Ask HN: Can Android phones still compete with the iPhone?

1 point

6 years ago

iPhone has the fastest processor by a large margin [0], the most popular wearables that sell like crazy [1], Apple Glasses headset is around the corner [2], and now iOS apps will be able to run on macOS. Is it possible for Android phones to compete with this on anything else but price?

[0] https://www.anandtech.com/show/14892/the-apple-iphone-11-pro-and-max-review/4

"In the mobile space, there's really no competition as the A13 posts almost double the performance of the next best non-Apple SoC."

[1] https://fortune.com/2019/08/06/apple-airpods-business/

"He would only say that the company's wearables division, which includes AirPods and Apple Watch, accounts for more revenue than 300 of all Fortune 500 companies."

[2] https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-glasses/

"Well-respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects the AR glasses to be marketed as an iPhone accessory and will primarily take a display role offloading computing, networking, and positioning to the iPhone. Offering the AR glasses as an iPhone accessory will allow Apple to keep them slim and lightweight."