But, given those circumstances, why would anyone elect to give Android another bite at the apple? With most people, when it comes to products, the cost of failure is omission. I'm not suggesting that people are obligated to give a second chance nor that they're irrational for being weary. They should be. Android might have been spared the outdated lingering reputation had it been released in a different manner (albeit the benefit to allowing it to make mistakes early on also hastened its improvements and allowed it to become as refined as it is now).
Rather, I'm pointing out that anyone who chooses to not give a second look is doing themselves a disservice. In my dealings with many people who prefer iOS over Android, virtually none of them are people who have spent a few hours or more using an Android 4.2+ based phone. They are almost universally people who love iOS and feel no urge to look elsewhere because they're thrilled with what they have, or they're people who have looked elsewhere, but like Tenchusatsu, did so years ago and don't want to give a second look because they presume things are the same.
For example, hand someone an iPhone 5s and a Moto X (which costs less than half as much) and ask them to test out the voice assistant and navigation features for a while. It's almost inconceivable that anyone would rate the iPhone 5s remotely as highly, but if you ask these same people *before* testing them which they predict will perform better, they'll usually choose the iPhone if they're relatively unfamiliar with the two phones. |
