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'iPhone 5C' Projected to Give Apple Huge Boost in China
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Saying that Apple doesn't care about market share is effectively saying that Apple doesn't care how many people buy its products. To say they don't live and die by market share is true, especially when margins are high.
Just like BMW doesn't need to sell as many cars as say Kia, but they sure as hell are paying attention to what Audi is doing. To suggest that Apple isn't interested in competing with phones like the Galaxy line for market share and are just "racing themselves" is taking drinking the kool-aide to a whole new level.
According to the report, Apple had a 21% market share in "Tier 1-2" cities in China over the last 12 months.
Last indeed and it "could" grow, nothing is certain yet. It remains to be seen if people would like the concept of buying Apple not-the-best-smartphone over the latest product line of Samsung products.
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No where. Only in T1-T2 cities in the last (!) 12 months and that line is shrinking, not growing.
True, but how many times I see on this forum people stating that it's not about market share and that Apple doesn't care about market share when numbers of sales are in decline?
Now it's suddenly okay that Apple comes up with cheaper products in order to get some grip on the ever ongoing spiral downwards when it comes to marketshare....
But ok...
True, nicely put even
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Good point. I don;t get further then, quoting: "A Morgan Stanley analyst team led by Katy Huberty released a bullish new report yesterday suggesting..."
The word 'suggesting' makes me wonder how true this news should be taken as well. Suggesting is hardly the same as based facts.
The C means color .
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iPhone 5C ..... Many colors ，Plastic case ，awaiting 10-09-13
... do Americans need to be bigger
just like every thing American:
1. cars
2. houses
3. physic
etc.
just like every thing American:
1. cars
2. houses
3. physic
etc.
Nope. One of the few countries where iPhone market share beats any Android phone is the U.S. So no, a bigger size isn't as vital to sales here. Also it's folklore that Americans like bigger. Sometime smaller & compact is preferred. The only reason we have bigger homes is because our of or useable land mass & in many areas land isn't too expensive. But bigger homes don't mean we'll built ones. There are lots of "cheap" & poorly constructed vinyl siding homes in the burbs.
Oh boy here we go again. Were the 3G and 3GS cheap plastic?
Oh and how about this?
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Exactly, people always have amazing powers of selective memory. I think the iPhone 3g and 3gs looked and felt very high quality. I think a little weight is nice too. The super light plastic feel of the samsung phones I don't personally like.
I love apple products. Like the beautiful plastic iMac G4 for example. But I actually think those clamshell iBooks were not Job's and Ive's best work to be honest
yet, another news dedicated to China...
news about the new iphone, fine
news about the new iphone for China, i don't care
Yet you are still here for some reason.
Not only in China.....
but I can envision a scenario where same occurs in Brazil, India, Rusia and even Mexico. But the price tag ($400-500) seems a little disturbing for me. And surely in some situations this cant pass as "low cost"....
but I can envision a scenario where same occurs in Brazil, India, Rusia and even Mexico. But the price tag ($400-500) seems a little disturbing for me. And surely in some situations this cant pass as "low cost"....
I'm not sure what your point is.
Not "No where". In "Tier 1-2" cities in China.
What is your concern with "last"?
Source?
The report from Morgan Stanley as specified in the OP.
Exactly, people always have amazing powers of selective memory. I think the iPhone 3g and 3gs looked and felt very high quality. I think a little weight is nice too. The super light plastic feel of the samsung phones I don't personally like.
I love apple products. Like the beautiful plastic iMac G4 for example. But I actually think those clamshell iBooks were not Job's and Ive's best work to be honest
Right. And the point isn't whether something looked good or not but the fact that it existed. The flower power iMacs weren't great either (IMO) but they happened on Jobs watch.
What report? I don't see any report and the graph doesn't show any actual market share.
When you can link the actual report we will start to talk
Ah. You are just being argumentative. I thought you were posting legitimate questions. My bad.
From the graph: "Apple iPhone Unit Share in China Tier 1-2 Cities"
My bad, I forgot who I was talking to, just a waste of time trying to argue something with you
I didn't knew that Morgan Stanley has a time machine and can look at market share in the future. When you can put a ****ing actual number, write it. Until then, there is no report, there is no explanation of what the numbers are and there is just nonsense.
Time machine? You asked "Where Apple does it has a 21% of market share in China?" I answered, based on the graph in the original post, that the 21% market share was based on Tier 1-2 cities in China the last 12 months.
Why do you need a time machine to look at market share the last 12 months?