Congrats to Apple
The blackberry is still a solid device. I still see quite a lot of people with them.
The blackberry is still a solid device. I still see quite a lot of people with them.
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Apple Sells Top 3 U.S. Smartphone Models for All of 2011
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The same is true for me.
Use the bberry for company calls exclusively. Use the iPhone for every thing else.
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That's what surprised me as well.
However, it shouldn't surprise me since I HAVE a freaking blackberry curve. MY COMPANY MAKES ME CARRY IT.I dual wield the #1 and #4 phones of 2011.
The same is true for me.
Use the bberry for company calls exclusively. Use the iPhone for every thing else.
And I'm sure total profit per model and total profit margin per model in any region around the world would be:
1. Apple
2. Apple
3. Apple
4+. Everyone else.
Who cares how many phones you sell. if you make more money of selling less product then that's great.
1. Apple
2. Apple
3. Apple
4+. Everyone else.
Who cares how many phones you sell. if you make more money of selling less product then that's great.
Interestingly, the second half of that comScore white paper is about tablets:
Hmm. I thought that everyone else is claiming that tablets are replacing other computers.
Perhaps they simply mean to say that people aren't getting rid of their current computers after they get a tablet?
I agree about the multi-device aspect; that's why multiple tablet sizes sell.
Hmm. I thought that everyone else is claiming that tablets are replacing other computers.
Perhaps they simply mean to say that people aren't getting rid of their current computers after they get a tablet?
I agree about the multi-device aspect; that's why multiple tablet sizes sell.
wow thats pretty impressive. Especially as other users have said the 3GS is 4 years old and is only available on ATT and it still sold better than EVERY Android phone. It looks like Android and the OEM are just growing anything against the wall in hopes that eventually something will stick, I think they would do much better if they took a bit more time and developed a single solid phone instead of 30 subpar phones and releasing a new one every week. Take a page out of Apples book obviously they are blowing you away.
That is impressive, but it would help to know how many competing Android phones sold for 99 cents, and what their specs were.
Yes, fewer models might let them do better in charts that compare individual model sales.
However, since Android's user share is far above that of Apple's in the US, they must be doing something right by offering more choice. That same comScore report says Android now has 47%.
Each sales model has its pros and cons.
I agree with you Android phone can be had for next to nothing, I don't understand why people actually think they even compete with iOS. Its easy to get market share when you develop crap products and price them cheap then release one every week. I mean look at windows products......
No wonder Samsung is going at the iPhone so hard in their ads
Agreed
Samsung: "Apple, why u no stop so we can sell copy of your stuff more than u sell?!!!
"I used to carry both an lack berry and an iPhone in 2008, but jettisoned the blackberry as it was really frustrating to use. I gave up access to corporate email and just used my plethora of rollover minutes and don't regret it at all. My blackberry was one of those models with a scrollball that was non touchscreen and it was infuriatingly frustrating to try to tap something or swipe at the screen where nothing would happen.
Heheh! It's not even a year ago people were resigned to the fact that Android would just get bigger and bigger and the iPhone would be more of a niche eventually.
Having used all but the absolute up to date Android phones, the iPhone just works, has the best Apps, has a consistent look and feel, and the best industrial design. Massive near-tablet screens, 'big number' specs and crazy stuff like styli (in 2012???) just don't impress. Samsung are embarrassing themselves with their anti-fanboy nonsense - all they are doing is keeping the iPhone at the forefront of peoples' minds. Losers.
Having used all but the absolute up to date Android phones, the iPhone just works, has the best Apps, has a consistent look and feel, and the best industrial design. Massive near-tablet screens, 'big number' specs and crazy stuff like styli (in 2012???) just don't impress. Samsung are embarrassing themselves with their anti-fanboy nonsense - all they are doing is keeping the iPhone at the forefront of peoples' minds. Losers.
Android does NOT have a bigger market share than iOS.
Android has a bigger SMARTPHONE market share than iOS.
iOS, on the other hand, has almost a 50% larger overall device market share than Android.
So ...
... There are more people on the iOS operating system than the Android operating system ...
... And the 3 best selling devices are iOS devices ...
... And iOS is taking the lion's share of profits (developer and device) ...
Tell me again how Android is winning?
A couple of my friends still have Blackberrys. In fact, they just got new ones. They have played with my iPhone and love it, EXCEPT for the on-screen keyboard. They hate that feature and must have a physical keyboard.
