Re: did this group die?

On 11/2/2024 1:27 PM, Tom Elam wrote:
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But Android owners upgrade phones more often than iPhone owners.
 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/it-s-official-android-phone- owners-upgrade-more-often-than-iphone-users/ar-AA1seZ2t? ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=acd4d3617ea848eb984eda2761425876&ei=28
 Explain that

Here are some reasons that I can postulate:
1. Android device makers tend to introduce new features at a more rapid pace than Apple does for the iPhone. Apple meters out new features slowly to encourage updates but many of those features are not sufficiently attractive to warrant an upgrade.
2. Apple removes features from their devices causing many iPhone owners to delay upgrades because they don't want to lose features.
    a)What are the best selling iPhones of all time? The 6/6+ and 6s/6s+, the last two models that had a headphone jack.
    b) A lot of U.S. iPhone users have stuck with the 13/13 Pro because they don't want to lose the physical SIM card slot.
3. iPhones are more expensive than comparable Android phones so the Android owner is more willing to spend the money on an upgrade.
4. Battery replacement on iPhones is relatively inexpensive and widely available and you get a recently manufactured battery, not NOS (new old stock) that has deteriorated.
5. iPhone users care less about features like higher-quality music playback while Android users want the latest aptX or LDAC codec. Since Airpods don't support these codec anyway, there's no reason to worry about the phone having that codec.
6. Carriers offer better upgrade deals on Android devices than iOS devices. You can often get a "free" Android phone, even on prepaid carriers, while iPhones have subsidy but much lower.