iPhone XR launch attracted more Android switchers in the U.S. than the iPhone 8 & iPhone X

A big jump in American Android switchersiPhone buyers trending toward larger, premium modelsCIRP noted that 16 percent of iPhone buyers announced having switched from Android during the first launch month of iPhone XR, a 33 percent increase over the number of Android switchers following the launch of iPhone 8 models a year ago, and a 45 percent increase in Android switchers in the month after the launch of iPhone X. "It appears that iPhone XR did serve to attract current Android users," wrote CIRP Partner and Co-Founder Mike Levin. But, based on the pricing and features, we can infer that Apple positioned the iPhone XR to appeal to potential operating systems switchers from Android. A Merrill Lynch Global Research report in October indicated that globally, no Android brands came anywhere close to the loyalty of Apple's iPhone buyers. Last year, iPhone 8 Plus outpurveyed the level sized iPhone 8, and the discounted iPhone 7 Plus purveyed better than the level iPhone 7.

13 classic games you can download for your iPhone or Android for free

You've got a new phone and you need something to play on it. But instead of focusing on games that might cost money or are trendy now — looking at you, "Fortnite" — causes of not take a moment to go out of the classics? Lots of games you may have loved in the past are available on the iPhone and Android — and they're free. Here are some of our favorites:

Why your iPhone and Android phone will cost more in 2019

As it stated in If you thought $1,000 was outrageous for an iPhone or Android device, you're in for a nasty surpheight in 2019. The iPhone XR costs 7 percent more than last year's entry-level iPhone 8, and 15 percent more than the iPhone 7. The uptick is immediately noticeable the time comparing phone prices from this day by the same model launched just 2 years ago. Apple's prices have risen at a steady average for both its iPhone and iPhone Plus/Max lines, making the iPhone XS Max a luxury spinoff. Even before the Galaxy Note 9's $1,000 bombshell, the S9 Plus -- last year's iPhone Plus and iPhone X elect -- was alavailiable inching toward iPhone X prices.

Here's a great illustration of how much Android phone makers love copying the iPhone

That's right, we're talking about the iPhone, and a nifty new illustration that popped up this 7 days serves as a great reminder of how much Android phone makers love to copy Apple's iPhone designs. Those of us that have been around long enough know that smartphones were around for a long, long time before Apple's iPhone debuted in early 2007. Check out Reddit consumer "Saim_Ray010's" graphic:Image Source: Saim_Ray010, RedditAs was the case back then, Apple's iPhone designs continue to shape the indushave a have aTry today. But once the iPhone X hit the scene, nearly eextremely Android phone maker on the planet rushed to copy it. In fact, the image above is just the advice of the iceberg… look at this image, that shows 20 iPhone X copycats all together.

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