How many Android phones are there compared to Iphones in Ireland?

drver1 · 28-09-2011 10:38PM #1

Anyone know where to get the above information?

Atomic Pineapple · 28-09-2011 10:44PM

Impossible to know. Too many ways to buy the devices both in bricks and mortar and on-line that you'd never get an accurate figure.

patmac · 28-09-2011 11:22PM

6

chrislad · 28-09-2011 11:36PM

There would be more Android phones, I would suspect, purely down to the lower cost of entry.

Zonda999 · 29-09-2011 12:02AM

There would probably be more androids alright, but i suspect that the iphones percentage of the smartphone market here would actually be higher than the US or UK. Irish people being like sheep, being the primary reason for this, i would imagine..

Ghandee · 29-09-2011 06:55AM

I love it when someone with an iPhone stats flaunting it around like its a little piece of heaven in their pocket, until you take out your sgs and show them the most basic functions your phone can do, that apple restricts them from doing.

Ex iPhone user here.

iwo · 29-09-2011 09:03AM

Ge-zuz..Please dont start another Apple vs world stupid talk / battle. Yes, there are more android phones due to its cost.

drver1 · 06-10-2011 07:31PM

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

iwo · 06-10-2011 08:01PM

drver1 wrote: »

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

Not always...g+ was released on android first and many other apps...where do you take that info from?

Professey Chin · 06-10-2011 08:05PM

drver1 wrote: »

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

iPhone apps were market available 1st so had time to take off before android numbers grew. Although AIB released their android app 1st. (Probably because its just a wrapper and needs very little effort)

Chet T16 · 06-10-2011 09:05PM

drver1 wrote: »

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

Probably for the same reason the queue you're in moves slowest

god's toy · 06-10-2011 09:27PM

Not always first on crapple,Flicker app from Yahoo is only on android right now.

humbert · 06-10-2011 09:48PM

iPhone users pay more for apps and as their market came first there may be more developers familiar with programming for iOS.

Zonda999 · 06-10-2011 09:57PM

iwo wrote: »

Not always...g+ was released on android first and many other apps...where do you take that info from?

Unfortunately not a great example seeing as google would surely release an app of their own on their own eco system first!

humbert wrote: »

iPhone users pay more for apps and as their market came first there may be more developers familiar with programming for iOS.

They certainly do, saw somewhere recently, the percentage of apps that are free on each store, was something like 70/30 free/paid split on android market, and a reverse of that on the apple app store. Now most people would argue that a lot of the apps on the app store are better quality. Now that may be the case and i would probably agree, coming from a galaxys s user btw, but no one wants to have to pay for apps!

evolutionqy7 · 06-10-2011 10:01PM

god's toy wrote: »

Not always first on crapple,Flicker app from Yahoo is only on android right now.

It was also released to WP7 nearly at the same time. So i guess its up to the devs.

As far the reason why, from certain dev feedback they can make more money on iOS rathen than Android. But yet again its depends on the app

06-10-2011 10:03PM

drver1 wrote: »

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

This was the reason I got the iPhone 4. The ones which came to mind were the Dublin Bus and Luas apps. Also, I needed my Cut the Rope fix.

But don't get me wrong, it's ridiculous that I had to jailbreak the phone just to get SMS delivery reports.

The_B_Man · 06-10-2011 10:23PM

Also, from a dev point of view, if you're an iPhone developer, you use objective-c and thats your "thing".
Whereas if you're a java developer, your company probably has you doing more important things than making Android apps! They're probably thinkin the iPhone fella can get around to it at some stage.

PaulKK · 06-10-2011 10:53PM

Karsini wrote: »

Also, I needed my Cut the Rope fix.

That is also on Andriod.

06-10-2011 10:58PM

PaulKK wrote: »

That is also on Andriod.

It wasn't at the time I got it.

Scotty # · 07-10-2011 12:59AM

drver1 wrote: »

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

Most sites, lets say Sky News for example, can be used on Android without an app but iphone users are restricted due to flash etc. So it makes sense to develop for iphone first.

