Across the world, the biggest smartphone manufacturers are Apple (28%), Samsung (24%), Xiaomi (12%), Oppo (6%) and Vivo (5%). However, there are geographic patterns in popularity, with Apple dominating North America and East Asia, while Samsung leads in South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia in addition to its home turf of South Korea. Xiaomi is the most popular phone brand across South Asia, Spain, Venezuela, Ukraine, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, while Tecno is popular in West and Central Africa. Oppo, Vivo and Huawei lead in Indonesia, Bhutan and Togo respectively.

  • Bye@lemmy.worldEnglish
    319·
    3 months ago

    I would go back to android if they had iMessage. That’s really what’s keeping me on iPhone.

    • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

      It’s sad how you recognize that Apple tactics to artificially keep their users captive is working for you.

      I would rather suffer an inconvenience than recognizing I’m captive of a company.

    • unrushed233@lemmings.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      Just use Signal. It’s private and secure, available on every platform (including desktop), you can send photos, voice messages and all kinds of other files.

    • zelnix@lemmy.mlEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      Do you have a Mac? Or can run a Mac VM? You can use bluebubbles on a Mac that will let you use iMessage on non apple platforms

      • FuzzyRedPanda@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Yeah this is my solution. I run Bluebubbles on my Android phone and have the bluebubbles server running on an old mac mini.

        This was a huge part of me being able to switch back to Android after being on iPhones for 6 years.