http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...phone-expense-survey/articleshow/19344725.cms
Beginning of the end for apple?
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Apple loses US Marketshare at expense of Windows & Android
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Beginning of the end for apple?
It seems there is a report, survey or analysis each month with such varying numbers that the data is pretty much useless and inconsistent.
The solid numbers Apple get from carriers contradicts a lot of what that exact survey found.
The fact that Apple was leading in market share 4Q 2012 was an anomaly....the leader had been Samsung since early 2008......
"Apple is doomed."
"Apple is doomed."
The fact that Apple was leading in market share 4Q 2012 was an anomaly....the leader had been Samsung since early 2008......
was it samsung or android? These comparisons usually compare apple to android, which is a little unfair since only apple makes IOS devices.
Ya that's true - I was speaking about the OEM marketshare which Apple took over (for the first time) in 4Q 2012....
Point being, they've never had the lead - why anyone thinks this is some sign of their demise is beyond me.
I am here solely to make a note of the English fail in the thread's title.
Unfortunately for the OP, the image ALSO applies to the post.
Oh ****, it's a paradox. So the beginning of the end not just for Apple then....but for REALITY AS WE KNOW IT
I guess Apple is doomed again! Better sell all my Apple products. I wish I had a nickel for every one of these "Apple is doomed" threads, I would have a jet on 24 hour standby.
Obviously Apple is going to lose market share....Android is an open source platform with tons of phones...Apple comes out with one model a year. Apple is and always will be a niche and i'm fine with that because not everyone has Apple's products and they are closed and extremely reliable. I'm not complaining. Look at the Mac market share...what is it 7%. They need to focus on building the best phones and not the most. Look at Mercedes...they build few cars but they build some of the best.
These threads are a JOKE!
seriously they have 40+% marketshare and yet they're suddenly doomed...
Rim/blackberry is now as .9% .... Now that's when its valid to start to call 'doomed', but not at the company with 40+% still....
seriously they have 40+% marketshare and yet they're suddenly doomed...
Rim/blackberry is now as .9% .... Now that's when its valid to start to call 'doomed', but not at the company with 40+% still....
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...phone-expense-survey/articleshow/19344725.cms
Beginning of the end for apple?
Kantar Worldpanel was the only survey to give Apple the US market share lead in Q4. Where and how they get their data is a bit of a mystery, because they dont explain if they are pulling device data, OS data or web browsing data for their surveys. Anything posted by this company should be taken with a grain of salt.
AppleInsider posted the Q4 survey prominently all over the place when Kantar said Apple had the market share lead in the US. Now that Kantar says Android is leading in the US, there is no mention of this new Kantar survey. The irony.
A company goes into business to make money, not marketshare.
Any cellphone company can gain marketshare by giving phones away for free.
Apple is still the king when it comes to profit share.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox...res_apple_and_samsung_have_the_whole_pie.html
Any cellphone company can gain marketshare by giving phones away for free.
Apple is still the king when it comes to profit share.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox...res_apple_and_samsung_have_the_whole_pie.html
It's related to the topic of the discussion.
Not sure how your question is related to the topic of the discussion.
It does when you include this line...
Beginning of the end for apple?
Of course it does.
The OP only made one comment:
"Beginning of the end for apple?"
I was responding to the question directly.
Lots of internet companies went bankrupted when the internet bubble burst because they only had marketshare, but had no profits.
The truth is that many of the Android handset makers will go bankrupt long before Apple does.
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I can see HTC having problems in the future if they dont become "relevant" soon but the top android handset makers have plenty of bussines outside mobile market.
At the moment i think theres a trend of people jumping to android (being specific to samsung phones).