Flash, incidently, would allow app developers to distribute apps on iphone without going through the app store and for that reason flash will never be available on iphone/ipad.

Carlos Orange · 07-10-2011 01:13AM

Karsini wrote: »

This was the reason I got the iPhone 4. The ones which came to mind were the Dublin Bus and Luas apps. Also, I needed my Cut the Rope fix.

But don't get me wrong, it's ridiculous that I had to jailbreak the phone just to get SMS delivery reports.

Didn't the Android Luas app come out before the iPhone one?

07-10-2011 01:18AM

psinno wrote: »

Didn't the Android Luas app come out before the iPhone one?

Nope, I remember the signage said "Android app coming soon" while showing the app running on iOS.

07-10-2011 01:26AM

drver1 wrote: »

Anyone know where to get the above information?

There's probably market research companies who could tell you that, but you may have to pay.
Here's the best I could find online:
http://www.puca.com/graphic
Here's some very out of date, info:
http://www.drg.ie/post-978-250,000%20iPhones%20in%20Ireland.htm

drver1 wrote: »

How come there is always an app for iPhone first? E.g donedeal , carzone, Dublin bus etc. Very annoying

Because it's a more popular platform. It had first mover advantage, and until recently was significantly more popular than Android. I'm not sure what Android's marketshare is in the Ireland though, but I'm sure it's growing, so you can see people being more aware of it these days.

A educated guess would suggest a few other reasons:
- More iPhone devs in Ireland.
- Because there's more money in iPhone apps, because Android users tend not to buy apps as much so far.
- Easier to design & develop for iOS than Android, since you need to support less devices.

07-10-2011 01:35AM

Scotty # wrote: »

Flash, incidently, would allow app developers to distribute apps on iphone without going through the app store and for that reason flash will never be available on iphone/ipad.

Small thing, but this is not really correct. You can already create 'web apps' which the iPhone can use, indeed these were encouraged before the app store existed. There's nothing inherent about Flash that makes it bypass the app store at all. Secondly, you can create Flash apps for iPhone and distribute them via the App Store if you so wish.

Yahew · 07-10-2011 01:46AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

Also, from a dev point of view, if you're an iPhone developer, you use objective-c and thats your "thing".
Whereas if you're a java developer, your company probably has you doing more important things than making Android apps! They're probably thinkin the iPhone fella can get around to it at some stage.

Lol

Yahew · 07-10-2011 01:49AM

Zonda999 wrote: »

There would probably be more androids alright, but i suspect that the iphones percentage of the smartphone market here would actually be higher than the US or UK. Irish people being like sheep, being the primary reason for this, i would imagine..

So basically an Apple user is a "sheep" if he buys the minority platform in the UK or the majority platform in Ireland. FFS.

Atomic Pineapple · 07-10-2011 11:06AM

Yahew wrote: »

So basically an Apple user is a "sheep" if he buys the minority platform in the UK or the majority platform in Ireland. FFS.

About 80% of people I know that are iPhone users bought it because it was an iPhone as a status symbol and not because they done research on what was the best device for them.

I know two people who recently bought iPhone 3GS's for money that would have easily got them an SGS II, but they can now say they have an iPhone you see, you can't defend that no matter how big of an Apple fan anyone is.

PCPhoto · 07-10-2011 11:18AM

draffodx wrote: »

About 80% of people I know that are iPhone users bought it because it was an iPhone as a status symbol and not because they done research on what was the best device for them.

I know two people who recently bought iPhone 3GS's for money that would have easily got them an SGS II, but they can now say they have an iPhone you see, you can't defend that no matter how big of an Apple fan anyone is.

I'm an android user (HTC) and think you are seriously biased !! - your post is claiming that people don't do the research to buy a "Better" phone.

I have refused to buy an iPhone because they are an iPhone - it does most if not all of the things I want a phone to do, so does my HTC, functionality is similar on both.

