Lots of interesting nuggets in this survey. It’s a quick read, a single page. A few highlights:
19% of Android users surveyed indicated they plan on switching to an iPhone in the next year, compared to 12% last year.
The numbers were relatively small, so this might simply be a sampling issue. But if that number proves accurate, that’s a pretty big swing.
I’d be interested in a similar survey showing percentage of iPhone users who plan on switching to Android.
Another interesting point: The percentage of iPhone users who intend to upgrade to a new iPhone was 23% this time last year, and increased to a whopping 48% in the most recent survey. Part of that might be the perceived maturity of the iPhone X and Face ID (i.e., the kinks have been worked out), adding to a natural response to the waves of marketing.
Useless survey data by a chimp with skin in the game.
Shame on you for reporting on analyst nonsense.
Every time you report on these analysts, you should send them a bill for the ad.
Or maybe you already do.
Useless survey data by a chimp with skin in the game.
Useless to you maybe. I’ll bet you don’t have “skin” in the game, and don’t plan on doing so.
Most Android users are bargain hunters and I doubt they’ll see a bargain in the price of any iPhone. It’s nearly universally perceived that Android smartphones offer more bang for the buck (based on a hardware feature set for a low cost). Forget about that Android privacy issue because almost no Android users on the entire planet are concerned about having their personal data being used and abused. Google and Facebook are going to clean up on Indian consumers when all those many tens of millions of new smartphone users happily turn over all their private information to those data-harvest companies. Only Apple is going to miss out on all that free data-gulping fun.
He doesn’t say how or where the survey respondents were solicited. I remember at least one previous such survey of his describing more of the methodology. Still interesting.