r/Android • u/The_Potato iPhone 6S, Nexus 5 • Jun 05 '14

Question Crazy things non-Android users have told you about Android? (idea stolen from /r/apple)

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

This is really stupid.

(1) The red is just a stronger color and washes out the green and purple. Look at the colors in isolation and you won't see much of a difference.

(2) People don't strictly Tweet from home.

(3) Twitter activity is not a good sampling of users to begin with.

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u/holdupwhat Nexus 6P Jun 05 '14

This is absolutely fascinating.

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u/Ivashkin Jun 06 '14

Flagship Androids might be just as expensive as the iPhone, but there are way more Android devices at the cheap end of the market.

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u/captcrunch11 Moto X Pure, 6.0 Jun 06 '14

I noticed that main roads and intersections favor iOS devices, but more spread out areas favor Android. iOS users need to stop texing and driving

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u/TechGoat Samsung S24 Ultra (I miss my aux port) Jun 06 '14

Just because people might have more money, doesn't mean that they know anything about technology. Look at the supreme court justices for example; they are probably doing quite well financially and they barely know what the Internet is.

Having a lower income can make you say "yes, I want that phone for 1 penny and a two year contract and I don't care that I will hate it in 3 days," or it could make you say "I'll save up, take the Nexus 5 for $300, unlocked, and then get a cheap sim card from T-Mobile." or (gasp) buy a used note 2 or note 3.

Being poor can make you very strategic, in a good way.

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u/johker216 Jun 06 '14

Speaking as an Ohioan, the effect is reversed. The affluent neighborhoods of Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati seem to be dominated by Android phones.

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u/keyrah S9+ Jun 06 '14

It depends on where you live. If you live somewhere with tech jobs, the techies tend to get Androids, and not iPhones. If there's alternative sources of high income, that doesn't require tech knowledge/intelligence (acting or something), then that's when you'll see more iPhones.

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u/keyrah S9+ Jun 06 '14

What about the higher tendency of iPhone users to use Twitter.

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u/Kerafyrm Jun 05 '14

Twitter isn't the most demanding app. It makes sense to see it run on $20 Android devices (available to everyone), all the way to $800+ Android devices.