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Originally Posted by TheNewGirl
Andriod isn't really the same because it's spread out over so many different hardware developers which both severs the brand loyalty tie and whole software culture that Apple has.
Apple is set up so that once you're on the apple ship you're looking at shelling out about $500-600 every year and a half, injecting a constant stream of funds into Apple, furthermore, the content controls on their devices force you to give more cash to Apple any time you want anything else - a song, a movie, an app. Jail broken phones/pads represent a fairly small percentage of apple products, and the culture of Apple has further enforced the mentality that returns the user to the app store and Apple products/upgrades.
From a psych stand point, the more financially and emotionally you're invested in a brand, the harder it is to break your tie with it. At this juncture as we have several people onto their 2nd phone, 3rd touch, 1st pad, 2nd macbook, Apple could release a block of dried shit and there would people people who would praise it for it's innovative nature and going back to the basics, because they're conditioned to do so.
Marketing genius.
As further releases come I expect you'll see more and more bugs at release time (much as the iphone 4 was) but bad press for that will be off set with a limit in supply which creates a demand despite it (again as we saw with the iphone 4).
I would suggest getting off the Apple ship now if you're on it, I think they've already done their best work and unless they make a great alteration to their OS, most upgrades from this point on will be largely cosmetic.
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Good point. I guess I was looking at it from the perspective of a typical user who's into technology, but at an upper beginner/intermediate level (does this even make sense LOL can't think of the right word). Brand loyalty is definitely a huge factor in the idevices being successful. 18 months for an upgrade isn't too unusual though.
Maybe I'm just inherently stubborn but to me, all I see is that there are new android phones and other devices out so often one is very quickly left behind in the technological dust. Of course, there isn't just one device for Google/Android, but many. So when it is time for that hardware upgrade, HTC fans will most likely upgrade to the next HTC android phone, while Samsung fans will most likely upgrade to the next Samsung phone, and others may try something new.
It's harder to see the consumer-brand connection in the android world but trust me it is there and will get worse in the coming years. Currently
Android OS smartphones account for 29% of the U.S. market; iOS and RIM devices stand at 27% each. This whole 'suckering people in for upgrades' will get worse, only that for android there isn't one primary company doing the suckering (so I guess in that sense it is different). Anyway I did mention it is not exactly the same
Of course, to a lot of people in both worlds, none of the above apply since they are satisfied with their devices and don't feel to upgrade for at least two years.