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'Post-PC Era' Predicted By Steve Jobs Taking Hold as Samsung Tops Apple in Connected Device Market
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Actually, for quite a lot of people they do replace a laptop. Maybe not for you, bit you are not the same as everyone else. This goes for the rest of the folks that agreed with you or said the same thing.
Why is it so hard to believe that someone could have all their needs met by a tablet, or even a phone.
Apple has 18% of a market with 1.2 BILLION devices sold in 2012.
That's acutally quite amazing considering this chart includes smartphones and tablets... AND laptops and desktops.
That's acutally quite amazing considering this chart includes smartphones and tablets... AND laptops and desktops.
Too busy customizing home screens?
I think it is a fantastic notion. Not everyone needs a full on PC. They are just doing email, very light browsing etc. if an iPad or similar fits their needs then why not have it in the market.
And no one, not even Jobs or Cook, are saying that the personal computer is dead and gone. Just that it isn't the end all and be all of folks computer use. It is moving from THE thing to just another piece in the puzzle.
That said I disagree that this statistic proves or disproves this notion. I would say that Sony's recent announcement of Airplay like functionality is closer to showing that the tech world is indeed embracing this notion of the post PC interconnected world than market share on phones.
"Shipments" does not mean "sales"... and while Apple has been having trouble making iPhones/iPads/iMacs fast enough to meet demand, I doubt that the same is true of Samsung. When you subtract the unsold units, I wonder if that puts Apple back on top.
Marketshare should only refer to sales, but it seems it never does.
Marketshare should only refer to sales, but it seems it never does.
The iPhone is available on over 120 carrier around the globe.
The difference is... Samsung makes phones that retail for $80 unlocked in developing nations. No wonder they have a huge amount of shipments/sales.
Not that it's a contest or anything
I fall into this category. I haven't fired up a laptop in years since getting my first iPad. I can do quite a bit from the living room on a tablet. When I need to go fire up the Mac, its usually for a darn good reason.
I always laugh at these car analogies. BTW bro Apple gives away an iPhone for free too. Your Samsung hate is clearly showing. Why are you so butt hurt over the Koreans?
I also like how whenever these analyst or market groups put out their "estimates" (Keyword here!) and it favours Apple it is treated as gospel and the absolute truth here. However when it favours someone else other than Apple everyone has to pick it apart, bringing up counter articles about web traffic and begin rambling about shipped vs sold ad nauseam.
Stay Classy.
It's not hard to believe. But the Enterprise market pays the bills and the iPad will never fill that niche because it's a "leisure" appliances - nothing more.
Because samsung makes the 2 beat phones available now and unlike apple, they are pushing the limits, bringing new technology to the game and new features while apple well.... Isnt
Remember, before tablet or a smartphone people used to buy desktop PC or a laptop just to get on the internet. I would say must people. Now why would they buy desktop or a laptop to check/send emails or brows the internet when they can do that on tablet/smart phone? You may not like it but that's the true. I only have my iMac because i do video editing (final cut pro x, Aftereffects CS6 and some photo editing programs. Otherwise, i would just stick with tablets.
Yep. Poor show MacRumours.
Apple has improved on last year which is good enough for me
One thing I always wondered about... what do people do with digital photos if they don't have a computer to save them to?
Do people only use their phone and upload them to Facebook for safekeeping?
Another interpretation - just as many PCs/laptops.
This doesn't necessarily mean that people are using less PCs and laptops.
It could be that just as many people are using PCs/laptops but they are also buying smartphones/tablets as well. So, there are the same number of PCs/laptops but more smartphones/tablets.
That would explain the percentage changes, just as well.
Without more information, don't jump to conclusions too quickly.
This doesn't necessarily mean that people are using less PCs and laptops.
It could be that just as many people are using PCs/laptops but they are also buying smartphones/tablets as well. So, there are the same number of PCs/laptops but more smartphones/tablets.
That would explain the percentage changes, just as well.
Without more information, don't jump to conclusions too quickly.
"The figures do not, of course, necessarily indicate device preference, as some may choose a cheaper device for financial reasons, especially in developing markets."
Amazing editorialized comment as if to discredit the report.
Newsflash - people don't just pay less for financial reasons as if they can only afford cheaper options. It all comes down to use case and VALUE.
If someone wants to watch some movies, read, etc and not concern themselves with Apple's ecosystem, they might choose a Kindle Fire or Nexus 7. Not because they can't AFFORD an Apple device. But because there's no reason to pay more for what they need.
So yes - you can say it's a financial reason. But that seems to be a go-to bullet point meaning "because they can't afford the iPad" or [fill in the blank apple device]
Amazing editorialized comment as if to discredit the report.
Newsflash - people don't just pay less for financial reasons as if they can only afford cheaper options. It all comes down to use case and VALUE.
If someone wants to watch some movies, read, etc and not concern themselves with Apple's ecosystem, they might choose a Kindle Fire or Nexus 7. Not because they can't AFFORD an Apple device. But because there's no reason to pay more for what they need.
So yes - you can say it's a financial reason. But that seems to be a go-to bullet point meaning "because they can't afford the iPad" or [fill in the blank apple device]
Upload them in cloud services (plenty around) I personally don't, but ppl can easy do that.