I can only find two ZTE devices available for sale in the US. Blade isn't among them.
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Apple Slips to Fifth in Global Mobile Phone Share as ZTE Surges
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I can only find two ZTE devices available for sale in the US. Blade isn't among them.
But does Apple even care or want to. After all Apple is not about been top of anything, its nice but its not the reason we like their products. Its more about the ecosystem they provide one stop shopping and integration. I for one am fine not really caring what position they are at and more about the quality and product they put out.
I find it hilarious that MacRumors members can turn the least controversial topics into an argument. Are you guys being serious right now?
It's very impressive that Apple, a company that exclusively sells high-end smartphones, is in the top five. Stop trying to make excuses for why it's not number one, because no one expects it to be.
Some people seem to fail to make the distinction between smartphones and dumbphones. Samsung, like Nokia, sells crap loads of dumbphones. (Which is not a bad business model, like a lot of people in this thread seem to be suggesting; it's just a different business model.) I'm not sure if a lot of you guys realize that Samsung's product line does not comprise solely of Galaxy S's. This chart is not a measure of Apple's (or other smartphone makers') success, because it's analogous to comparing the number of economy class tickets sold by an airline to the number of private jet rentals sold by another.
It's very impressive that Apple, a company that exclusively sells high-end smartphones, is in the top five. Stop trying to make excuses for why it's not number one, because no one expects it to be.
Some people seem to fail to make the distinction between smartphones and dumbphones. Samsung, like Nokia, sells crap loads of dumbphones. (Which is not a bad business model, like a lot of people in this thread seem to be suggesting; it's just a different business model.) I'm not sure if a lot of you guys realize that Samsung's product line does not comprise solely of Galaxy S's. This chart is not a measure of Apple's (or other smartphone makers') success, because it's analogous to comparing the number of economy class tickets sold by an airline to the number of private jet rentals sold by another.
Ignorant Americans don't know who ZTE are.
When Telstra here in Oz closed its cdma network and moved to Next G the first handsets were basically Telstra badged ZTE models. And the wireless connection I am using now is also a Telstra badged ZTE.
ZTE's bread and butter is selling traditional mobile phones and 3G USB devices that carriers re-brand with their own logos; Telecom NZ, Telstra and AT&T offer their own 'in house' branded phones which amount to little more than branding ZTE phones as their own. Don't get my wrong, I have a ZTE R109 and I find it does the job very well for a NZ$159 phone.
Does the ZTE have smart phones? yes, but they've only appeared recently hence in terms of units shipped it is like comparing Apple laptop sales to the number of netbooks sold - the two are completely different markets; what would be more fruitful would be comparing Apple's sales against the smart phone sales of other companies.
Btw, Huawei have their own smart phone based on Android too which apparently pretty good, the IDEOS which is based on Android 2.2.
Does the ZTE have smart phones? yes, but they've only appeared recently hence in terms of units shipped it is like comparing Apple laptop sales to the number of netbooks sold - the two are completely different markets; what would be more fruitful would be comparing Apple's sales against the smart phone sales of other companies.
Btw, Huawei have their own smart phone based on Android too which apparently pretty good, the IDEOS which is based on Android 2.2.