1 in 4 smartphones active worldwide is an iPhone

rh1 said:
My R2800 samsung bought in Nov 2022, is still functional.

It does everything I need from a phone.

This debate is so 2010s.

Phone technology has matured to a point where buying a premium phone no longer makes sense.

In the early smartphone days, a cheap phone was laggy, and would freeze. You basically were forced to go premium.

Buy whatever you want. But the debate is pointless.
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Lol keep telling yourself that.
RedViking said:
2 Month Update:

So I should probably give an update after switching to this affordable Samsung device.

In general there is a lot that irritates and frustrates me about this phone, and I compare it to my previous Xiaomi which is currently still bootlooping ( eish!).

The Cons:

It is sloooooow.
Opening apps are slow.
Switching between apps are slow.
Opening the Samsung Wallet app to pay ends up with the cashier having to do the ready to tap twice because it timed out waiting for Samsung wallet to finally finish loading.
Playing Minecraft is a major burden for this device, it's slow, it heats up, and sometimes takes ages to load a map.
In general it is slow and laggy. Not impressed. If it's on battery saver it is even worse.
Going back to home screen is slow.
Taking a screenshot is moerslow.
Slower than BenedictAhole on good day.
Taking photos makes the SloMoGuys look fast. The camera app and doing basic photo things is frustrating and slow.
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rh1 said:
My R2800 samsung bought in Nov 2022, is still functional.

It does everything I need from a phone.

This debate is so 2010s.

Phone technology has matured to a point where buying a premium phone no longer makes sense.

In the early smartphone days, a cheap phone was laggy, and would freeze. You basically were forced to go premium.

Buy whatever you want. But the debate is pointless.
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What debate? I thought the whole point of the article in the OP was to highlight that older phones are still actively supported, hence the large user base?
 
Smiggles said:
www.cultofmac.com

1 in 4 smartphones active worldwide is an iPhone

Apple has a much larger global active installed base than any rival, with about one in four active smartphones being an iPhone.
www.cultofmac.com www.cultofmac.com
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Pretty impressive that Apple has managed this with their own OS and ecosystem, especially given the higher average price point of iPhones.

According to Counterpoint Research Apple still dominates the high end by quite a large margin, in the 3 months that the 17 Pro Max was available in 2025 it eclipsed all other flagships released in 2025 that had been in the market since early 2025.

I would have thought the S25 Ultra given all the discounted deals running for it, would have been ahead.
 
rh1 said:
My R2800 samsung bought in Nov 2022, is still functional.

It does everything I need from a phone.

This debate is so 2010s.

Phone technology has matured to a point where buying a premium phone no longer makes sense.

In the early smartphone days, a cheap phone was laggy, and would freeze. You basically were forced to go premium.

Buy whatever you want. But the debate is pointless.
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Sure thing man, keep telling yourself that.

If you need your phone battery to last a full day of use, and you need to reliably and without lag ran productivity apps for business, and have any sort of requirement for decent, high quality high resolution photos or video features - then you still need a premium phone, weather it’s an iPhone or an android based one.
 
Zellephant said:
Sure thing man, keep telling yourself that.

If you need your phone battery to last a full day of use, and you need to reliably and without lag ran productivity apps for business, and have any sort of requirement for decent, high quality high resolution photos or video features - then you still need a premium phone, weather it’s an iPhone or an android based one.
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Ok, if you say so.
 
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