Why Are More Android Users Switching To iPhone?

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A record number of Android users are apparently switching to iPhones, and Apple CEO Tim Cook provided some insight into why. Despite the mass migration to iOS, Android remains the world's most popular mobile operating system, and by a sizeable margin. According to StatCounter, Google's mobile OS has a 71.85 percent market share globally as of July 2022, while iOS is a distant second with a 27.5 percent market share. KaiOS and and a bunch of obsolete systems, such as Windows Phone, Series 40, and others, make up the rest.

While the availability of decent mid-range phones at affordable prices is one of the main reasons why Android is the most popular mobile OS globally, the myriad customization options and the relative amount of freedom compared to iOS have also contributed greatly to the popularity of Android. The situation, however, is dramatically different in the U.S where iPhone rules the roost. According to StatCounter, iOS accounts for 55.26 percent of the mobile OS market in the country, while Android has only a 44.43 percent market share as of July 2022.

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At Apple's latest earnings call last week, CEO Tim Cook suggested that Android users are switching over to iPhones in droves. Apple CFO Luca Maestri also said that the iPhone's active installed base «reached a new all-time high across all geographies» during the last quarter, thanks to people switching over from Android. While Android remains the leading mobile operating system globally, its market share has been falling in recent times, with iOS being the obvious beneficiary.

Some of the markets where Apple did especially well during the last quarter were Indonesia, Vietnam, and India,