Android KitKat set to crush Apple?

Re:Android KitKat set to crush Apple? by piyush_soni on Thursday October 31, 2013 @09:37PM (#6651296)

Yes, this might not crush Apple, the article itself doesn't make much sense. The App store, however is number one in the revenue not because it's "better", it's mainly because Apple users are rich (and more likely girls) [1][2][3], and most Apple users buy their iPhones as a 'show off' device than a thing they want to use to its extent. Of course, rich people buy more. They don't buy because they need, they buy because they want. Rich girls will continue to exist.

[1]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20092784-71/study-android-...

[2]: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/06/ma...

[3]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/06/iphone_owners_high_i...

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Re:Android KitKat set to crush Apple? by matdrewin on Thursday October 31, 2013 @10:00PM (#6651374)

So basically the upper class uses iPhones, and that is bad because...?

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Re:Android KitKat set to crush Apple? by piyush_soni on Thursday October 31, 2013 @11:00PM (#6651554)

It's not bad. Just that the criteria for "better" app store/market should not be based on that, which many people tend to do. We're not looking at the same kind of population. Of course, that still means a developer would want to develop preferably for the app store just because of the money involved.

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