Motorola sold so many Razr phones in that quarter because they would break after about 3 months.
Keep it up, you might earn Apple brownie points and be up there with the real fanboys
Motorola sold so many Razr phones in that quarter because they would break after about 3 months.
Nice! However, I would like people to remember that consumers don't buy new phones every year...or every 2 years. There are plenty of people (like me) who own the cell phones for 4+ years (or until they die like my Razr). What this means is that this report/news article could be just a blip on the radar representing who has had the opportunity/need to buy a new phone.
On a side note, the new cell phone mentality is kind of a scam anyway...I mean, how often (other than it breaking) do you change your home phone device? Every 20 years? We are somehow convinced that we need new cells often (I'm not talking about smartphones like the iPhone or Blackberry). Granted cells are bought out of your home and subjected to a lot more probability of loss/theft/breakage but I really don't know anyone that buys a new phone more often than every 3-5 years.
-Eric
Don't speak for the folks over at Verizon. If Droid was GSM, I'd be sporting one too.
Apple has passed Motorola to become the largest mobile phone manufacturer based in the United States.
are they really US based if all the manufacturing occurs in China?
+2+1
Not sure that there are any phones made in the US anymore.
It is also important to note that there is a huge price difference in the phones compared in this chart. The first iPhone was $599 while the Droid was $199 (to compete with the current iPhone price).
toyota is still japanese-based even though most of it's (auto) manufacturing occurs in the US.
Anybody remember what Steve Jobs said when the original iPhone was introduced?
"Imagine the possibilities if we could capture just 1% of the cell phone market"
It is also important to note that there is a huge price difference in the phones compared in this chart. The first iPhone was $599 while the Droid was $199 (to compete with the current iPhone price).
What is wrong with this equation?
Most electronics -> American Company, parts or whole product made or assembled in Japan, China, Taiwan.
Ford, GM -> American Company, parts made in Japan but imported into US for sales.
Honda, Toyota -> Japanese Company, cars assembled in America
Hyundai -> Korean Company, cars assembled in America
We ship most of our jobs overseas because of "cheap labor" and then pay an import tax. I think that is funny, since the same countries we ship jobs to are outsourcing to us. Do they think we are cheap labor? or do they know that since it is assembled in America, they can skirt an importation tax?
May be something to research........
Edit - oh and there was a research done a while back (with auto companies like Ford who make American cars, and own a Japanese auto maker (Mazda). With these car companies, both cars were pretty much identical, and made with the same parts (and came from the same assembly plant). the american label went on one, and the Japanese label went on the other - but the Japanese model sold more, because people associated Japanese with reliability and american cars as junk.
are they really US based if all the manufacturing occurs in China?
my wife used to get a new free cell from verizon every 2 years. now we'll be getting new iphones every 2 years.
What is wrong with this equation?
Most electronics -> American Company, parts or whole product made or assembled in Japan, China, Taiwan.
Ford, GM -> American Company, parts made in Japan but imported into US for sales.
Honda, Toyota -> Japanese Company, cars assembled in America
Hyundai -> Korean Company, cars assembled in America
We ship most of our jobs overseas because of "cheap labor" and then pay an import tax. I think that is funny, since the same countries we ship jobs to are outsourcing to us. Do they think we are cheap labor? or do they know that since it is assembled in America, they can skirt an importation tax?
May be something to research........
Edit - oh and there was a research done a while back (with auto companies like Ford who make American cars, and own a Japanese auto maker (Mazda). With these car companies, both cars were pretty much identical, and made with the same parts (and came from the same assembly plant). the american label went on one, and the Japanese label went on the other - but the Japanese model sold more, because people associated Japanese with reliability and american cars as junk.
are they really US based if all the manufacturing occurs in China?
Do you want the production or the IP? It's hard to steal a factory.The parent company.
Believe me: the money is NOT in the mass production fabrication, it is in the patent/development/etc.
I can guarantee you, you will NOT be getting a FREE iPhone every 2 years...even every 10 years!
The free ones that most carriers provide...either at the beginning of your contract or when your contract ends and they really want to keep you, are perfectly fine for people who want to make calls (not web surfing or lots of texting). You'd be surprised that there are a LOT of people in that category.
-Eric
keep in mind, motorola sells many models of phones while apple only sells 3, and apple still beat them. kind of puts things in perspective for the apple haters.
They're the #1 American phone supplier, not the #1 phone supplier in America. Several companies that supply phones in America supply more than Apple does.They have become the #1 phone supplier in America in just a few short years.
This is mostly about shipping. Shipping a whole car to the U.S. is relatively wasteful, because you end up paying to transport the empty space inside the car. If you manufacture the different pieces all over the world and ship them to a U.S. plant, your shipping is more efficient and less expensive on a per-car basis. Since shipping a car costs the same (generally) regardless of whether it's a cheap car or an expensive one, the larger margin on more expensive cars can absorb the cost of shipping complete cars to the U.S. Whereas the much smaller margins on cheaper cars are helped by minimizing those shipping costs.I think the lower-end Japanese cars are assembled in the U.S. was a political decision. (the Japanese were very closed, but politically, it looked bad to just export to the US, while not giving back to the economy that was buying the products - esp when the Japanese economy was doing very very well at one time). Over time, I think, certain states began offering 'incentives' to keep jobs.
Do you want the production or the IP? It's hard to steal a factory.![]()
Which is great until some third world country makes a clone. We all know about that one though.anyone can manufacture anything. the parts are all COTS.
designing a product like the iphone takes engineering talent. MS had it in the 1990's and then Google got most of the talent in the early part of this decade. Apple grabbed the wireless talent a few years ago.
the next MS, Apple or Google will grab the talent in a few years
They're the #1 American phone supplier, not the #1 phone supplier in America. Several companies that supply phones in America supply more than Apple does.
This is mostly about shipping. Shipping a whole car to the U.S. is relatively wasteful, because you end up paying to transport the empty space inside the car. If you manufacture the different pieces all over the world and ship them to a U.S. plant, your shipping is more efficient and less expensive on a per-car basis. Since shipping a car costs the same (generally) regardless of whether it's a cheap car or an expensive one, the larger margin on more expensive cars can absorb the cost of shipping complete cars to the U.S. Whereas the much smaller margins on cheaper cars are helped by minimizing those shipping costs.
(And the U.S./Canadian auto manufacturers still buy a lot of their parts from U.S./Canadian suppliers.)
at this point you can buy a refurb iphone for $49 every 2 years. they might give the 3G away for free staring this June, but if they have the 3GS refurb for $49 in a few months it's still not that big a deal
smart phones are becoming a commodity and either this year or next you will see nice ones being given away for free without a BOGO deal
Which is great until some third world country makes a clone. We all know about that one though.