The cheapest iPhone is $450? How so? You can get an iPhone for free. And subsidized up to $299, now?
Walmart selling Christmas stock
iPhone 5 - $127
iPhone 4S - $47
iPhone 4 - $.99
Regularly
iPhone 5 - $187
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-iPh...gible-Upgrade-or-New-2-Year-Contract/14675762
the iPhone 4 is $450 off contract. Samsung has android phones as low as $80 off contract.
Amazing how Google and Samsung have kept (and gained) their share. Truly a force to be reckoned with..
the iPhone 4 is $450 off contract. Samsung has android phones as low as $80 off contract.
HOW'D this turn into an argument about iPhone prices???
True.
But when you combine options, more capabilities without jail breaking, simplicity, and is it really surprising that android is ruining the market?
Apple stopped innovating - at least on the phone front. Everything they are now calling "New" has already been done before them (panoramic camera, pictures while shooting video, front facing camera, video chatting over the network etc) had been done first.
Plus ios has essentially remained unchanged from phone to phone and had gotten stale.
I used to adore my iPhones until I got my galaxy s 3.
And some people still like the iPhone... I'm hearing estimates of 50 million boring iPhones sold this quarter.
Frankly... I'm glad both platforms exist.
I'm seeing the opposite. Just about everybody I know has an Android. I have both, so when I pull out my iPhone, I sometimes get, "Wait, you still have an iPhone? I thought you were using an Android now." The trend I noticed used to be that iPhones were more commonly seen (by me, not any sort of fact) being used by girls and younger people/teens.That's a lot lower than I thought... Most anyone I see walking around on their phone has an iPhone.
Thanks. That was just proving my point.
Always does, people trying to justify market share... like it really matters for them which sides get the market share...
This is all my own observation and opinion, so feel free to tell me I'm, "like, toadally wrong, mang."
I think the only ones championing a company successes should be investors. Any one else just comes across a little strange.
That being said: GO APPL!
*own 100 measly shares
The more the better for consumers, it's competition that forces companies to better themselves.
I think the only ones championing a company successes should be investors. Any one else just comes across a little strange.
Yeah, I live in the Denver area, so that's were a lot of my observation is... but then I travel a *lot*, and I'm also throwing in observations of multiple visits to Austin TX, Hawaiian islands, Amsterdam NL, London & Brighton UK, Portland OR... and all the airports between and such.It is wrong to say you are wrong actually. It also depends on where you are. Where I am, I rarely see anyone using a tablet. But when I went to California last year, most people had iPhones and I saw a lot of people using iPads.
It is wrong to say you are wrong actually. It also depends on where you are. Where I am, I rarely see anyone using a tablet. But when I went to California last year, most people had iPhones and I saw a lot of people using iPads.
You have to compare apples to apples. Android is on a lot of handsets. Apple only makes a few. Retention to the OS is more important then, right?
If that's the case - (http://appleinsider.com/articles/11..._rate_next_nearest_hardware_is_htc_at_39.html)
HTC, Motorola and Samsung combined (retention) is 92 percent. Granted - they make phones that are not Android.
So you can't really compare.
I would say both OSes are doing very well in keeping loyalty.
appleinsider said:Android fared better when users were asked solely about software, as 55 percent said they would stick with Google's mobile platform. But an additional 31 percent of Android users also indicated they are likely to switch to an iPhone for their next handset, leaving Apple a sizable chunk of Android users.
Not real strange when you consider the investment people make into the ecosystem. The strength of the company makes it likely that the ecosystem has a strong future.
Isn't profit what those manufacturers are after? The only company looking for market share rather than profits on hardware is Google, because they don't make their money selling hardware, but rather by mining user data in order to sell targeted ads.
Google wants profits too and has a lot of problems monetizing off Android
It doesn't matter that Android is gaining mobile marketshare when stuff like this is happening
- Android is gaining marketshare on the low end phones and in countries like India, where people don't even use data. No data plans = no Google services = no revenue
- Companies like Amazon are hijacking Android and reskinning it to totally eliminate Google services
It's why they bought Motorola. That upcoming Google branded phone matters a lot. If it's a hit, Google can monetize off hardware. If it's not, Google Android monetization will continue to suck and they'll either have to keep giving away Android for little return or kill it
I am impressed with Samsung growth in the market. 10 years ago, my TV set and phone was LG, and my camera was Sony. Now my TV sets are Samsung, phone is Samsung and camera is Samsung. When comparing to non Apple products, they do have the lead.
The only thing they cant make right is a computer or a tablet, but Apple is invincible in this game