Study Finds People in Tech Cities Prefer iOS Over Android

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Posted June 2, 2014 at 4:29am by iClarified

People who live in tech hubs such as the Bay Area or New York prefer Apple's iOS over Google's Android OS, according to data gathered by Crittercism (via Recode), a mobile application management company.

The study found that those in living in San Francisco, New York and San Diego are among the cities where users are most likely to own an iPhone, whereas those in cities such like San Antonio, Phoenix and Detroit are most likely to own an Android device. The data came from an analysis of performance data from over a billion of its active users worldwide.

While the firm’s data suggests that Apple mobile devices are far more popular than Android competitors in some major American metro areas, Android still leads the U.S. in overall share of the mobile market.

By the end of last year, about 156 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones. Phones running some version of Android had about 51.5 percent of the market, according to market research firm comScore. Apple had about 42 percent market share with BlackBerry and Windows phones accounting for most of the rest.

The iPhone 5 was found to be more popular than the iPhone 5s in all but two of the largest metro areas in the US, the study found.

Study Finds People in Tech Cities Prefer iOS Over Android

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JoshvanHulst - June 4, 2014 at 3:49pm

So much data mining these aggregates gather from our phones and web surfing capturing beacons they insert in nearly every website you go to.

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dbcontext - June 4, 2014 at 8:34am

who cares as long as there's Surface Pro 3 :D

gamerscul9870 - June 4, 2014 at 10:49am

Who wants a wannabe computer that doesn't even look like one or to be exact, tablet with an ad on just to try to be a 2-in-1 bull shit. Tablet computers is what it's called because it doesn't look like one but it built like one but just for touchscreen like the ipad, but as for os, who cares as long as you have a perfect os anyone is familiar with, so with that said random tiles and changes? Who wants that, 8=vistas brother.

Krakken - June 2, 2014 at 4:34pm

At least the 5c works w/o issue, over & compared with spam droid! Consistency over chaos anyday.

Gio - June 2, 2014 at 1:37pm

KISS- Keep It Simple and Stupid-> That is how Apple products are, and I mean it in a good way. Everything is easy and friendly to use, you can give an iOS device to a 90 yrs old grandma, and in a week she will be able to use it.

ratGT - June 2, 2014 at 12:31pm

I swear I've owned and tried to cope with everyday life and business through various Android flagships and it have ALWAYS felt messy and unreliable, which automatically ment back to good old trusty iOS devices...

Symen - June 2, 2014 at 11:17am

This study is what i've veen trough in my own life. As soon is i started to get interest in technology it became clear nothing works 100%. But once i started ising apple products 100% was a lot closer. Everything works nice together fir example my favorite option of AirPlay. And ofcource android is nice too but i always ran into weird problems with them. The more you know of tech the more you know apple fot it right but its verry restricted. Don't like that? Android. Like working and reliable stuff? Definetly apple. Quality has a price! And its not the specs its the comfort of knowing everything you turn it on it works. And i don't mind spending some extra money on that.

gamerscul9870 - June 2, 2014 at 12:07pm

Well said. I remember my first time using spamdroid, never again.

JoshvanHulst - June 3, 2014 at 12:58am

I completely agree with your point Symen

Techno - June 2, 2014 at 8:35am

From the cheapest plastic phone to the overhype buy one get one free phones are running on android.

Black - June 2, 2014 at 10:11am

UR Iphone 5C is a cheapest plastic phone too u idiot!!

ratGT - June 2, 2014 at 12:27pm

@Black --- Dat English though...