So they pick the time frame when the new iPhone is released? Why not go back to when the Galaxy III came out and compare sales with the iPhone? The picture would be totally different.
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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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How? Then you'd be comparing the timeframe when a new android was released. Not totally different at all, in fact it'd be the exact same scenario
Overall U.S. smartphone market for 2012...
Android - 52%
iOS in second - 35%
Blackberry OS - 7%
Other - 5%
Windows Phone - 2%
Source: Nielsen
Android - 52%
iOS in second - 35%
Blackberry OS - 7%
Other - 5%
Windows Phone - 2%
Source: Nielsen
Seems like it to me.
If there is a choice, most of the carriers in US tend to push either iPhone or android phones.
Not sure why, but my guess is that the carriers make more money when selling iPhone or android phone.
As other have said Bada is a phone OS developed by Samsung. It you look at the whole World, link, then click Download all market shares here for the PDF, you see that while Bada has 0% in the US it is a little more popular in Europe, 6.5% in France. So World wide it is valid to track Bada.
The main reason that carriers in the US can subsides phones to higher level is that the minimum monthly smart phone plans are so high in the US. I recommend people read Benedict Evans' iPhone pricing and US market share. The 3rd and 4th graphs tell the story.
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With a steadily decreasing support in the business world, which was their prime market, I say no.
Very true. In a true free market Android/iOS market share would be very different. See Benedict Evans' iPhone pricing and US market share.
I'm in Australia. I just looked at the Vodafone site.
iPhone 5 - $66/m
S III - $50/m
$16 times 24 months = $384.
The higher cost of the iPhone is being passed on to the consumer.
In Australia we have carrier subsidised iPhones:
$0 upfront payment and $6/mo payment towards the phone
http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/iphone/home/iphone-5
And iPhone managed less than 30% market share. iPhone's success in the US isn't solely down to subsidising.
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Firstly, Android is usually in first place in the US and will be again soon once the iPhone 5 hype dies down.
Secondly...Really? You think that the issue of "fragmentation" (which in reality isn't a issue in day-to-day use) is going to cause Windows overtake Android?
Go up to your average consumer and ask them "so how do you feel about the reported fragmentation issues on Android and how will that affect your next purchase?". Then observe the blank expression on their face and awkward silence that results.
The average consumer will have no idea what you are talking about.
Also, how can you talk about Android's supposed "fragmentation" and Windows in the same sentence whilst keeping a straight face? Windows is far more fragmented.
We have Intel Windows which can run both WinRT and legacy Apps. Then we have Windows RT on ARM which has a desktop (??) but this is only for Office. All others run the in "the Interface Formerly Known as Metro". These WinRT apps need to scale from a 30" monitor down to a 10" tablet whilst running on windows across literally millions of different hardware combinations and two different architectures. Then we have Windows Phone 8, whose Apps are compatible with non of the above.
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I wouldn't say worthless, I would say, needs to be ead in context, but you make a very important point: Apple ships one new phone per year and consumers know this. iPhone sales spike in the few months after a launch.
These stats are based on 12 weeks of sales ending 25 Nov 2012 The iPhone 5 started shipping 21 Sep 2012, so the stats include the first two months of iPhone 5 sales. The iPhone 4S shipped 14 Oct 2011, 3 weeks "later" so the comprehending 12 weeks of sales in 2011 included 44 days of the new iPhone compared to 65 days of the new iPhone this year.
What we need is a graph plotting the percentages over time for the last few years, to tell the true story.
The fact that a few months after Nokia's flagship Lumia 900 went to market Microsoft announced that their new Windows 8 OS would not work on any existing Windows 7 phones regardless of how powerful the hardware was?
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How's Apple's share price done over the last year buddy?
And what does Google's share price have to do with Android market share?
"I'm certain, but i've got nothing factual to base this on except for my gut instincts and you should all take this as fact"
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The worldwide smartphone market is also increasing and so Apple needs to increase sales by a greater percentage just to maintain their overall marketshare. Eg:
Suppose one year 10 people buy a smartphone, of which 5 are Apple. The next year 20 people buy smartphones and Apple sell 9. They have nearly doubled their sales but they have lost market share.
Victory is determined by dollar signs.
It would be interesting to know how much Google makes off of Android as opposed to how much Apple makes on just the iPhone.
Android may be the dominant platform but for the individual handset players, all is not equal.
I believe they are putting things in perspective regarding that small and insignificant area that isn't the US. You know... the rest of the world?
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You don't even need to go back that far. In the quarter before iPhone 5 came out one Android phone (the Galaxy S3) outsold the iPhone 4S worldwide.
So? Apple markets as well. And Samsung initially took market share from other Android devices but Apple's solidity in the market has definitely been shook and disappointments in the form of iP4S and iP5 haven't helped. Apple is still on top but the gap is much, much smaller IMO.
