So are you a WP7 owner?

Or simply a liar and a troll (and a loser)?

It’s been roughly the same marketshare for – going on 2 years now?… and when you combine this with that other statistic recently published, showing “89% of iOS users are repeat iPhone buyers”, it paints a pretty clear picture that some segment of users on iPhones feel stuck to iOS, and very few new users are moving to iOS – perhaps just enough to cover the numbers for those who leave their iPhones behind to move to the latest and greatest new thing, which is fast becoming Android.  A little churn, but no growth.

During the same time period, Android has tripled, it seems – from “fewer than iOS” two years ago, to “twice iOS” now – wow.  That says something.  People like choices, and features, I believe.  It’s great that you can get a dual-core, 4.5″ high-res high-end phone with every bell and whistle for $200, or pick up a budget Android phone with less horsepower if budget is a concern and you aren’t a geek.

This new iPhone 5 better be able to compete with the likes of the Galaxy SII at least, since it’s been out months already across the planet, or Apple won’t be able to claim a premium device any longer.
It doesn’t help their image already that most reviewers have long stopped speaking of superior features, and especially recently I’ve noticed have been stressing iPhone’s primary advantage being “simple use for non-geek users”. That’s a bit like selling one of those big-button “phone only” cell phones for the elderly – warning flags are going up in my mind when I read “compliments” like that in reviews as the primary advantage.

It’s like a soap opera – I can’t wait to see this new iPhone – it’s like a cliffhanger…

It’s either going to come out and be iterative, again, which would be really bad given the serious jump in hardware that has been occuring on the other side of the fence…
…or it’s going to come out and blow minds – a larger, same density Retina display, dual-core, iOS enhancements on top of what’s already been announced (which already took steps to appeal to the paradigm that’s been slowly shifting away from the iOS way), memory, onboard storage, battery life, slim profile…. it NEEDS to be this, or Apple could see a downturn that could eventually turn them into a RIM.

Ps, for free, the optimus is androids greatest advertising.. It’s a perfect balance of price and functionality and the only low ender that doesn’t make android look like a sluggish crapfest.