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eloisant 5 hours ago

Probably not many, the iPhone only has a 35% market share in the Netherlands.

The Fairphone 6 is a pretty good phone.

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hex-m 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

According to the WhatsApp-leak, it is 51.41% Android and 48.59% iOS in the Netherlands.

https://github.com/sbaresearch/whatsapp-census/blob/main/cou...

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joe_mamba 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That sounds unreal to me. Typically rich countries, like the nordics, are majority iPhone. But then again, Dutch people are know across Europe to be cheapskates so maybe that explains it ;)

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uyzstvqs an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Android is generally more popular in Europe.

The reason is how messaging works. In the US (and Canada?), SMS was affordable since before smartphones, and people kept using SMS once smartphones became common. Apple automatically integrated iMessage into that. Americans are used to texting using the default messaging app, and using an iPhone to text another iPhone provided a better experience than plain old SMS/MMS.

In Europe, SMS was extremely expensive in the late 2000s/early 2010s, so people never really used it, and instead started using cross-platform internet messengers. MSN, Skype, then WhatsApp. Android was/is seen as the same or better quality for a lower price, so why buy an iPhone?

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ahoka 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You know that it costs the same as the cheapest iPhone?

	▲	joe_mamba an hour ago \| parent [-]
		You know not all Android phones in NL are Fairphones? And you know plenty of ANdroids are much cheaper than a Fairphone? Which probably explains the 35% market share if that's true. But I get it, you wanted a cheap shot.