That sounds unreal to me. Typically rich countries, like the nordics, are majority iPhone. But then again, Dutch people are know across Europe to be cheapskates so maybe that explains it ;)

You know that it costs the same as the cheapest iPhone?

It's not just any phone though. Imagine what it would cost if Apple presented a fair phone

You know not all Android phones in NL are Fairphones? And you know plenty of ANdroids are much cheaper than a Fairphone?

Which probably explains the 35% market share if that's true.

But I get it, you wanted a cheap shot.

You know there are plenty ones that are more expensive than the iPhone? Like most of Samsungs Flagships, the Foldable ones etc...

Also not everyone wants a shitty OS, that restricts even simple things like picture synchronization to promote their own shitty cloud service

Android is generally more popular in Europe.

The reason is how messaging works. In the US (and Canada?), SMS was affordable since before smartphones, and people kept using SMS once smartphones became common. Apple automatically integrated iMessage into that. Americans are used to texting using the default messaging app, and using an iPhone to text another iPhone provided a better experience than plain old SMS/MMS.

In Europe, SMS was extremely expensive in the late 2000s/early 2010s, so people never really used it, and instead started using cross-platform internet messengers. MSN, Skype, then WhatsApp. Android was/is seen as the same or better quality for a lower price, so why buy an iPhone?

According to the WhatsApp-leak, it is 51.41% Android and 48.59% iOS in the Netherlands.

https://github.com/sbaresearch/whatsapp-census/blob/main/cou...

People who are happy to use services from facebook may also be disproportionately more likely to are happy to use the iOS garden

That’s a wealthy nation.