Don't companies usually look at the entire year when saying "overtake" and not just one quarter? Don't get me wrong, I am glad, but the title is a little misleading. A newer phone (ip5) vs older phone (SG3)= newer phone with better sales.
you're disregarding the fact that if a person wants iOS, they only have one choice, Apple. If a person wants Android, they have the option of Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Sony, LG, etc. So for you to argue about the discrepancy of models offered by each company is a moot point.
you're disregarding the fact that if a person wants iOS, they only have one choice, Apple. If a person wants Android, they have the option of Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Sony, LG, etc. So for you to argue about the discrepancy of models offered by each company is a moot point.
Not as bad as the story on tablet market share. How the hell can you measure market share when companies like Amazon do not release sales figures for their devices?
This now exhausts Apple's appeal options, making the latest decision final.
If you look at the numbers, it's not even close. Sure Sammy is catching up, but the gap is still very wide. Apple sold 48 million iPhones last quarter. Sammy sold about 60 million smartphones in the same period.Only to a certain extent. Android pretty much = Samsung when it comes to phones. The tablet market is a little different, but again look who is #2. The key is that Samsung is the only Android manufacturer who's been able to successfully compete with Apple at the high end (with the Galaxy line), while dominating the low end (the way Nokia used to), which Apple doesn't compete in at all.
you're disregarding the fact that if a person wants iOS, they only have one choice, Apple. If a person wants Android, they have the option of Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Sony, LG, etc. So for you to argue about the discrepancy of models offered by each company is a moot point.
If you don't even have a clue on how these firms arrive at their estimates, how can you criticise the validity of their methods?
Is that seriously 26% of all phones, not 26% of all smartphones? So the cheap little pay-as-you-go phone that is in the glove compartment of my car for emergencies, turned off all the time, counts the same as an iPhone?
Since I've owned AAPL for over 11 years now, I do plenty of research. I don't care what their methods are, they are nothing more than educated guesses. The manufacturers don't break down sales by country, some don't release sales figures, others only shipped devices (shipped does not equal sold), carriers don't release enough data points to do anything other than guess. Usage statistics show Apple devices are used way more than Android devices yet Android devices have a higher market share. The fact is, this story and others like it are nothing more than educated guesses.
Time to shift the conversation. Apple is no longer in danger of going out of business like is was in the 90's. This was Steve's greatest accomplishment. Apple now has the ecosystem to carry it long into the future. Let others obsess with profits and marketshare. We want continued great design and polished innovation. The rest will take of itself.
Only in USA, at christmas time. Nice stats, they really clarify the market's reality.
But isn't that the biggest retail quarter of the year?
Whats worldwide like? Samsung pure domination?