Apple iPhone 5 on the buy list for 41% of North American cell phone users
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According to InMobi's survey, consumers are looking for Apple to improve the battery life, add a faster processor, higher resolution screen and offer better service quality. Breaking down demand for the Apple iPhone 5 by potential buyers current device, 51% of current iPhone owners, 27% of BlackBerry users, and 52% of those currently using an Android model are planning on buying the 5th generation iPhone. Those figures drop to 11% for current iPhone and BlackBerry users and 28% of Android owners if Apple releases only an Apple iPhone 4S.
source: InMobi via BGR
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1. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 14:48 4 6
I can't wait until Apple releases an iPhone 5, so I can beat anyone that ever uses the name "iPhone 4S" with a 2 ton anvil.
Oh... And 52% of Android users? Ouch. I know a ton of people that plan on getting it from Sprint.
14. remixfa posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:16 9 7
according to this "survey" they think that iOS is going to nearly double market penetration off this 1 phone and wipe the floor with android. Yea, they also predicted that with the iphone4. Surveys and real life dont seem to match.
25. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:46 7 5
Why is it that every non-Android survey is BS to you guys but once Android predictions roll around, you follow them so easily? Honest question, not trying to spark a flamewar.
28. dacastrator posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:49 8 9
because android surveys make sense, this one doesnt.
31. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:51 5 3
Can I have a reason for why they make more sense.?
35. dacastrator posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:55 2 7
cuz most android surveys talk about what the specs are gonna be, what its gonna be called and the sorts of like and not about how many american mobile users will buy iPhone and they are predicting it that its really gonna happen and they conducted the survey with probably only under a thousand head count. just makes no sense. I understand that this is probably Apple's marketing strategy and its probably working but it sucks. it makes a lof people pissed.
38. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 16:01 6 2
Guess how many people outside of these tech blogs care about specs? Answer: a very small population. Just because a survey includes the spec's of an Android phone in it doesn't make it any more credible of a survey. Android surveys use similar sample sizes, do you really think people that do Android surveys can fly around and get 1,000,000 people samples? So the next time an Android survey come out, I hope you keep the same mindset.
52. justjk (unregistered) posted on 28 Sep 2011, 16:45 6 2
It is POINTLESS to try to make ANY sense to most of these people, just a waste of time, Just letting you know. They will Praise and Fall down and worship a certain android device and defend it to the end, until the next phone comes around for them to buy, and then they will start it ALL over again for the new one. But as i said, It is pointless trying to get any REAL or sensical responses from these people, Just letting you know. BTW, i am NOW an X android lover and going back to apple probley, BUT it was ANDROID that made me anti ANDROID.
57. gallitoking posted on 28 Sep 2011, 17:05 3 2
@ justjk ... took the words out of my mouth... props.. to you...
66. Heatfan316 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 17:37 2 2
@ ijustjk you hit it right on the button man, only except you were never an android user, I can tell by your statement, you can never cover up sheep $hit it stinks too much! Coward.
94. justjk (unregistered) posted on 28 Sep 2011, 19:21 3 1
As i said... Thanks for proving my point. By all means, check my etf's and call a BestBuy, and see how many Androids I have returned, and, If you THINK you have the B**s to call me a coward! Grow UP!!
62. Heatfan316 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 17:24 2 2
@ iwebdroidberry7 we could careless about what the general public thinks about specs,your statement is pointless, let isheep purchase next iPhone 4s/5 and if some android users want to jump ship and use IOS that's fine by me, because us loyal android users are proud of our phones, you act like we're worried about losing market share...NOT!!!
36. remixfa posted on 28 Sep 2011, 16:00 4 4
android surveys normally say something like "android expected to take large share of smartphone market" or something like that. Its believable because there are so many choices and styles for android sets. None of them say "market share is going to double with release of new phone", which is what this one is trying to say.. which has NEVER happened. They also have this same report EVERY year, and it has yet to happen.
I dont have time to find the link, but in PA a few months back they had a report that made light of all this saying "most people that say they are going to buy an iphone buy android instead when they compare them in store" which is why you constantly hear of these huge "expected to buy" reports like this one... yet in reality its the opposite.
to a laymen that doesnt really care about cells as much as some of us do, iphone is synonymous with smartphone. It shows to the brilliance of apple's marketing, but it also heavily skews all these types of reports which never turn out to be true.
Besides, I'll poke holes in any report that I think is bogus. nothing to do with apple, all to do with the report.
15. Tmachaveli posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:16 5 1
i don't think 52% of every android user in the world will switch to a a iphone that's why i don't like surveys like this because they use a small amount of ppl to get there results..how many ppl where polled in this huh?
30. iwebdroidberry7 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 15:50 2 2
You should read the article. It clearly states "North America." Which makes sense, because their is still pent up demand for the iPhone on Sprint, and a lot of people from Verizon decided to wait.
45. Tmachaveli posted on 28 Sep 2011, 16:15 3 0
but do u think those numbers are going to add up for a survey that they prob did with a hand full of ppl??
104. Lucas777 posted on 28 Sep 2011, 22:12 0 3
surveys are pretty acurate as long as they have above 300 people… they have a plus or minus of only 5.7%… and for a major add company, i am sure they used many more.. if the used just a thousand people the margin of error is only 3%
110. bucky posted on 28 Sep 2011, 23:41 3 3
im just about to switch from the sgs2 myself. Android is great, but not on the same level as ios.
121. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 29 Sep 2011, 09:00 2 1
iOS is a weaker OS made for a weaker spec'd phone. iOS would be even faster on a Samsung Galaxy S II then the iPhone 4. Android is a pure multitasking OS. It needs a very powerful phone to run, an iPhone 4 just can't run Android. It's too weak spec wise, it looks nice but nice looks can't make you run such an intense OS like Android. The iPhone 4 might, be able to run Android 2.1 Eclair & that is a big maybe. You can forget Froyo, & most definitely Gingerbread. What are you talking about not on the same level as iOS, it should be that iOS is not on the same level as Android. bucky that is a very curious comment by you!
125. remixfa posted on 29 Sep 2011, 15:34 0 1
SAE, thats completly untrue.
The iphone4 uses the same internals as the GalaxyS, which is to say a Samsung Hummingbird processor, which is the strongest single core processor available (with a weaker GPU that is).
Does the iphone4 need that? no, not at all. Im pretty sure the only time the processor is running at max is when a 3D game is on.
Since my GalaxyS runs flawlessly with android 2.3.4 in it, id have to assume the i4 would do the same... lol