Interestingly, they never even considered the Droid.
Good, since the topic is smartphones.
Now you're switching topics, but okay. It's more like under 15%, and dropping fast.
At the beginning of 2012, there had been 316 million iOS devices sold worldwide since 2007.
Google just announced 300 million Android activations. (That doesn't include all the tens of millions of Nooks and other non-Google-app licensed devices in the world.)
At the current rate of Android activations (850K a day), vs iOS activations (guessed by others at 350K-500K a day), Android's total should pass the iOS total within 120 days or less.
Not that it matters, since totals incuding almost half decade old sales don't tell us about who is using what OS today.
That is why that chart was brought up, from the same source that said iPhones sell well. It says there are currently more Android smartphone users in the US than iPhone users. It's just the way it is right now, and it could change either way.
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That is crazy. The 3GS came out in 2010!!
That is crazy. The 3GS came out in 2010!!
I get that, but I think the confusion may have arose because you didn't specify iPhone. The poster must have assumed you meant iOS.
I assume he is talking about in the US, where a comScore report has iOS having a 59% greater reach than Android. In Europe that lead extended to 116%. However, I believe that report is old so I can't be sure on updated numbers.
Indeed. It's also interesting to note that even as Android grows, iOS seems to dominate in actual usage (web browsing statistics, public WiFi connections, etc). I wonder at what point they will level out.
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Sorry, that doesn't hold. If we're talking about all-in-one PCs, and someone says "Mac has more marketshare than Windows", it's still not correct.
Android doesn't have more marketshare than iOS. There are more phones running Android, but that's an artificial and arbitrary distinction. Marketshare is not the holy grail some people make it out to be, but for the little value it has, what do I care if another user can make a voice call on his device, or if it's just a music player?
Tomorrow, tomorrow, you're only a day away.
Whoa hold on there, I'm a bit confused. This table came from Jan 2011-Dec 2011, right?
I thought on the last quarterly report, Apple stated that iPhone 4S was a superb hit and it was the most successful iPhone sales ever! The numbers trump any previous quarterly report and that sales were dominated by 4S during 2011 Christmas holiday.
But from the graph I see that 4S even not in #2, while it is supposed to be #1 smartphone in US, right? Anyone care to enlighten me? That was a real question BTW, too many sarcastic statement here so that it's hard sometimes to ask a REAL question
Thank you
When you gang up with a lot of smartphone manufacturer, flooding market with lots and lots of new model every single months, or weeks .. it's easy to LOOK dominant, you know?
But the question now is:
I thought on the last quarterly report, Apple stated that iPhone 4S was a superb hit and it was the most successful iPhone sales ever! The numbers trump any previous quarterly report and that sales were dominated by 4S during 2011 Christmas holiday.
But from the graph I see that 4S even not in #2, while it is supposed to be #1 smartphone in US, right? Anyone care to enlighten me? That was a real question BTW, too many sarcastic statement here so that it's hard sometimes to ask a REAL question
Thank you
When you gang up with a lot of smartphone manufacturer, flooding market with lots and lots of new model every single months, or weeks .. it's easy to LOOK dominant, you know?
But the question now is:
- Do all Android smartphone integrated?
- Can you install any ICS update on ANY modern Android smartphone without ROM flashing or anything like that? Because you know .. they're all have Android logo on it, they're supposed to eat anything called "Android update" .. Even RIM can still do that, one OS update for all BB model .. well only for modern BB hardware, but you get my point, it's still one OS for all.
- Can ANY Android smartphone running ANY apps from Android Market?
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Whoa hold on there, I'm a bit confused. This table came from Jan 2011-Dec 2011, right?
I thought on the last quarterly report, Apple stated that iPhone 4S was a superb hit and it was the most successful iPhone sales ever! The numbers trump any previous quarterly report and that sales were dominated by 4S during 2011 Christmas holiday.
But from the graph I see that 4S even not in #2, while it is supposed to be #1 smartphone in US, right? Anyone care to enlighten me? That was a real question BTW, too many sarcastic statement here so that it's hard sometimes to ask a REAL question
Thank you
The 4S has only been on the market since October while the 4 and 33GS have been sold all year long. The $99 and Free US prices have a big part in converting people who previously couldn't afford a new iPhone. Give the 4s a few more quarters and you'll see it become #1 in 2012 unless the 5 comes early (which doesn't seem likely as no rumors have surfaced yet.