Americans are actively bid farewell to the Android, BlackBerry and iPhone are selected
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Statistical offices in the United States periodically examine the market for mobile devices and identify new and interesting trends. Immediate results of their labors are not encouraging for Apple's competitors, namely, for manufacturers of devices based on Android and BlackBerry OS. Research company Consumer Intelligence Research Partners has published a report on the investigations, conducted in April among consumers mobile gadgets, during which surveyed more than seven thousand US residents.
It turned out that in the spring of 2012 the number of consumers who have changed old mobile platform iOS, increased and amounted to 38%. That so many people from among the respondents, buying a new smartphone, choose the iPhone 4S, and not on the basis of an alternative device Android or BlackBerry platform. (Windows Phone? No, I have not seen.). It is worth noting that last fall during the iPhone 4S release platform replaced 36% of consumers.
If you take those buyers who got the iPhone 4S, the 50% of them chose a model with 16 GB flash memory, 34% chose the 32-gigabyte and 64-gigabyte Apple smartphone users the choice fell to 16% cases.
Among all US iPhone buyers a whole, nearly three-quarters of opted 4S. Predecessor to stop a choice of 22% Apple fans. It costs $ 99 at the conclusion of a two-year contract with the mobile operator. Another 5% of users prefer to get a free iPhone 3GS, but also on the contact conditions.
As for operators, from February to March this year, the number of AT & T users decreased from 53% to 51%. Sprint number of users dropped from 13% to 12%. All those who have changed the operator became Verizon customers. Still, the quality of communication at American national based CDMA-operator is better than the competition. As of April 2012, the number of iPhone users who use Verizon services increased from 34% to 37%.
Finally, an interesting trend in the choice of consumers a more expensive iPhone model when buying a smartphone. This time the number of those who chose the new and expensive iGadzhetov increased from 69% to 73%.
[via ai]