72% of iPad users do not own an iPhone

http://www.fabcapo.com/2011/04/72-of-ipad-users-do-not-own-iphone.html

by sinzone • 15 years ago

49 38 15 years ago

kadavy• 15 years ago

Nice opportunity for Apple to use the iPad as an entry-point for customers. It worked for the iPod, which I think made a lot of people more comfortable with the idea of using Apple products; and probably prompted many people's first MacBook purchases.

joaquin_win3• 15 years ago

I agree with this. I have a nexus one and an ipad and if apple gets multitasking correctly when I decide to change phone I'll probably go with an iPhone.

dangero• 15 years ago

What's wrong with their current multitasking solution?

Samuel_Michon3• 15 years ago

The way iOS handles multitasking is very similar to how Android does it. Why would it be good enough for your Nexus One, but not for an iPhone?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/199891/geek_101_android_and_i...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/199830/apple_ios_4_vs_android...

Terretta2• 15 years ago

Enable Dev mode (by plugging into Xcode) then you can swipe left and right between apps, or push up to see the MRU app list. The swipe left and right makes it feel the apps are running, you're just switching screens. Convenient and fast.

scottkduncan• 15 years ago

I think this sentiment is right on and that the article cited overemphasizes the importance of syncing and interoperability across devices. This is an important issue for the early adopters who use consumer electronics to their fullest potential, but not for mainstream consumers who use devices as stand-alones and base purchase decisions more on what they are comfortable with and branding than technical features.

cschep• 15 years ago

I am a long time iPhone user who just picked up an iPad 2. I still find myself consistently reaching for my phone when the iPad is just as close by. Possibly habit, but I definitely think these products are very different and don't "need" each other at all. Not something I think I "got" until having them both around and letting my brain decide between them.

yurisagalov• 15 years ago

I do agree that the devices are not dependent, but I disagree with the first part.

You reach for the iPhone instead of the iPad because the devices are _the same_, and the iPhone is already satisfying whatever task that you're doing.

I had an iPad for the longest time, and couldn't figure out what to do with it. I always had the iPhone with me, and so I was used to using it for all the same tasks as the iPad. Finally, I just gave it to my mom, who uses it around the house and does not own an iPhone

glhaynes2• 15 years ago

In a way they're very similar, but I think of the situation similarly to my main computer: an 11" laptop with a 27" display that it spends about half the time attached to. Sure, the ultimate would be something that could fit into my pocket but fold out to wall-sized... but until that's available, I'll continue to want devices of varying sizes and levels of portability.

smackfu2• 15 years ago

Agreed. I used my iPad a lot before I got a smartphone. After getting an iPhone (which is always in arm's reach), I just don't tend to use the iPad much anymore. Especially since app data doesn't sync between them except stuff on the cloud, so I need to play a game or whatnot on whatever platform I used before.

rflrob• 15 years ago

The author seems to be assuming that all iPad owners have or will soon have a smartphone. I don't know that this is the case: my mom got my grandmother an iPad, but there's no way she needs a smartphone for anything.

kalleboo• 15 years ago

Just because you don't need a smartphone doesn't mean you won't get one. Come contract renewal, she'll probably get an Android phone whether she wants to or not (in the U.S., it may take another contract cycle, but here in Europe, everyone is giving out entry-level Android phones from ZTE, Sony Ericsson etc as freephones)

Samuel_Michon3• 15 years ago

I believe there's a relation between handset price and advanced use. People with cheapo smartphones often don't even realize that they can send emails, browse the web, and use apps with their phone. The vast majority of Nexus S and iPhone owners use at least some of the smartphone features that their device offers.

I mention this because I think GP was talking about people using smartphones, not simply owning one. I know plenty of folks who own Nokia and LG smartphones but have never downloaded an app, visited a website on their phone, or synced their phone to a computer.

smackfu2• 15 years ago

My parents are still on voice-only phone plans and not even texting. The mandatory data plans for a smartphone would add $20-30 and there is definitely no interest in that.

tomkarlo2• 15 years ago

I have an iPhone and an iPad and I don't even bother to sync my music to my iPad - why would I when I always have the iPhone with me anyway, and I have Pandora on the iPad as a backup? It just eats up space I could be using for movies and other things more appropriate to the iPad.

Frankly, I also don't bother to sync my iTunes to my work laptop (which is where I spent the most time sitting around) and I notice that people at the office don't seem to any more either, they just use their phones. It's partially because it's not really any easier to listen to music on your computer any more than an iPhone or Android phone.

Feel like there's an assumption here that an iPad is a giant iPhone and I think that's as faulty as considering it a tiny laptop and evaluating it on that basis. Just not the same.

somebear• 15 years ago

Just FYI: You are able to play music from your iPhone through iTunes without having any music on your laptop.

Just plug it in, but don't sync it (apart from the initial 1-step sync), open the iPhone in the iTunes sidebar, and you should be able to play your music right away including playlists (some authorisation might be needed). Works very well for me.

tomkarlo2• 15 years ago

Thanks, but when I'm at work I use headphones (as I assume most folks do.) It's easiest to just plug them into my iPhone. (I do keep a power cord around for the phone.)

Has the additional side benefit that my play counts stay more accurate.

albemuth• 15 years ago

That's got to be a tough number to swallow for RIM since they're making the Playbook somewhat dependent on having a BB as well.

michaelpinto• 15 years ago

I find myself using both devices in very different ways — for example I'll listen to an audio book on my iPhone but read an eBook on my iPad. I realize that both formats are "mobile devices" but in many ways they each feel like their own category in terms of usability. I also notice that I use the iPhone for very quick tasks while I'm standing and on the go (i.e. multitasking) — while the iPad is best if you want to ignore everything else around you.

Terretta2• 15 years ago

iPhone is for utilities, iPad for immersion.

hartror• 15 years ago

Scratching my head how they collected this data. The comScore MobiLens[1] site doesn't seem to be any more forthcoming than the report[2] itself.

Anecdotally I don't know anyone who owns an iPad that doesn't own an iPhone. Not saying they don't exist but it does make the report a little hard to swallow when there is no insight into their research methods.

[1] http://comscore.com/Products_Services/Product_Index/MobiLens

[2] http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/4/A...

wtn• 15 years ago

Children own many iPads and iPod Touch devices. Most of them have cheaper cell phones than iPhones (or no cell phone).

mbateman• 15 years ago

Counter-anecdotally: I know a handful of people who decided that they wanted both an iPhone and an iPad in the last few months, but can only afford one, and go with the iPad.

mcdaid• 15 years ago

I bought an iPad2 the other day, the apple shop girl seemed pretty shocked that I had never owned an apple device before and even more so that I had never used iTunes. I might have showed her my £10 phone but that might have been too much for her.

As far as putting music on the iPad, I am not sure if I will even bother. There are plenty of cheap mp3 players which don't require converting wma files and itunes hastle.

72% of iPad users do not own an iPhone

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