Buy a pixel and all that bloatware will disappear.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 8:38 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> Could Samsung please get rid of Bixby? Like Microsoft’s Clippy but less
> cute and more annoying. I would pay extra to NOT have Bixby. Doesn’t help
> there’s a dedicated button that’s easy to accidentally press and summon
> Bixby, kind of like Beetlejuice.
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 14, 2019 8:52 PM
> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Apple vs Android demographics
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>
> Old stories and falsehoods.
>
> If you get pure Android (lots of choices; just none of them are
> "Samsung").
>
> Updates are regular and seamless, backup/restore is also easy; almost
> transparent.
>
> Pure Android is the same everywhere.
>
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>
> bp
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> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 12/14/2019 5:31 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
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> 2 x macs
>
> 2 x iphone
>
> 2 x iPads.
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>
>
> Android is too segmented. An app works on one device but not another. One
> vendor provides software updates, another decides they are going to stop
> updating.
>
>
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> Samsung and many others throw so much crap on Android it’s not even like
> Android.
>
>
>
> Backup and restore is not seamless on Android. On iPhone a backup back
> everything, not so on android.
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> Different vendors of android have different ways to get into programs and
> settings. Apple it’s always the same.
>
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>
> On Dec 14, 2019, at 8:20 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Our house is 100% Android. I have a Chromebook, which runs android apps in
> a VM, and it makes a pretty decent tablet when I convert it to tablet mode.
> I do have a 9-year-old ipod, but I don't think that counts; don't really
> use it anyway. Most of my friends have Android, and very few have Samsungs;
> which are Android by name, but not by function.
>
>
>
> bp
>
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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> On 12/14/2019 5:03 PM, Jason Wilson wrote:
>
> Between the wife and I we have 7 devices. Of which we each have an android
> and iOS phone. She has an android tablet, I have an iPad and an Amazon Fire
> tablet. Based on what I see my clients have iOS is well in the lead. Those
> that do have android have Samsung’s. Tablets are 90% iOS.
>
>
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> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 4:44 PM Chuck Macenski <ch...@macenski.com> wrote:
>
> Ditto
>
>
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> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 5:59 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> That's surprising, I wouldn't have guessed that IOS was more popular than
> Android in the US. I would've guessed it was closer to 60/40 the other way.
>
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 3:43 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK. I had the worldwide ratio pretty close, but I had no clue about the
> US. In the US it's pretty much 60:40 in favor of IOS. In the rest of the
> world it's all over the map. India is 90:10 in favor of Android, while
> Canada looks close to 50:50.
>
> Details here: https://deviceatlas.com/blog/android-v-ios-market-share
>
> Still don't know about the demographics.
>
>
>
> bp
>
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
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>
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> On 12/14/2019 12:52 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the relative market share of iPhones/iPads vs Android
> devices? And what are the demographics behind who tends to have each type?
>
>
>
> My expectation was that Android probably outsells Apple by at least 2:1
> and maybe 3:1. Also that the demographics would favor more Apple devices
> in cities and suburbs, and Android in small towns and rural areas.
> Partially because of the stereotype of an Apple customer, partially because
> of price, but also just the fact that there are no Apple stores in rural
> areas.
>
>
>
> My area is mostly rural, yet when I see what devices have DHCP leases on
> customer routers, most of the time there are all these iPhones and iPads.
>
>
>
> I’m trying to figure out the demographics, but the only thing I’ve noticed
> is that from the DHCP hostnames like Marys-Iphone and Susans-iPad, a lot of
> them tend to be female. Still, the whole household tends to have the same
> brand of phone. I assume one of the parents goes to the AT&T or Verizon
> store and gets 5 phones and a family share plan and everybody gets the same
> brand of phone.
>
>
>
> Does Apple really have bigger market share than Samsung and all the other
> Android phone makers put together? Or am I wrong and rural areas actually
> tend to be Apple country?
>
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