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Apple Sets New High with 53.3% of U.S. Smartphone Market, Android Holds Strong in Europe
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Why would fragmentation stop Android from gaining market share? After all, it hasn't until now.
what about the secondary market iPhones? They have got to be cheaper.
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True. Once people start to trust MS again, it will gain alot on Android if they are priced about the same.
While on some level I definitely join the group of "who cares" in regards to which company has more market share, I'm getting the feeling that the ones here that are actually showing their annoyance over the article are perhaps Android users? 
Yes on the secondary market (if you mean second hand market) they are cheaper but most people ask more money than they are worth. Yet I've seen lots of lumias 800 sold cheaply (new in the box for 100~150 eur).
About Microsoft I doubt that people will gain trust soon enough. Nokia has huge problems with unreliability (I don't know about the lumia series), most people avoid nokia like the plague. The windows 8 update fiasco made many people reluctant to buy windows phones.
Another reason I went to android was because of this, while I liked the new iPhone, it didn't really offer much for me over the 4S, but as I feared, and this confirms it, EVERY MAN AND HIS DOG HAVE AN IPHONE!
Talk about boring!
Talk about boring!
These numbers are so fudged its not even funny. Considering samsung alone sells more android smart phones than apple I'd love to know how these numbers add up. You can play with statistics and make them fit whatever outcome you want. Thats obviously what happened here.
Android has 72% of world marketshare and apple has 14%. I would hardly consider that something to celebrate. Or did everyone miss last week when google officially declared victory over apple.
What happened here is that these are US numbers and Samsung sells more than Apple worldwide.
You realize the US does not count for the whole world, do you?
What window8 update fiasco?
Either way, I just think MS needs some marketing for there phones. Most people that have them tend to love em.
That's because Android is moving into low-end and mid-end, replacing the good old Nokias. Apple is in the high-end market, I'm certain Android does not have 72% market share in that market.
Wow, talk about grey market opportunity: an unlocked (full price, no contract) iPhone 5 is $649 in the US - at today's rate 492€ exactly the same as your Samsung. Next time, get someone in the US to buy you an iPhone (or get one yourself on your next vacation). You end up with a much better deal, because when you decide to upgrade next, you can then sell your old iPhone for much much more than you would get for an equally old Android phone
If I understand correctly... these are quarterly share of sales, not overall market share (number of handsets in use by everyone over time). I wish I was wrong.
That's because the share of sales over a period is what market share measures. The number you were wanting is called 'install base'.
It's very sad to judge a country from its smartphone internet consumption. Said from an Italian.
Reading the threads here at this very forum any time a new apple product should enlighten you.
This data is worthless. Why even publish statistics like this? Of course Apple will sell lots of product in the month right after their new phone launch. Of course they will sell more than any other phone right after the iPhone 5 is released.
You can't interpret these numbers as "new high with 53.3% of smartphone market" when all they show is that Apple sold more iPhones than Android phones after the new iPhone was released.
In other news, Thanksgiving turkey has record sales in the week before thanksgiving and holds 50% of pie food sales when compared to cheesecake.
You can't interpret these numbers as "new high with 53.3% of smartphone market" when all they show is that Apple sold more iPhones than Android phones after the new iPhone was released.
In other news, Thanksgiving turkey has record sales in the week before thanksgiving and holds 50% of pie food sales when compared to cheesecake.
I dunno why prices even come up on the mobile front. While there might be cheaper options out there, Apple's phones and tablets are generally priced about the same as the competition.
...except for the iPad Mini, which I still think could afford to shed $50 or so. My opinion will probably change once they slap a retina display and some beefier hardware into the thing, though.
European poor folk...
These numbers just go to prove that Europe is broke and full of poor folk, who can't afford Apple's rather silly prices for 3 year old technology, that is actually starting to look dated.
These numbers just go to prove that Europe is broke and full of poor folk, who can't afford Apple's rather silly prices for 3 year old technology, that is actually starting to look dated.
