It's because of the cost, nothing else. Everyone I know would switch to iPhone in a heartbeat if they had the Rs. 60k you need in India to buy one. My Android phone, on the other hand, cost me Rs. 13k.
Android thrived because shelling out a month's salary on phones is a losing proposition in third world countries (which have the majority of phone uses)
Android thrived because shelling out a month's salary on phones is a losing proposition in third world countries (which have the majority of phone uses)