Most people who buy an iphone buy it because its marketed properly, an Android phone is marketed as a cheap alternative to an iPhone and apple re-inforce this by their current adverts "if you don't have an iPhone, you dont have an iPhone !"

I use a mac for work and have been using a mac for about 8years, the GF has an iPhone, I choose an android phone because I didnt want an iPhone.

the vast majority of mobile phone users never use all the functions of their mobile, I want mine to talk, text and jump online to check the internet and emails - dont care about "apps" or games etc.

I have had several problems with my HTC (it has been sent back to England twice so far and will be going back again soon) - after this I expect O2 will give me a replacement (new) phone which I will sell and purchase a different phone (and I will refuse any 18month contract offered to me 12months is more than enough)

evolutionqy7 · 07-10-2011 11:26AM

Lol the majority of people dont do any research at all. Thats why we all have phone shops where people can ask for advice and have a look at dummys or a real life demo.

People who usually go for an iphone because Apple is a cool, reliable and a strong brand.

As far as Ireland is concerned people in the mid land of the country dont even know what Android or HTC is.

Apple has probably the largest brand awarness than any other company in the world.

Because of poor marketing by other companies people dont even know that there are other devices that can do the same or even better.

MiCr0 · 07-10-2011 11:33AM

statscounter does have mobile OS figures - no numbers, but does give percentages

Atomic Pineapple · 07-10-2011 11:43AM

PCPhoto wrote: »

I'm an android user (HTC) and think you are seriously biased !! - your post is claiming that people don't do the research to buy a "Better" phone.

Biased how? I use an SGS II and an iPhone 4 daily. My job is also to create apps for both iOS and Android. I never stated anywhere in my post that people don't do research to buy a better phone. I clearly stated they don't research what device would best suit them.

PCPhoto wrote: »

I have refused to buy an iPhone because they are an iPhone - it does most if not all of the things I want a phone to do, so does my HTC, functionality is similar on both.

Your point being that your the opposite to what I'm suggesting? Did you buy a HTC phone simply because it was a HTC phone?

PCPhoto wrote: »

Most people who buy an iphone buy it because its marketed properly,

You mean its marketed cleverly to make people think they need an iPhone to prove their status, right, which enforces my point.

PCPhoto wrote: »

an Android phone is marketed as a cheap alternative to an iPhone

Where?

PCPhoto wrote: »

and apple re-inforce this by their current adverts "if you don't have an iPhone, you dont have an iPhone !"

Which enhances my argument, its a technically inferior device marketed to people who buy into clever advertising and then pay a premium for it.

PCPhoto wrote: »

I use a mac for work and have been using a mac for about 8years, the GF has an iPhone, I choose an android phone because I didnt want an iPhone.

What's your point? As above I too use a Mac, have an iPhone and an Android phone, its relevance is??

PCPhoto wrote: »

the vast majority of mobile phone users never use all the functions of their mobile, I want mine to talk, text and jump online to check the internet and emails - dont care about "apps" or games etc.

OK, but again, whats the relevance?

PCPhoto wrote: »

I have had several problems with my HTC (it has been sent back to England twice so far and will be going back again soon) - after this I expect O2 will give me a replacement (new) phone which I will sell and purchase a different phone (and I will refuse any 18month contract offered to me 12months is more than enough)

In work we've had several problems with iPhone devices also from a 3,3GS and even a 4, I don't think it has anything to do with the discussion? Technology breaks.

Don't get me wrong, or call me biased, iOS and the iPhone have their merits and I enjoy the iPhone 4, and even developing apps for iOS is easier, iOS is way better than Android, however hardware wise Android devices are way better than iPhones.

What I'm saying is that people blindly buy iPhone's simply because they are iPhone's and can say to their friends down the pub that they now have an iPhone*, this is due to clever marketing by Apple rather than them buying the best product they can.

*By this I mean some, of course not all and I am not being negative about Apple, the iPhone or iOS, just about how easily people can be swayed with good advertising and popular culture, same as the X Factor thing.

How many Android phones are there compared to Iphones in Ireland?

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