Hey, it’s the Yankee Group again! While it’s from the same CNN Money article we’re finding tidbits of information from, we decided to split their statistics into two posts.
Quoting 9 to 5 Mac:
A telling stat from Yankee Group via CNN:
The iPhone is also the gift that keeps on giving: 77% of iPhone owners say they’ll buy another iPhone, compared to 20% of Android customers who say they’ll buy another Android phone.
You’ll all have your own thoughts on Android (haters gonna hate), but I have my own theory on this. There’s so many Android phones available, I can see the this statistic being appropriate for the platform as a whole. I think anyone still running anything less than Android 2.0 would probably want to throw their phone out the window at this point. And I can see owners of lesser Android phones like the Motorola Cliq, the HTC Droid Eris, and the Samsung Moment being generally dissatisfied. But looking at phones like the Motorola Droid, I can see those particular users being very happy as they have a massive development communities behind them. I imagine Motorola Droid X and HTC Evo owners would be happy with their purchase as well if they sought an Android phone, but I chose the Droid specifically since it’s the phone to get if you want to take advantage of every ounce of openness that’s advertised about the platform.
Otherwise, I’m indifferent.
[CNN Money via 9 to 5 Mac]
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That's what Perry Fjellman said 1 month ago:
Ermmm… I wouldn’t recommend the Motorola Droid for its "full openness", Cody.
Motorola intentionally, physically, and irreversibly BRICKS the Droid X if you try to install 3rd party apps or firmwares. You can’t even use the phone as a developer to test your own apps on!
http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20100715/10300810229.shtml
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Cody Fink Reply:
July 24th, 2010
@Perry Fjellman, I have to say you’re partially wrong on this one. Mainly because the original Droid doesn’t have the same issues as the Droid X.
There was a common misconception among lots of blogs that the eFuse on the Droid X doesn’t allow you to root the phone or install custom images. Of course you can install third-party apps. You have full access to the Android Marketplace. Even Motorola called blogs like Droid-Life and Engadget to reassure customers that their phones won’t explode. Having messed around with a Droid X, I assure you you’re okay on that end – it isn’t completely proprietary. And for developers, they can totally develop applications for the Droid X.
The Droid X has been successfully rooted, though there are limitations for the time being until developers can figure out how to unlock the bootloader. You can’t flash the phone to install custom roms, you shouldn’t run the backup utility, and removing any stock Motorola (blur) files will result in brick-age. Otherwise you can retain some control on unfortunate manufacturer limitations with newer Android phones. The Droid X’s real only limitation (and obstacle) is re-flashing.
The original Droid however (my Android phone of choice) is free of these limitations. People have installed Froyo and have made all kinds of neat roms and themes if you’re an Android (Droid) guy. Heck, I’m running a pre-release version of Froyo as we speak. I think of all the Android phones on the market right now, the original Droid would be a great buy (even at the end of its lifeline) simply because you can pretty much do anything you want with it. I’d say it’s a better buy than the Nexus One as a developer phone if you want to specifically mess with the phone’s innards.
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Dave M. Reply:
July 24th, 2010
@Perry Fjellman,
Plus, the Droid X does not get bricked. It gets into a state where you have to restore to factory defaults. Then the phone will work again just fine.
I have to wonder why anyone would want to Jailbreak/"root" a phone you are purchasing. If you don’t like the phone the way it is, why not find one that works the way you like.
Before iOS 4, I was fairly tempted to jailbreak, but now that iOS 4 is out, I’m quite content with the OS and how the iPhone works.
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That's what Dave M. said 1 month ago:
I would have to agree with you on the 20% Android statistic. I’m pretty certain that phones that use Android 2.x and are fairly newer models, their owners are pretty happy with them. They do look pretty good compared to previous versions.
Plus, if Droid can pry Leo Laporte away from an iPhone, there has to be something good about it.
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#4
That's what saquib said 3 weeks ago:
I have a Samsung Moment and behold 2. I can’t stand android. I had an iPhone and it was really solid. On the android phones there is lag
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That's what saquib said 3 weeks ago:
I have a Samsung Moment and behold 2. I can’t stand android. I had an iPhone and it was really solid. On the android phones there is lag and these phones are less than a year old.
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