Because they have $$$ billions to spend on marketing.
The other Android makers don't.
Even the ones with better hardware than Samsung's (e.g. HTC.)
i wonder what it would look like in Europe
I guess your main problem with car analogies turns out to be an inability to follow the conversation. Nobody has said that Apple is the undisputed Lexus of smartphones. They've said that Apple will be, just as they are in the PC market. As for opinion vs. fact, you need to do a little research and try to follow the conversation a bit. The high end of the Android market is collapsing right now- you can read about it in Samsung's quarterly reports. The fact that it won't be recovering is also fact in the same sense as "the sun will rise tomorrow" is a fact. No doubt you would dispute that statement as well, pointing out that the laws of physics could be misunderstood, God could intervene, etc. Back in reality, there are plenty of facts that are known about the future. The laws of economics clearly dictate that Android's high-end market will stagnate.Mac and I weren't talking about the future of any industry. We were discussing the here and now. In your in depth analysis you forgot to include the phrase in my opinion. It is just that, an opinion. A bad one at that.
The laws of economics clearly dictate that Android's high-end market will stagnate.
for the best comprehension, readers should note the above. This is not about current sales, but about total current users.
When the source is marked as being from mobilens, it means it comes from comscore's own collection of 30,000+ long term volunteers who are supposed to be a representative group of users. They constantly report on what devices they use or stop using, how they use them, and so forth.
This is why these stats change more slowly than other brief snapshots of sales or browser stats. This data reflects a real life, fairly static group of people who have to deal with phone contracts, upgrade eligibility, family financials, and so forth.
Note that it includes users of both new and old model phones. In other words, if a lot of people are still in their two year contract using a year or two old phone, they increase the count for that maker. Or if a type of phone is more often sold or handed down, its number will increase accordingly.
Hmm. Got a link to any major analyst who says apple is doomed?
I think it's more like they worry about carriers dropping subsidies and/or apple having to lower their profit margin.
Not about apple disappearing.
If someone is gaining market-share based solely on marketing, it's not Samsung, trust me![]()
Interesting how HTC and LG had their best phones in awhile yet fell behind Apple and Samsung even further. The US will always be Apple's strongest market. Nothing like spending $ for a "premium" feeling every calendar year for a lot of money, right?
If someone is gaining market-share based solely on marketing, it's not Samsung, trust me![]()
I think Apple is going to see a boost of several percentage points in US market share when the IPhone 6 goes on sale. I predict it will break sales records of previous iPhones. People have been chomping at the bit for a bigger Iphone.
Because they have $$$ billions to spend on marketing. The other Android makers don't. Even the ones with better hardware than Samsung's (e.g. HTC.)
Chart of the Day: Samsung's galactic marketing budget: http://fortune.com/2012/11/29/chart-of-the-day-samsungs-galactic-marketing-budget/
[...] The key is both how much you spend and how you spend it. Samsung's ad agencies did a memorable job with their 2013 "The next big thing is here" series.
They were so good, that Apple's own longtime ad agency wrote that ill-advised letter to Apple saying that Apple's public image was in a crisis. In return, Apple started talking about getting anther ad agency, and increased their own in-house advertising staff to over 1,000 (!) people. What's the budget for that?
I guess your main problem with car analogies turns out to be an inability to follow the conversation. Nobody has said that Apple is the undisputed Lexus of smartphones. They've said that Apple will be, just as they are in the PC market. As for opinion vs. fact, you need to do a little research and try to follow the conversation a bit. The high end of the Android market is collapsing right now- you can read about it in Samsung's quarterly reports. The fact that it won't be recovering is also fact in the same sense as "the sun will rise tomorrow" is a fact. No doubt you would dispute that statement as well, pointing out that the laws of physics could be misunderstood, God could intervene, etc. Back in reality, there are plenty of facts that are known about the future. The laws of economics clearly dictate that Android's high-end market will stagnate.