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Originally Posted by rollercoaster
ok ok people. dont hang me by my words..
In this context 'Everyone' meant 'most people', like it does every most of the time. And I base all that on my own experience.
Most of you advocating Android, I agree by the way, are actually 'power users' and are aware of the 'open source advantage' and the 'apple bullshit' I mentioned earlier. But if you go stand in a smartphone store that sells accessories for all types of phones then you will see a pattern emerge.
You have no idea how empowered a non tech user feels when there is only one button on a phone, it negates the very idea of 'what if I press the wrong button?/which button do I press?'! Try handing the iPhone 4 and the Samsung Galaxy S2 to your grandma(any non tech person, who by they way number more then the power users) and see which one she likes. For an average user an iPhone looks like the best choice because it provides a much more managed and smooth user experience. Android 4.0 is mainly targeted at a better user experience to combat this very area.
Also, I am an Indian and Apple is most definitely a status symbol here as it was a couple of years ago in the US/UK. And as it is worldwide when the newest model is released.
I am a developer on the web and mobile platforms so I do believe I know slight(just slightly) more then the average Joe. Please dont hang me.
I stand by my assessment. But please understand that that assessment is based on a very small 'data sample' and no scientific methods whatsoever. It is just my opinion. 
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I think you'd even struggle to make *that* argument. Android is still holding more of the marketshare. And some of the most popular Android phones cost as much, and somtimes more, than the iPhone. It's certainly not a money issue. If I hadn't gotten my Android phone refurb, it would have cost $100 more than an iPhone. It was fairly cutting edge at the time.
You seem to be under a false impression of who uses Android, here. I'm not a power user at all. And you don't have to even know what open source is to appreciate the advantage.
What do you like better, Android standard, or Android HTC?
The simple fact that I can
ask that question, and anyone who's ever goofed off in a Verizon store can give me an answer,
that is the advantage of open source (or one of them, at least). You could be as tech-phobic as a caveman and answer that question.
To make a similar point, you're right, there's probably more power-users on Android than on iPhone. But there's also a lot of not-very techy people.
Advantage #2: it only has to be as complicated as you want it to be. You act as though it's difficult to identify the purpose of an app labeled "Google Maps," or as though rooting is an unavoidable reality of Android. That is simply not true.
Seriously, a house, "menu," a back arrow, and a magnifying glass are confusing? What else can those things mean besides what they say?
I run Linux Mint on my computer. It's a friendly Linux.
I can use it as-is and never look at the terminal for the rest of my life if I want.
Or I can go geek crazy and change everything.
I have that
choice. It is not hard to avoid the geek stuff. It's not as though it's an inevitably reality of Linux Mint. I can simply ignore it. I don't need it to do anything the OS is designed to do - which is everything.
Android offers you a similar choice. Although it's not quite as easy to access "the geek side" as it is in Linux.
iPhone forces you into dummy mode. And personally, I find Apple products
less intuitive. And I used them all the way through school. In fact, it was using them that made me hate them.
It's not that I'm especially geeky. It's just that I'm an individual. And as an individual, things that make sense to me will be slightly different than you, or the next guy over. If something seems stupid to me, I can tweak that in Android, if I really want to - and it's not like it's hard - most of this stuff is as easy as launching an app.
There's nothing I can do about that in the iPhone. You're forced into one mode of functioning that is not going to work for a substantial number of people. Thus Apple's limited market share. The fact is they will never take over the market, and this is why.
Android is not "too difficult." That's just more "Apple bullshit," as you put it.
I find Apple more difficult. This may be partly because I am used to being able to do what I like, not what someone else tells me I can do. Even simple stuff like personal settings is hamstrung in Apple products. I think they're terrible to use.
I guess if you're the sort of person to care about "status symbols." But again... I don't know what kind of mature adult would take someone like that seriously.