Apple Edges Out Research in Motion in U.S. Smartphone Market Share

[kalsta]

Android = Male
iPhone Stock = Female
iPhone JailBroken = Male

It's confirmed then. Women are smarter than men, and have better things to do with their time than tinker with their toys.

But hang on a minute… in my office it's:

iPhone stock = male (100%)
Android = female (100%)

I know who's happier with their phone too.

 

[KnightWRX]

Actually, 'Droid is a Motorola trademark, not a Verizon one.

Explain :

- HTC Droid Eris
- HTC Droid Incredible

...

Droid is very much a Verizon brand. Only Verizon phones carry the Droid brand. All over the world, the "Motorola Droid" is actually known as the Milestone, even up here in Canada. Droid advertising is Verizon advertising, not Android advertising. Here the Android stuff is very women friendly contrary to the posts in this thread try to claim.

Again, not upset with anything Droid or Android related, upset with US Centric posters representing their US centric views as world views.

 

[nunes013]

well i know android is going to take over very soon but Apple has held strong for a long time considering there is only one new iphone a year and its only on one carrier vs all these other phones which have more than one set every year and are on at least two carriers

 

[NXTMIKE]

it's not like one market is shrinking more than the other, it's just that the 'Not Sure' category increases as the ages rise.

 

[gkarris]

it's not like one market is shrinking more than the other, it's just that the 'Not Sure' category increases as the ages rise.

Us older folk, as we get older, want something that's just a stinkin' phone...

AFA Apple Market Share - I was at the T-Mobile USA dealer and when I asked about them getting the iPhone - they didn't seem very optimistic - looks like only Verizon and AT&T next year.

I don't know how Apple can compete with Android on that...

 

[twilson]

It's inevitable that Android will pass iOS there are just to many phones and carriers for Apple to hold the lead.

But Apple should continue to lead in profits for a long time to come.

To be honest, I'd argue Android devices will NEVER be in the lead based on profits. Android devices will become commoditized to hell just like PCs have, until almost nobody can make any money on the "generic branded" gear.

 

[sharukh]

compare this

rim 5+ models
android 50+ models
apple only 1

 

[dgree03]

compare this

rim 5+ models
android 50+ models
apple only 1

Can anyone explain to me why this matters?

 

[KnightWRX]

Can anyone explain to me why this matters?

It's the only argument they can come up with.

 

[dgree03]

It's the only argument they can come up with.

I know the superfical dumb reason why, which is, yes naysayers will quickly say there are 10000000 different android devices,10000 different blackberry devices, and ONE iphone.

A better arguement would be that there is Android/blackberry on 4 USA carriers and iOS on 1 USA carrier.

It does not matter how many different android devices are out there. If someone wants the iphone they know were to go. If someone wants android they know where to go.

Remember this is only applicable to the USA.

 

[KnightWRX]

I know the superfical dumb reason why, which is, yes naysayers will quickly say there are 10000000 different android devices,10000 different blackberry devices, and ONE iphone.

A better arguement would be that there is Android/blackberry on 4 USA carriers and iOS on 1 USA carrier.

It does not matter how many different android devices are out there. If someone wants the iphone they know were to go. If someone wants android they know where to go.

Remember this is only applicable to the USA.

These people also think that if Apple suddenly offered an iPhone nano, all purchasers would be new users. This is false. In all probability, people get the iPhone despite the fact that there is only 1 model. If Apple were to diversify, they would canabilize their own sales first, as you've said, people wanting the iPhone know where to go.

So the "There's only 1 model" is a bunk argument. 2 models would not result in double sales. 4 models would not result in quadruple sales.

 

[powers74]

27%

27% = "Huh? wwhhhaaa? *grumblegrumble*... I didn't even want to take this stupid survey, beh, what the hell is a smartphone?... I don't know..."

 

[linux2mac]

True that. And if Android television ads are any indication, they seem to be marketing their devices to insecure young males who need reassurance from a device that they are men. Pitiful ads for those who understand psychology and realize what the marketers must think of their customers.

Jealous Apple haters have tried for years to pretend that only women like their products, but the reality is that everyone likes Apple except for tinkerers. But since the tinkerers like to broadcast their views, we have to put up with a lot of insecure males trying to act tough.

Woah, not so fast. I am always tinkering with gadgets and computers and I have every iPhone that has been out thus far and switched to Mac from unreliable Windows on my laptop, server, and desktop.

 

[wirelessmacuser]

But Apple should continue to lead in profits for a long time to come.

So true, Apple Tax keeps them fat & happy.

 

[G58]

well i know android is going to take over very soon but Apple has held strong for a long time considering there is only one new iphone a year and its only on one carrier vs all these other phones which have more than one set every year and are on at least two carriers

Who told you that?

Apple does use the percentage figures during Keynotes etc, but in essence, these figures are meaningless. The only two figures that really matter to Apple are the profits and the number of key app developers that choose iOS first. And Apple are on top with both.

The profits that derive from the activity generated by this kind of market leverage, and the unique total of eight revenue streams [per product], outweigh anything any of the other players could ever muster.

All the other numbers are fud.

And since Android isn't a profit entity, all the other manufacturers swinging on Google's coat tails [because they're too lazy to develop their own OS], are dividing the 'Android' share between them.

Not until the weaker ones fall out of the race, and one [or two] become dominant, will any of them present any real threat to Apple.

Google did have that chance with the product they should have called the Google Phone or GooglePhone. I've said this a million times. Google failed big time with the stupidly named Nexus one.

There is one company, if run well, and if they managed a Damascus style conversion in customers' eyes, that could challenge Apple, and that's MS. But we all by now know that isn't going to happen.

All of this boils down to that old adage: Turnover is vanity, Profit is sanity...

Oh, and the number of female geeks is growing, but not significantly enough to affect the stats in favour of Android options. Girls and women don't want to tinker or jailbreak. Predominantly they just want something cool that works. In that respect I'm with the girls here.

So, because females represent 50% of the mobile phone demographic, and will shortly surely represent 50% of the smartphone demographic, they hold the key to any manufacturer's success.

Therefore, he who converts women from feature phones to smartphones wins. That was obvious from day one.