I agree with you, but I just wanted to point out that those reports are from early 2011 (before the Windows 8 phone was out)
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I agree with you, but I just wanted to point out that those reports are from early 2011 (before the Windows 8 phone was out)
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There are also hundreds of manufacturers that build Windows capable phones - their numbers are going to continue to grow, and while it may mainly cannibalize Android, you can bet it'll eat into Apple's market share too.
...pretty sure my next phone will be a windows phone, actually.
People see what they want to see.
I thought the same til I got rid of my iPhone and went Android, now I see them everywhere.
When my girlfriend said she wanted a Mini, I suddenly saw them absolutely everywhere.
The chart is pretty clear, OS vs OS, and 75% is a pretty healthy chunk for Android.
You have to use some extremely twisted logic to claim that iOS is still winning. It's actually aiming into the irrelevant category and soon it will be below 10%.
I chuckled so hard I ended up with a bit of throwup in my mouth....OH, you were serious???
I gotta agree with this, history is repeating itself. I would give it a few more years before it happens but I foresee it happening. Just like Mac and PC, but this time it will be iOS and Android, those who enjoy the Apple ecosystem will continue buying new iPhones and those who don't will move on.
Yeah, they're dated reports, but still, Microsoft has not changed their product/strategy that much between WP7 and WP8. The fact that you can't upgrade a WP7 phone to WP8 doesn't mean WP as a whole shouldn't be considered a single platform.
I wonder what made those analysts think WP would get that popular.
I believe you need a history lesson. Back when the iPhone entered the market, Blackberry and Symbian (Nokia) were dominating the "smartphone" market. Even though Apple had a vastly superior product at that time, it took a few years until they overtook these first generation smartphones - only in 2010 they overtook BB and in 2011 Symbian.
I still remember when the iPhone 'only sold 4-6 million units' in a quarter. And now, Windows Phone sales are considered disappointing with 'only 7 million sold units' in one single quarter.
I think they are doing great - and I believe that it is unreasonable to expect that a company goes from selling 3 million units to 30 million units a quarter. Going from 3 million to 7 million, like Windows Phone, year-over-year is a great accomplishment.
I agree. I'm happy that Windows Phone has some nice growth. Apple alone seems unable to compete with the Android platform, at least in the global market. It is good that there are other systems that keep some amount of pressure up, to push Android and iOS development further.
I for one can't wait till it happens. Maybe there'll finally be some peace on these forums as people shift on to Android Central or whatever else forums.
PS. You should never use market share to measure success. You're just asking for trouble if you do.
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I am not sure what condones "winning" in your book... but in the real world, the company that is making the most money is "winning." Last time I checked, Apple was the one with a billion and a half in cash laying around.
incorrect info?
the chart is mislabeled at some point. Apple goes from ~ 23% market share to ~ 17% and has a ~ 6% increase? That should be -6%.
the chart is mislabeled at some point. Apple goes from ~ 23% market share to ~ 17% and has a ~ 6% increase? That should be -6%.
Using this reasoning. Is that not like saying that Apple has the biggest share in the PC market? Which would be misleading.
Windows OS accounts for about 78% of all personal computers sold, while Mac OS is about 3.7%.
However, last year using Mac and iPad sales together, this would make Apple the top single computer vendor in the world, with 14.6% of the market. Hewlett-Packard were next at around 14.1% with the rest making up the numbers.
This would not mean that they are dominating.
Now you forgot that Samsung holds 95% of the pie.
That means about 68% of the market share goes for Samsung, and 17% for Apple.
Selling crap devices is really good for marketshare...
You may say that if the news post was about profit. But it's not, it's about shipment.
Its about the OS and not about the number of phones that is important. Android is a full blown OS and IOS is a mobile OS and that is a major difference between the two OS'es.
Samsung has 32.7% of the smartphone market according to IDC.
https://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/2...phones-outsell-feature-phones-for-first-time/
The article is referring to Smartphone market share.
I don't follow your "full blown" OS vs iOS.
Android is on other products as is iOS with AppleTV but both are mobile OS's.
What example do you have of Android being a "full blown" OS and exactly what is a "full blown" OS?
It doesn't matter how many manufacturers there are. This is talking about mobile operating systems and it's a fact that Android is dominating iOS right now. Stop making excuses we all know that iOS needs a MAJOR update. Android is currently winning. Numbers are showing it
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68% or 32.7% either way both numbers are greater than 17% by iOS
Google has about 60 billion in cash but they use the money to invest and innovate. What does Apple do with their money besides borrow money to buy back stocks? Explain to me. Thanks