Samsung - past, present, and future, as they close in on Apple

[Twixt]

I also don't think people with flagship android phones upgrade as often as iphone users. Everyone I personally know who owns the s3 has no interest in the s4, and will most likely use their current phone until it is not sufficient. Most people I know with iphones are always interested in the newest model if they can financially afford to upgrade every year.

The way i read it is that iphone lacks size and features whereas GS3 is feature rich enough (hard and soft) so as to make people fully happy and not needing any new handset soon

 

[JaySoul]

It's funny, the S3 is selling so much - and I see it everywhere.

But out of all my family/friends, just one of them has a Samsung. Everyone else is tied into the Apple ecosystem.

And a few have BlackBerries because they are "international."

But I'm sure the S4 will sell bucketloads if they nail it.

 

[mattopotamus]

I wish that was the case for me.

Since the Nexus One I've had the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S III & Nexus 4.
That's without owning the ZTE Blade, Samsung Omnia 7, HTC Titan, Sony Xperia U and my iPhone 4 inbetween...


It pains my wallet but I do love a latest gadget.

I'm sure both Apple and Samsung will do well. My wife is holding on to her upgrade until she knows what Samsung will reveal on Thursday...

Surely it's the other way around? Only one new iPhone comes out every year whereas about five high end Android phones are released in the same period.

I guess it just depends on how much the individual cares about having the latest tech.

us forumers are in a different category haha. I just mean the overall general public I see with very old android phones. I think because so many phones run off android, it is really hard for people to keep up with and do not follow it as closely as a single iphone a year. For example, most people I know with an s3 do not even know about the s4 and have little interest in it. They will keep their s3 for at least all of 2013 and then maybe look to something else. Apple having 1 phone a year makes people feel like they are missing something if they do not have the newest model. With a new android every 3 months, people are less concerned. That is what I have experienced outside of forums.