Did you know this???

[jklm_37]

Then until Nord change the structure of the program to support the facility of watching vids, you won't be able too, but then you would have known this prior to starting to play the game (possibly)

Obviously ive only just learnt this...ive always preferred Windows or Android as opposed to being an apple fanboy lemming...

[Golden Boys FC]

Obviously ive only just learnt this...ive always preferred Windows or Android as opposed to being an apple fanboy lemming...

Windows and Android, that's so last year... And as for being an apple fanboy lemming, do you result to insults at school when you haven't got anything productive to add to a conversation? It's interesting that all the major companies offer to Apple users before android users don't you think? Says a lot really......

[Fragman]

It's interesting that all the major companies offer to Apple users before android users don't you think? Says a lot really......

Except it doesn't. iOS was the first smartphone class mobile operating system really introduced to the broad common-user market. So even three years after Android getting the bigger market penetration than iOS, currently at a rather astonishing 75% of smartphone sales, followed by iOS's 18-19%, providing an iOS app is considered "the first step" for many managements. This is also due to the fact, that out of all iOS users there's a higher percentage of those who install 3rd party apps at all compared to windows phone or android. Even though that trend is also on the decline.

So to summarize all this "lot" it says supposedly is in fact that most managers/service designers haven't really adapted their strategy for the current market situation.

[Golden Boys FC]

Except it doesn't. iOS was the first smartphone class mobile operating system really introduced to the broad common-user market. So even three years after Android getting the bigger market penetration than iOS, currently at a rather astonishing 75% of smartphone sales, followed by iOS's 18-19%, providing an iOS app is considered "the first step" for many managements. This is also due to the fact, that out of all iOS users there's a higher percentage of those who install 3rd party apps at all compared to windows phone or android. Even though that trend is also on the decline.

So to summarize all this "lot" it says supposedly is in fact that most managers/service designers haven't really adapted their strategy for the current market situation.

Whilst I follow your logic, can you point me to an Android phone (one single make/model) that currently achieves sales in excess of 18-19% of the total market, rather than the numerous makes/models that have jumped on the Android bandwagon and are scrapping around for the minimul market penetration that their brand and model can achieve.

Looking at the profits that the companies that the "managers/service designers" work for, I'd say that they have got their strategy spot on, and I can't see that changing anytime soon....

[Fragman]

Whilst I follow your logic, can you point me to an Android phone (one single make/model) that currently achieves sales in excess of 18-19% of the total market, rather than the numerous makes/models that have jumped on the Android bandwagon and are scrapping around for the minimul market penetration that their brand and model can achieve.

Tsk... ok fine, let's go there. The fact that you ask for a thing like that shows that you can't find an argument that sticks. This would be a riddiculously useless comparison. You have Apple on one side with one(!) phone released in 2012 against for example HTC (13 phone models released in 2012) or Samsung (19 phone models released in 2012).

So if there would be only one model among them which managed to get more than let's say 7% market share on it's own they would've done a terrible job. Because every company that doesn't have the benefit of a borderline-religious following (i.e. everyone except Apple) needs to design their products to appeal to all different kinds of user types. Because the decision whether to buy the phone is much more logical, more likely to be "oh, it's small. that's great 'cause it will consume less battery and will fit better in my small hands" rather than "omgosh it's an iPhone!".

[Golden Boys FC]

Tsk... ok fine, let's go there. The fact that you ask for a thing like that shows that you can't find an argument that sticks. This would be a riddiculously useless comparison. You have Apple on one side with one(!) phone released in 2012 against for example HTC (13 phone models released in 2012) or Samsung (19 phone models released in 2012).

So if there would be only one model among them which managed to get more than let's say 7% market share on it's own they would've done a terrible job. Because every company that doesn't have the benefit of a borderline-religious following (i.e. everyone except Apple) needs to design their products to appeal to all different kinds of user types. Because the decision whether to buy the phone is much more logical, more likely to be "oh, it's small. that's great 'cause it will consume less battery and will fit better in my small hands" rather than "omgosh it's an iPhone!".

I wasn't looking for an argument that sticks?
You came across originally as if you knew what you were talking about, hence my question, but my belief and assumption were found to be correct.

Whatever way you choose to paint it, the sales of the iPhone across the world far out perform those of any other single model from the many manufacture's who have tried to jump on the bandwagon.

The Apple iPhone is successful for many many reasons, and whilst there maybe a 'cult' following (I would not include myself as part of that cult, being an owner of a Nokia & Blackberry along with my iPhone), it has built its sales performance by delivering a high quality product which the other companies have tried on numerous occasions to replicate, it's build quality is excellent, and whilst it costs more than most of the other phones on the market, I think it's a good advert for "you get what you pay for".

[jklm_37]

"you get what you pay for".

That applies to the Samsung Galaxy 3 & the Galaxy 4 too...

I've only got a G3 but that is still has a better quality/performance/power than any comparable I phone...