyond what comes with the phone itself-— like weather and messaging.

So - for a guy like that, is the iPhone-5 just about right? BTW- he is 85 and still working. So you see why no interest beyond basics.


29 posted on 12/01/2012 8:19:26 AM PST by Exit148
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To: momincombatboots

Same here, but without the 762 semi. Wouldn’t trade my iPhone for a wannabe.


30 posted on 12/01/2012 8:19:49 AM PST by unsycophant
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To: shove_it

My advice on any technology field - celebrate diversity! LOL Whether it be computers, smartphones, cars, firearms, etc. there is no one best. Use what works for you and meets your priorities. In my family alone we have a mix of Linux, Windows, and Mac OS systems, Android phones, iPhones, Japanese cars, American trucks, Glock Ruger and S&W...


31 posted on 12/01/2012 8:21:43 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: shove_it

Crushing, lol? Who sells the number one phone?

What would the tech world do without Apple to show them how to do it?


32 posted on 12/01/2012 8:25:24 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: shove_it

But Apple produces the OS and the hardware while Android runs on a variety os separately manufactured platforms. So 34% of the market is quite a feat when one considers that the monies for phone and OS are going to the same company.


33 posted on 12/01/2012 8:30:14 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: momincombatboots

“If you want to keep your government Android/ Google big brother phone... go right ahead.”

Eggs Ackley! Google is a spy agency! I avoid them whenever and wherever possible!


34 posted on 12/01/2012 8:30:43 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: shove_it

You should have a look at the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone. I have an iPhone and bought the nokia. Holy Crap, what a difference!

The whole windows 8 vertical integration thing might just come together.


35 posted on 12/01/2012 8:31:34 AM PST by BillM (.)
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To: raybbr
Is this infantile rant supposed to mean something?

I think Catholic Canadian's 13 year old son highjacked his account...

36 posted on 12/01/2012 8:35:23 AM PST by BreezyDog (PLAN A: A Peaceful Restoration of the Republic.....PLAN B: A Restoration of the Republic)
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To: shove_it
Wow! There's finally SOMETHING I was ahead of the curve on. But, because my wife's son-in-law (my step son-in-law??) is an engineer and HE had a 'Droid, and HIS son who is in college studying to be a computer software engineer has a 'Droid, I decided 18 months ago when I had to get a new phone that it would be a 'Droid.

The Google maps/navigation feature alone makes it worth it.

37 posted on 12/01/2012 8:38:24 AM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: desertfreedom765
Success is often fleeting. What products do they have coming online that is going to maintain this success?

It hasn't fled yet. As for upcoming products, if they do Apple TV just right, that will be another game changer. What else might be in the pipeline, only time will tell. They aren't turning off the lights in Sunnyvale just yet.

The problem is their Genius is dead and Microsoft’s retired a long time ago. Google’s are still young.

Yes, Steve Jobs is indeed dead. In the long, long term, that might - or might not - prove problematic. And, as you say, Google's geniuses are still young. Still lots of time for them to make their own horrible mistakes. Again, time will tell.

I’m no google fanboy, I have real privacy concerns about them. Just seeing reality as it is.

Glad to hear you're on top of things.

I hope all 3 companies do very well, it’s best to see real competition instead of one dominant company.

I hope their shareholders do well. And I don't think there is any real risk of that "one dominant company" taking over; competition is real and it will have its way.

38 posted on 12/01/2012 8:41:16 AM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: shove_it

Apple gave 92% of it’s political contributions to Rats. I’m done with them


39 posted on 12/01/2012 8:55:53 AM PST by rph
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To: shove_it

With any Google software product, you need to remember one thing: You are not the customer. You are the product.


40 posted on 12/01/2012 8:58:12 AM PST by bobcat62
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