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Apple and Android Gain Smartphone Marketshare at Expense of RIM and Microsoft
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You haven't been listening.
The category "smartphone" isn't meaningful anymore.
There are lots of people who are not interested in Android, iPhone, Windows phone, any kind of smart phone. These people just want to buy a cheap phone to make phone calls, and that's it. They aren't going to buy an iPhone or a Galaxy Nexus, because either of them is ten times too expensive if all you want is making phone calls.
But many of these people are now buying the cheapest Android phones. They buy them because the phone shop will push them, and they are cheap enough to use as a phone just for phone calls. Not as cheap as a dumb phone, but cheap enough that people don't care. And they look nicer. Given the choice of paying £60 for a phone that looks nice, makes phone calls, and does thousands of things that I don't care one bit about, and £20 for a phone that doesn't look nice, makes phone calls, and does dozens of things that I don't care about, I might as well buy the £60 phone.
And _that_ is what pushes Android market share up. Millions of people who buy a cheap Android phone, and who don't care about Android one bit.
And let's face it, any who says "let's face it" in their argument is just making a claim without any evidence or proof and hopes that the other side doesn't notice it.
This is always the same discussion IOS vs Android after some firm or analyst releases some numbers.
My iphone works and it is what I like for now, so why would I care what Android does? Especially on a Mac website
Back to basics please!
Two requests here:
Give up the use of the term 'Fanboys' because it lessens your argument.
U sound like u r a teenager when u rite like this. Please show more class.
U no what i mean
least important but maybe you would like to know. The $ sign goes in front of the number. Like this $50
First of all there isn't anything high end about the 3GS anymore. It's a low to midrange phone at this point. They give them away for free. There is nothing upper mid to high range about that. The iPhone 4 is $99 now. I guess you could call that midrange.
Just because it's an iPhone doesn't mean it's a high end phone. I can find plenty of Android phones that are just as "high end" as an iPhone. I'd put my Droid RAZR up against any iPhone if we want to talk about high end phones.
My comment was actually aimed at yours
it was you who said this:
"As opposed the the wealthy, intelligent, high class iPhone users?"
The original poster only suggested that more expensive phones would be more prominent in cities where there were people who had more money to spend on them.
You were the one who added all the righteous spin to it.
Is it classist to point out that there are more BMW dealers in Boston than Cleveland?
Please, next time link a site that knows at least a little thing about viruses.
Malware is not the same than viruses.
Android doesn't have viruses, OS X doesn't have viruses. Both of them have malware. And they can't spread and they can't be installed without the user intervention
My advice to you is don't even bother applying to work at Apple. You don't seem to get it at all.
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Please post link to information on iPhone Malware. We need to know.
Please, point where I have said iPhone.
But as you ask, there were a pair of apps in the App Store that had to be pulled from Apple because they were spyware. Only a pair
My company gives out some Android phone, I forget which model, they keep changing it. Almost to a person, these people do NOT use the data in any meaningful way. They often don't even use email, which presumably is the reason they get the phone in the first place. This is not about Android, just the way average people fail to use their phones.
They license Android for basically nothing. The licensing process doesn't seem to take much effort, this is really a non-issue. Apparently.
That would be stupid to be embarrassed by such a thing. Don't be silly.
There was also an exploit of some sort (I forget which type) with jailbroken SSH users since so many were stupid enough not to change the password.
Many currencies do put the symbol after the number. USD does not. Deal with it and don't call people idiots.
Maybe for your locale, but here in Quebec, we use the $ sign after the number, like this 50 $.
It's just a cultural difference. Are you saying different cultures are bad ?
In my opinion droid razr is junk, nowhere near the quailty of a 3gs, much less a 4 or 4s.
Have you used one or even handled one? Build quality is outstanding and it is actually built to last with an all metal frame, kevlar back and gorilla glass screen. Compare that to the plastic and glass iPhone 3GS and almost all glass iPhone 4 and 4S.
The iPhone is fine if you want to stare at a little 3.5" display all day long, but I prefer having a larger display. Also since I am on Verizon I enjoy having access to fast 4G LTE data and being able to surf and talk at the same time when I am in a 4G area. Going with a Verizon iPhone 4S right now would be a big step backwards and AT&T reception is garbage in my area.
And I would say the iPhone 4S is a much improved phone over the original iPhone from 2007... and every other iPhone since then. Apple tends to compete with themselves... rather than all the "other guys"
We've seen what happened to other companies who push out phone after phone. They're the ones who should have focused on making one good phone rather then 3 or 4 crappy ones in a year. Razr vs Bionic... Droid 3 vs Droid 4... are all those models really necessary?
Maybe for your locale, but here in Quebec, we use the $ sign after the number, like this 50 $.
It's just a cultural difference. Are you saying different cultures are bad ?
Oh So now I have to be tolerant of different cultures?
Because MSFT is the only company with a coherent OS strategy for the future. Win8. Not only is it cutting edge and sleek (unlike Win7, MacOS/iOS & Android) but more important, it is the "One OS to rule them all" startegy, Desktop - Tablet - Phone, that will dominate the market. Worlwide and in the US (heck, even Vista outsold everything else out there).
Watch AAPL following MSFT's lead and merging MacOS and iOS next year.
Also, going by the fast pace GOOG is moving, I believe they will introduce a full blown "Android" desktop OS next year.
OS marketshare 2016 (by company, desktop & mobile combined, all versions):
MSFT: 65%
GOOG: 20%
AAPL: 15%
EDIT: why throwing everything in one basket? Because there are no clear lines anymore in terms of product category and capabilities; Phones have screen sizes of small tablets, tablets have phone call capabilities, Ultra Notebooks are as light and portable as tablets, Phones running office software etc. Everything is a blur. The battle of the future is about Eco Systems: Microsoft/Windows vs Apple/iOSMAC (or whatever they will call it) vs Googles/Android.
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Why would anyone want to lol? It is reported that APPL is not paying for basic benefits such as health insurance for many of it's US employees. Very sad, considering that this company is swimming in cash.
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What? Amazon is listing the Galaxy Nexus at $683 from them and other sellers at $655. The iPhone 4S is $649.