More Android users are switching

New survey shows iPhone picking up steam.

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Leander Kahney
May 18, 2023

The latest data shows Android users are switching to iPhone in the highest numbers in five years.

On top of this, recent surveys have shown teens prefer iPhones by a whopping 87%, with Apple’s 2023 market share hitting nearly 60%.

Like Steve Jobs once said about the iPod, sometimes the best product wins.

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— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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I still spend a lot of my time working on new computers, and it will always be a primal thing for Apple. But the user experience is what we care about most.

— Steve Jobs, 2000.

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