Tim Cook: 30% of iPhone buyers were using Android – Computerworld Portugal

iPhone sales continue to grow because of people who stop using Android

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Apple continues to hit record with the number of iPhones it sells each quarter, but the company’s CEO, Tim Cook, is not worried that growth will slow down. Because? The Android.

Cook revealed on the company’s results announcement that 30% of new buyers of the iPhone in the quarter that ended in late September were changing of Android, which is a new record. And only two days of sales of the iPhone 6s and 6s were included in the results of this quarter, so that the percentage might be higher in the quarter ending in late December.

“What this means is that for customers who bought an iPhone in the last quarter and replaced a smartphone, 30% changed from an Android device, “said Cook. “There may have been some who switched from other operating systems, but Android is the biggest so far. This number is the highest ever registered since we started measuring it three years ago. “

More than one billion Android users, said the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, the annual conference I / The May. Apple is clearly targeting those users with greater phones and new features like 3D Touch and improved the hardware and software of the cameras. And while Android users have a broader choice of hardware at varying prices, Apple just made it more affordable to buy an iPhone with your iPhone Upgrade Program or migrating from Android to iOS to Move app.