It’s not often that you switch from Android to iPhone or vice versa. You’re just used to that one operating system and all your other devices work seamlessly with it. Still, sometimes people choose to switch and here’s why.
In fact, people have different reasons for switching from an Android to the iPhone. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners has researched it, and striking figures are emerging.
Switching from Android to iPhone
More people seem to be switching from Android to iPhone this year than in past years. Of course, one is not always better than the other. It just depends on what you think is important with a phone.
Some can’t live without Android, while others find iOS much easier. The survey revealed the four most common reasons.
Reasons for switching
The biggest reason people switch from Android to iOS are problems with their phones. Instead of their new device being a Samsung or OnePlus, for example, they still choose an iPhone.
26 percent of those surveyed take the iPhone mainly because of new features. So this could be a better camera or perhaps the Dynamic Island. These may be just the features that win people over. So they are not replacing their phone because it is broken, but because they just want something better.
The third reason is a peculiar one: cost. This is remarkable considering that an iPhone is often more expensive than an Android. Yet 15 percent of those surveyed say they switched because of price. Perhaps they then choose an older iPhone model or prefer an iPhone over a flagship from Samsung, for example.
Six percent of respondents said they switched because of contact with friends and family via the iPhone. This is probably especially true in the United States because there is much greater use of iMessage, which is more popular there than WhatsApp. In addition, FaceTime is also a very nice feature that you definitely want to have for talking with friends and family.
