So it’s official: TechRadar readers are extra Android followers than iPhone customers. A consequence that I used to be principally anticipating, however not with fairly as a lot of a niche.
Across the begin of November, I posted a ballot asking the large query: are TechRadar readers iPhone or Android? After a number of weeks, the outcomes are in: 62% of ballot individuals are a part of the Android Military, whereas 29% are Group Apple, and 10% use each.
Now, the sheer quantity of alternative in relation to Android telephones, together with the picks of the greatest Android telephones, would imply such telephones are going to be the most well-liked. Equally, Apple has an enormous US presence, as does TechRadar, so I’d have thought we’d in all probability see nearer to 40% of readers being iPhone customers.
You had your say
Zipping to the feedback, one of many standout causes for folks to decide on Android over iPhone comes all the way down to the restrictive nature of Apple’s telephones; given we’re speaking TechRadar readers, the place I’d assume a bit of extra tech information than the typical individual, it’s not a shock the locked-down nature of iPhones may not attraction to some.
“I’ve all the time been [an] Android person. Apple and iPhone are too controlling for me,” stated commenter Cscar.
This was given additional weight by commenter Godders: “I gave up on iPhone years in the past as a result of I hated being pressured to [do] issues Apple’s manner. If I needed to switch a file to my PC I needed to e-mail it to myself as a result of iTunes made it troublesome. No reduce and paste choice.”
As an enormous fan of the perfect Google Pixel telephones, I can see why Godders went down the Pixel route. And these could be the telephones I’d suggest to anybody transferring from iOS to Android.
There are some commenters who famous they use each iPhone and Android, however the evolution of Android, coupled with the strong {hardware}, appears to be one of many drivers of individuals selecting Android telephones or transferring from iPhone.
“I’ve each, there are parts I like higher on every, but when I might solely select one it could most positively be android. There’s a lot extra freedom and customization,” stated commenter SErics. “The power to aspect load. I simply choose the Android interface over iOS however that is clearly private desire.”
Whereas I’m an iPhone person, as a result of it is so easy to make use of and considerably tool-like moderately than an intriguing gadget, I do really feel the pull of Android as soon as once more. I’d be curious to see what the rumored Samsung Galaxy S26 brings to the desk subsequent yr and whether or not that would be the telephone that brings me again to Android.
In case you have any ideas so as to add, head to the feedback and let me know, particularly should you’re a die-hard iPhone person.
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