Even thieves don't want Android phones. After robbing an Uber Eats driver in Washington, D.C., thieves realized it was an Android phone, not an iPhone, so they returned it.
What Happened: An Uber Eats driver managed to save his smartphone from thieves because it was an Android phone. However, that's because even thieves find Android phones less desirable than Apple Inc.'s AAPL iPhones.
After finishing his work, the driver asked his wife to meet him outside their home to go and park their car. As soon as they parked it, two armed robbers approached them, asking the man to turn over "everything he had in his pockets".
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However, using an Android phone instead of an iPhone saved the man at least one thing.
"They basically looked at that phone and was like ‘Oh, that’s an Android? We don’t want this. I thought it was an iPhone,'" said the wife of the theft victim, reported ABC7.
The robbers took off with everything else, including the car.
Why It Matters: Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google has been fighting a perception battle against iPhones in the U.S. for many reasons.
From the green versus blue bubble controversy to nearly 90% of teens either owning or wanting to own an iPhone, Google's Android has been deemed the "other" in this perception battle.
While Apple has given into the European Union's Digital Markets Act rules and will add RCS support to iPhones – something that Google has been campaigning for a few years now – the green vs blue bubbles are not going away.
Despite a slowdown in smartphone shipments, Apple is single-handedly dominating the US smartphone industry, with a 55% market share. Its closest rival is Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. SSNLF, with a 22% share, while Google is a distant fourth with a 3% share.
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