Analyst: Apple to Sell 80+ Million iPhones in 2012, Snag 5.7% of Total Mobile Phone Market

[Speedy2]

I believe sparks9 was talking about the iPhone not selling more than the iPod at this moment. And even if you look at the original iPod to the iPhone, you can't really compare the two. The first ipod was only compatible with the Mac (shutting off 90%+ of the market) and it was also creating a market which didn't really exist either.

Well, and I think ouimetnick, the original poster, meant it the way I see it. What else could "sell faster" mean?

Naaah, there had been quite a few MP3 players before. The iPod didn't create a market. It just made it extremely popular, and that took quite a while.

Windows availability came in mid 2003. Still, it took another 1.5 years before the thing became popular. You could also argue that the original US-only iPhone was shutting out 90%+ of the market. Don't forget you still can't buy it in a huge part of the world.

In my opinion, both devices are quite comparable. And the iPhone is much more successful, as the iPod had already paved the way. No one cared when the iPod was introduced, this was quite different with the iPhone.

 

[twoodcc]

wow. apple looks really good according to this. they just gotta come thru

 

[xIGmanIx]

there is not that many hits on this post which i am surprised since this site is dominated by all things iphone.

 

[OrganMusic]

Well if they could only get the iphone on Verizon they'd have a lot easier time getting those sales targets

Obviously smartphones are the future -- I have a 2-year old LG phone on verizon that does everything anyone could want in a non "smart" device; therefore I have no reason to get a new phone unless it is some kind of smart phone.

Note my sig on this matter.

 

[xbjllb]

Watch what the amazing exploding iPhones do to that market share...

It the feature no one wanted...

 

[*LTD*]

It the feature no one wanted...

And the post no one can understand.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

If we're talking about real smart phones (=latest Blackberries, iPhone, Pre, Android and maybe someday Windows Mobile), I highly doubt we'll see 35% market share in 2012. Reason: They are simply too expensive for the masses. Not just the hardware, but also the contracts these things come with. Since the prices haven't come down during the last year, I doubt they will crash down into mainstream-territory by 2012.

In 1999 not everyone had a cell phone. Lot of family might have 1 line between them all and family plans were at best brand new. Most high school students did not own there own cell. Schools were very locked down about a no cell phone on campus policy for all students. You could call some get an answering machine. The always there tether of phone was not there. In 1999 people knew what a pager was and people still carried them on a regular bases

Now 5 years later in 2004 (hell 3-4 years later) every one has a cell phone. It was jaw dropping to run into some one who did not own one. It is becoming common more common for people to go cell phone only. You generally can expect a cell phone always to be on some one or close by so they tend to get a call very quickly and can answer where ever they are. Now pagers are almost completely dead. The only people who still carry them work in a small list of industries like hospitals or in areas where only spark proof equipment can be carried. Pagers are considered spark proof, cell phones are not so it so cell phones are banned from going in sides units at petrochemical planets.

Now in 2009, email is starting to reach the point of where cell phones were 10 years ago. That is not surprising to see some one receive and responded to an email in a matter of minutes because they have a phone with them. Email is starting to reach the point of you can expect received as quickly as a phone call to the cell because they have the phone when they at all time. The cell phone can and will receive email at all time.
During the worse recession in over 20 years the smart phone market across all phones has been booming. Having double digit growth. Not just because of apple but RIM, Nokia, Samsung ect. All their smart phones has been growing very quickly. This is during a time every thing else has been shrinking smart phones have been growing very quickly. While some of those company show shrinking over all strip it out of just their smart phones and you will see huge growth. This means in 5-7 years you almost expect everyone to have a smart phone.

It is funny looking at cell phones. Started out the size of and weight of a brick then shrank to this very small devices and then started to grow in size again to roughly the size of an iPod. It seems the iPod size is about the idle size for phone and if some one says that is apple doing they need to be slapped. I was just using it for comparison. The iPod size just happens to be a good balance between size and usability.