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wilsonp · 12-30-2010, 07:21 PM

I expect either Verizon iPhone or iPad II on Jan 20, but I find it hard to believe an iPhone 4 coming out in Jan with iPhone 5 coming out in June/July timeframe. Seems like they would barely make enough to amortize, but it may be a good way for them to test the waters, or maybe they will keep CDMA behind until LTE for parity.

As for Android, it is a very capable OS and the Droid phones aren't bad, but they aren't iPhone killers yet. Apple's control over the hardware+software makes for a much more polished experience, even stock, though jailbreaking is needed to surpass stock Android customization (and Android needs rooting for parity again).

I think an interesting generalization is the Android market best sellers tend to be phone mods/customization apps, and the iPhone market best sellers tend to be actual applications.

Since mods aren't allowed in the iPhone marketplace, hard to say how accurate a sign that is about the types of owners. Stats for my jailbreak app indicate about 10% of iOS devices are jailbroken, so seems like iPhone owners aren't as interested in modding as Android owners (are there stats for percent rooted on Android?).

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wilsonp A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,134 Drives: 2009 Touring Sp Nav Rep Power: 17	I expect either Verizon iPhone or iPad II on Jan 20, but I find it hard to believe an iPhone 4 coming out in Jan with iPhone 5 coming out in June/July timeframe. Seems like they would barely make enough to amortize, but it may be a good way for them to test the waters, or maybe they will keep CDMA behind until LTE for parity. As for Android, it is a very capable OS and the Droid phones aren't bad, but they aren't iPhone killers yet. Apple's control over the hardware+software makes for a much more polished experience, even stock, though jailbreaking is needed to surpass stock Android customization (and Android needs rooting for parity again). I think an interesting generalization is the Android market best sellers tend to be phone mods/customization apps, and the iPhone market best sellers tend to be actual applications. Since mods aren't allowed in the iPhone marketplace, hard to say how accurate a sign that is about the types of owners. Stats for my jailbreak app indicate about 10% of iOS devices are jailbroken, so seems like iPhone owners aren't as interested in modding as Android owners (are there stats for percent rooted on Android?). __________________ 2014 Cayman S PDK Sport Chrono White/Black Was 2009 370Z Touring Sport+Nav 7AT Metallic Black/Persimmon Was 1991 NSX Auto Black/Black Last edited by wilsonp; 12-30-2010 at 07:24 PM.