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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Saying that, when looking for documented statistics, they don't match up with the article.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/united-states-of-america

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The source is Counterpoint Research as linked in the article - the 55% figure in the headline is misleading, the statistic is really “55% of new devices shipped”, not total market share.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah iPhone people seem to upgrade about twice as often as the rest of us

[–] humantorchbankloan 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

got a source for that? iphones tend to last pretty long

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Initially anecdotal. But also turns out to be statistically true. www.statista.com/chart/amp/3634/smartphone-upgrades/

[–] acosmichippo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

not exactly what you said earlier. There's only like a 10% difference in the apple/android groups. So, slightly more iPhone users upgrade every two years compared to android users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This data is also about 8 years old but I couldn't find any newer

[–] acosmichippo 4 points 1 year ago

I would guess the 2-year numbers are much lower these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do you think its iPhone users upgrading then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are those the people who have apple like a 99% satisfaction rating, and gave themselves a 95% one? I think I heard of them on Linus tech tips LMAO