Surveys are just that, a representation of the massive totality based on the opinion of a representative few – albeit with scientific research foundations. How much stock we put on their reliability changes from person to person, but the results usually stand proud regardless of your doubts or approval. This specific one leans it favor towards the Android ecosystem – that only 5% or less of Android users will jump over to iOS with the upcoming iPhone 6 launch.


The survey was done by an outfit called Survata – a survey group that has clients among Fortune 100 companies. The method was pretty straightforward – approach respondents on sites around the Internet and ask if they want to complete a survey to unlock premium content on those sites. The company was honest enough to report a 3.3% margin of error, but believes that the method is solid. The respondents also reported what phones they currently own.

The main conclusion is this, that there is an “utter lack of interest in Android owners to switch over to the new iPhone”. The “utter lack of interest” in Apple‘s upcoming device is represented in a number – only 5% will surely make the jump to the new iPhone 6 if given the chance. If you ask me, I will admit that I’m biased as heck and would not even touch the box of an iPhone with a stick. But the data speaks for itself – Android users are pretty much content with the technical environment they’re in right now. Does this piece of data speak for all Android users?

iphone-6-vs-samsung-galaxy-s5

Surveys will tell you that these are representative data – in this case, it will be accurate to over 96% of the market. Do with the data what you will. I won’t make that jump – and I know of other people who won’t. What’s you take on it? Ping us back on the comments section and let us know your thought on this.

VIA: CNet

15 COMMENTS

  1. Of course not. Some of us don’t exactly need to upgrade every moment something new. That’s not to say I’ll never touch an iPhone, it just won’t be this one.

  2. The phablet will be of interest to see what they’ve done. But the inflexible ecosystem puts me off. All my music would need to be converted. I’d have to have new apps.
    Disappointingly if they create the ultimate watch that too won’t suit me even if it can be a stand alone. For the same reasons as above.
    Finally there is so much more choice of design within the Android community.

  3. I would consider moving to a Windows Phone, if the right hardware came along on my carrier (Verizon, so it’s unlikely). I wouldn’t consider going to an iPhone though, there is just too much baggage involved with the Apple ecosystem.

  4. Apple needs to open its system.. The after sales sale is just unacceptable.. Once I buy the phone, it is mine.. I need to be able to choose what I put in it..

  5. I was a fanboy from my first IIc to my MacBook Air and all itterations of OSX in between. With handsets, I started on a Nokia, then to a Motorola, a Samsung, a BlackBerry, then to the first two itterations of the iPhone and Nokia’s first Windows Phone. The day I picked up an HTC M7, I was done. Tried my daughter’s iPhone 5 for a bit of nostalgia and found the experience not anywhere near enough to jump ship from Android.

    From everything I’ve read, the iPhone 6 is one part catchup and one part security nightmare in the making. NFC access to my financial data? Yeah that’s the paradigm of a bad idea. Anyone else remember the “chip” advertised as the end of our security concerns then being asked to “look out” for transactions from tethered machines catching our secure data? At the high end, now that the capture won’t need high antenna sensitivity nor power output, it might just go from a briefcase to a handheld because it’s finally worth the investment in such. Ain’t technology wonderful?

  6. There is ZERO chance of me going to Apple. My new nexus 5 was 1/2 the price. There is nothing Apple could sell that could ever male me buy one of their products. I’ve been a tech customer for 35 years.

  7. I won’t give a dime of my cash to a company who only looks at stifling innovation and manipulate technology. Mobile payment systems using Android phones and Visa “paywave” has been around for over a year now however is not that talked about. Why? Because Apple insists on trying to control this market also. I’ve been using my Visa card from my Galaxy S4 for a year now while iPhone users have no clue how come their iphones won’t work. That’s because Apple wouldn’t adapt NFC until now. How come so late in the game? To force people to upgrade to an iPhone 6? Nope, to control the mobile payment market.

  8. Putting the numbers in context – 36 percent of iPhone users are very likely to upgrade, 15 percent of iPhone 5S are very likely to upgrade.

    You have to do that to avoid the logic error that it adds up to 100%, and we are talking about 5% switching and 95% staying.

    We aren’t – you also don’t indicate that you are planning to buy a phone, if you just plain don’t have plans to buy a phone right now.

    But the people will upgrade eventually, whether they admit it or not – they aren’t going to keep their current phone till the end of time, or go back to using a landline.

    So 5% very likely, and another 12% somewhat likely to buy it – and this coming from Android users – and the phone was even announced at the time of the survey – that’s pretty darn good.

  9. Had an iphone since 2012. Recently got an andriod. Never looked back. Too much frustration. Also using itunes to set up international use? No thanks. Loving my andriod

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.