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Apple Continues to Hold More Than Half of U.S. Smartphone Sales
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I'm sure they will get some good exposure. they are sold out already here in Canada on the Rogers network.
Maybe not a crazy comeback, but a good one.
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Agreed.
Got a few friends working for RIM. Saying some good stuff about it. Its no joke this time around.
I think people are cutting them out of the race because of the past, but they are going to come back strong I think.
personally I won't go out and get one until I see some reviews, but I'm paying attention.
Better than Palm OS?
RIM is dying. Unless BB10 poops unicorns and sneezes diamonds I can't see them coming back from this.
They said the same thing about Apple in the 90s. Let's not rest on our laurels . . . . that is to say, let's not assume Apple is going to rest on their laurels, as they have been for the past three years.
And at the same time, some reports are showing that Apple may not be able to keep the profit growth it had. It's difficult to assess the credibility of such a statement.
Because that is about where it should be at its peak it was way overvalued by market hype.
I have no fun in seeing fellow human beings define their existance around a mass-market consumer brand or another.
Another release from Kantar.
Should be mumbling something about 2013 and looking for my costanza.jpg file.
Should be mumbling something about 2013 and looking for my costanza.jpg file.
From what I read, the trend in China is towards the no-name, non-Google, cheap Android phone. Unless they have enough money to buy a status symbol.
Of course Apple can't keep up the same profit growth. That's an exponential game and frankly, it's not sustainable for anyone. There just comes a point when your growth will slow down, even if your profits climb by more net dollars.
Growth is usually measure in percentages, and the problem is percentages don't really tell the whole story.
It's much easier to grow your profits by 100% when you have 1$ of profits (just need to jump up to 2$ of profits) than when you're making 10,000,000,000$ of profits (where you need 20,000,000,000$ of profits to get the same 100% growth).
But percentages will make it seem like the guy who grew his profits by 1$ did better than the guy who grew his profits by billions, short of his 10bn$ mark.
Yah a company that has the best profits and highest market cap out there is over-valued...meanwhile companies like Amazon that post losses and Google who is losing advertising / web share trade at a higher P/E.
Ooookay.
With the changes they have been making I can see people taking notice.
Especially with their new found App focus they are really trying to push for the consumer market. Incentives to make apps for them, new phones that are easily on par if not better then the iPhone..... We know the specs from the "leaks".
I'm the first guy to say RIM is a failure.... but they are doing things right this time around and people will take notice.
That's why people here are so ecstatic about Microsoft's dominance in the software business. It is much better to have no competition and have only one company produce everything. The consumer always wins in a monopolistic situation.
Although I am a ex-bb user and loved it. I don't think the bb10 phones offer me more than what I already get on the iPhone. I don't think I will be switching back just yet. Although I hope rim gets it together and succeeds with there new phones.
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Should be happy, you get dividend you asked for years now.
Well you lose 30% of the value of your shares, that's a good way to thanks TC for giving them.
I wasn't suggesting this at all. I was simply stating that market share does matter in the industry. No need to sensationalize.
Because this article only mentions US, except Japan, everywhere else it's not great at all.
Here's another article from the same statistics:
iPhone hangs on in US, Japan, but EVERYONE ELSE bought an Android
For example, in China, over 70% marketshare has Android
Because this article only mentions US, except Japan, everywhere else it's not great at all.
Here's another article from the same statistics:
iPhone hangs on in US, Japan, but EVERYONE ELSE bought an Android
For example, in China, over 70% marketshare has Android
Great marketshare is nice, for android as a whole. Not so much profit wise for certain individual android handset makers. In the end it's how much you keep $$$.
most of the world you have to pay full price for a phone. $650 for iphone 5/Galaxy S3 and less for older and cheaper phones.
most people don't buy phones more than $300 to $400. the top of the line phones are mostly a US market due to the 2 year contract. this is why so many kids in the USA have smartphones now. $99 or free on contract is a no brainer gift for a kid. my older son will probably get a smartphone when he is 7 or so. 9 tops
most people don't buy phones more than $300 to $400. the top of the line phones are mostly a US market due to the 2 year contract. this is why so many kids in the USA have smartphones now. $99 or free on contract is a no brainer gift for a kid. my older son will probably get a smartphone when he is 7 or so. 9 tops
sounds like all of your problems stem from your carrier. your brightness is fine. it's adjusting to the changing ambient light levels. stop fiddling with it.
iphone 5 is still the standard to beat. it lags and crashes less than any other phone. just ask around. apple had a huge lead on the competition but they all caught up for the most part. there's nothing that could've been done differently. as soon as the competition realized they could borrow ideas and technology and component prices came down, they were able to compete with apple by making an almost as good product for a lot less. until there's another tech breakthrough or radically different os (sorry buy android, ms and blackberry don't count just because they're technically newer than iOS), we will all have to wait to see what apple does next.
no he experiences the exact same thing as me. Its where the backlight completely shuts off. Like no joke. Next time it happens I'm taking a pic of it.
My iPhone 5 will sometimes just have no backlight until I slightly move the slider in the options.. then it returns.
I thought I was the only one lulz so didn't bring it up. Guess not. But it does happen to me as well. I don't have auto brightness on.