Comments on: Droid Outsells iPhone?

By: Allans

Allans — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:16:46 +0000

iPhone is good, but I use Android phone!) Android rules!

By: Don blah

Don blah — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:58:41 +0000

Everyone has a right to their opinion; so why do apple fanboys and android freaks have to force the other to go to there side? Both are great phones; they do the basics and more. Why argue? Open-source vs jail breaking (pretty similar), hi res screen with bigger screen? Let’s start arguing between their charging time and headphone compatibility while you guys are at it

By: jet

jet — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:01:46 +0000

aaaah….like people keep saying, Apple was once a thing of the past with all of their stores closing, this is when the PC took over and is still the dominant one today, the same thing will happen when the Android market takes over, then iphone will be a thing of the past because the Android market WILL take over the market just like the PC have done, it is not a matter of IF, it is when.

You cannot survive by remaining exclusive to yourself, you will get crushed into little pieces..

We all know that Apple is getting scared of the DROID X because they even made a video and tried to compare bars dropping on a cell phone if you squeeze it to death, why would they even entertain the idea of making this if they didn’t smell trouble, Droid can because Droid Does…

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:26:07 +0000

Who cares? There’s room for everyone in the market, more competition means better phones for consumers. That said, Motorola invented the freaking cell phone over 30 years ago, they launched the Droid during the holiday season at a subsidized price of $200. Apple had never ever made a phone before and the original iPhone didn’t have apps and didn’t even have 3G. I would have expected that a phone like Droid would’ve come out long before the iPhone given Motorola’s LONG LONG history with cell phones, why did they have to wait for Google to develop Android? Why didn’t they develop their own OS? Why are all these comapnies that have been selling phones for 15 (RIM), 20 (Nokia), 30 (Moto) years all coming with touch screen phones and copying a company that has been making phones for 3 years? Moto, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, etc. should have owned this market long before Apple showed up 3 years ago. It’s their own fault!

By: android.jem

android.jem — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:20:52 +0000

Droid simply bomb! iPhone nervously smoking in aside

By: bdubby

bdubby — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:10:27 +0000

I saw a comment that iPhone was the first smartphone. Wrong!!!!!! Blackberry was! For years they were the only smartphone. Get y’all facts straight. And android is taking over! Don’t hate. IPhone is to uptight.

By: jesse

jesse — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:51:07 +0000

actually I had an iphone and moved up to a droid cause 1 the iphone speaker is a joke you have to hold the phone to your ear in public like an idiot cause apple is so hard over thin that they ruined the speaker 2 the screen is much sharper 3 free making of ringtones right on the phone apple charges 99c to make a ring tone from your own music criminal 4 google voice turn by turn nav built in for free vs crap on iphone 5 removable battery 6 you can take a picture in the dark duh hey steve people live at night too u know yah cheap bastard how bout a flash it was invented a long time ago and its magical 7 now in the end of may android gets flash 10.1 watch how funny its going to be when the commercials start to roll with the droid is next to the iphone showing flash playing and cut to the iphone oops just a lego block oohh that sucks by by

By: eric

eric — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:24:26 +0000

I hope iphone and droid continue to sell so if I ever decide to switch to an iphone they are still competitive with the droid and vice versa bolth phones are good and they keep pushing the other phone so as not to fall behind. All I need now is a droid app to run iphone apps

By: JP

JP — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:42:16 +0000

Can’t wait to get a droid – I have heard lots of good things. My partner has an iPhone and the reception (bars) is not that great.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:09:21 +0000

I have a droid….it rules. Much faster on the net than the iphone. I raced web browsing with a buddy of mine…killed him.

By: Tag

Tag — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:46:44 +0000

Lol..

Love when someone touts there own horn and burns badly. Ben’s best skill is being objective yet he claims a fat growing market is saturated. Motorola, a long standing cellphone maker has no reputation vs apple, launching their first phone has a better reputation as a phone maker.. (hunh what?!)

So much for your best skill ben…

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:09:43 +0000

All of these comments are absurd. In fact the comparison is absurd. You’re really comparing apples and oranges. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Droid owner. However, one of my best skills is being objective.

Here are about a dozen things to consider that will make the apple (pun intended) look more like an orange, and the orange more like an apple.

Before the individual stuff, the price comparisons are absurd. For the original iphone, you did not need to buy a $30/month data plan. That’s why it was unsubsidized. If you look at the true costs of ownership the are basically the same so stop whining (apple people). Also,they both had GIGANTIC marketing pushes.

Reasons we should give credit to Droid:
-Launched into a saturated market
-Launched without solid reputation (motorola) whereas apple was booming
-Droid was launched during the worst recession in recent memory and is a luxury item.

Reasons that make numbers incomparable:
Different devices on different OS’s
Different carriers
Different timeframe/market

Overall, the differences make these incomparable. I see more of a future in the droid and subsequent Android devices because they are open source.

More importantly they can multitask. Because of limited functionality,ability to customize, and lack of multitasking, the iphone will not be a serious business tool. With the enhanced integration of emaila nd google calendar/appointment sharing I see android devices capturing some corporate marketshare from blackberry. Then again, apple marketing is a powerhouse (I mean they managed to sell 200,000 ipads, which are essentially gigantic ipod touches). The iphone will continue to sell amongst kids and especially females because its trendy and pretty. The dorid will continue to sell more to males and people that know how to use technology.

By: .nate

.nate — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:57:37 +0000

@Jonathan (re: Comment #2):

“Why is this impressive? A 2nd or 3rd gen Android device outselling a 1st gen iPhone by 5,000, that doesn’t seem so amazing to me, especially considering the iPhone 1G came out in 2007, when smartphones were really just beginning to come mainstream and not be just the purview of business users.”

I would consider the complete opposite. In a year where the market is already flooded with smartphones, Palm entering the arena again, and Blackberry starting to look sexy finally, it would stand to reason there is less of a chance for this kind of market domination repeat.

By: ari-free

ari-free — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:52:59 +0000

That iPhone may be 1st gen but it has benefited from years and years of Mac development. It didn’t just spring out of nowhere.

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