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Apple Widens Lead Over Samsung in U.S. Smartphone Race in 2013

SVTmaniac said:
You do realize Samsung isn't the only phones with larger than a 4" screen, right? S4, LG, G2, Nexus 5... the list goes on. The problem with this graph is Apple is the only manufacturer selling a phone with iOS on it. Look how many companies sell Android phones. A more fair comparison would be Apple vs. Android phones. If you add all the other companies that make Android phones up, it clearly blows Apple away. I'm sure if other comanies made phones with iOS on it, it would not look nearly as skewed as it does here.
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I do realize it just as I know you realize the vast majority of Android phones by all manufactures are not large screen models -- those are just the ones that get the attention. Also I know you realize that my post was about phone's screen size not OSes. And finally I was really being sarcastic about all the iPhone fans saying Apple is doomed if it doesn't release a large screen phone -- that the current size is a deal killer. You do realize all that right?
 
proline said:
Can't wait to hear people tell us how the most profitable smart phone market in the world doesn't matter ;)
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wouldn't China be the most profitable smart phone market in the world. They have more people using smartphones than the U.S. has citizens IIRC...
 
SPUY767 said:
Apple Releases new phone which during the time period outsells Samsung:

Tech Media Reaction: . . .

Samsung Releases new phone which during the time period outsells Apple:

Tech Media Reaction: Oh my god Apple is dead within the year!
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AAPL is Manipulated by VILLAIN !!!!!!
 
Todd B. said:
Gee, who'd have thought that people like quality phones with quality operating systems over cheaply made plastic things from companies that offer zero support?
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Who would care about iPhone quality when it not considered as candidate for purchase because of screen size?
 
paul4339 said:
Smartphones had about a 62% penetration into the mobile market as of Sept 2013 (comScore). In Asymco's charts it has around 75% in 2014... there's still some growth, but it's entering into the later stages soon.

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I'm not talking about the growth of the category, just that carrier choice no longer impedes brand choice. That's one less factor in the equation when people ask why OEM X is beating OEM Y.
 
Bare said:
Aw, remember when everybody had a Blackberry? Don't miss that.
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I remember it! I took this picture in 2010 at a retreat with a bunch of friends. We were all just regular US consumers... not corporate users.

It was wild to see so many Blackberries in one room so I just had to take a picture. The Blackberry was the phone to have back then.

Now it's almost all iPhones in this circle of friends.

Only one of those friends is using Android today... because she loves a slide-out keyboard.

But the point is... Blackberry has all but vanished among my circle of friends. I can't say I'm surprised though.

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Renzatic said:
Some people just can't imagine that there are actually people who go out and buy Android devices of their own volition, and end up actually being happy with them. To them, there's Apple, then there's unusable crap. For someone to buy anything else, they had to be tricked into it somehow.
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Completely agreed. I posted something akin to this earlier in the thread. Glad to see I'm not crazy... :rolleyes:

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SgtPepper12 said:
Keep telling that to yourself. The Android sites I visited show the exact same behaviour, it's just less obvious because there are multiple "sub fan bases".
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Just curious, which sites? I certainly don't visit them all.
 
rusty2192 said:
I hear Samsung TVs are nice, but I don't know if I could bring myself to make another major Samsung purchase.
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I think they have nice laser printers. Used two, and no problems really. (I print very little at home, so the original cartridges last for more than two years, and after that getting a new printer is usually cheaper than new cartridges :mad: )
 
JaySoul said:
Reckon Apple mainly care about the USA and China now.
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Regardless of Their Intention, JAPAN is The Most i-OS Dominated Market in The World !
When i-Phone was First Introduced to JAPAN, Almost of All Pundits Claimed " i-Phone NEVER NEVER MAKE SUCCESS in JAPAN ! ".
But The REALITY Proved THEY WERE ALL WRONG !!!
Do You Know WHY and HOW it COME ?
'cause We Japanese Know " WHAT IS THE BEST ! " !!!!!!
 
rusty2192 said:
We have 1 Samsung appliance. It was our first and will be our last. Our Samsung electric range fried itself after just 4 months. Getting it replaced was a disaster. After all was said and done, we were completely without a stove for about 5 weeks and only had a loaner for a couple weeks because I talked Lowes into letting us use one of their cheapest models so that we had something.

I hear Samsung TVs are nice, but I don't know if I could bring myself to make another major Samsung purchase.
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Yep. I have a desktop Samsung TV. Went buggy after 18 months. Have a Sony and Olevia that are @3 years old. No problems. My sister bought a Samsung at same time. Had to replace it last month.
I bought my father a high end over the stove Samsung microwave. Failed after 6 months. PITA to install and it was like pulling teeth trying to get Samsung to send someone out to repair it as warrantied. After repair it lasted another year. Failed. Researched the problem and it was caused by moisture/steam getting into defective glue seals on digital control board. It's a known issue. Easy internet search. Bad batch of boards. However, once the board goes it causes other parts to fail. Samsung refused to simply send out a replacement board. All they would do is send out a repairman. Replacement would be free UNLESS other problems were discovered, in which would be charged for part and service call by independent contractor. Strong incentive for service person to find multiple problems. Life is too short to have to deal with companies like Samsung. Never again.

Do a search for "dreaded SE code Samsung microwave". YouTube video on repair possibilities. A control board on an over the stove failing due to steam is almost as bad as Samsung initially denying warranty coverage for moisture damage on the S4 Active phone--advertised for underwater picture use!
 
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SVTmaniac said:
You do realize Samsung isn't the only phones with larger than a 4" screen, right? S4, LG, G2, Nexus 5... the list goes on. The problem with this graph is Apple is the only manufacturer selling a phone with iOS on it. Look how many companies sell Android phones. A more fair comparison would be Apple vs. Android phones. If you add all the other companies that make Android phones up, it clearly blows Apple away. I'm sure if other comanies made phones with iOS on it, it would not look nearly as skewed as it does here.
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You might have a point if all these Android phones were made and sold by one manufacturer.

All these Android phones are not the same...many different models by many different manufacturers....Finally a good comparison.

iOS & Android are not not phones, they are operating systems.

Another reason why they use OS vs OS comparisons so much, thats the only way the media can show the iPhone is behind Android vs actual phones.
 
BuffaloTF said:
I think they are eating it... And by "it" I mean the other Android OEMs market share.
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That's what always pops into my head when I see stats like this. As much as Android fans champion the notion of choice and diversity in their hardware and keeping everything "open", they seem to have no problem collectively with converging around one vendor. Seems to me it's an implicit admission that Apple's business model might actually be the best way to go. I'm just waiting to see if Samsung ever completes that transition by creating their own fork of Android and tailoring it to their hardware. I'm actually surprised they haven't done that yet.
 
mccldwll said:
Life is too short to have to deal with companies like Samsung. Never again.
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Yea. I'm also happy to say that there are zero Samsung consumer products in my house and I'd like to keep it that way as well :D
 
Chupa Chupa said:
Clearly evidence that iPhone users are sick of the current "small screen" format & are holding out for a larger screen or have defected to the S4. :rolleyes: (yes, being sarcastic.)
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I'd be willing that when Apple comes out with a larger screen iPhone and if they also offer the same phone in it's current size, or a 5C type phone, the larger phone will sell the most.
 
ghost187 said:
Let's all be honest. All of us here bought an Android or two just to see what it is (and because we can afford it which is a given because we can afford Apple products). Most of us got burnt by the whole Android experiment (HTC Thunderbolt), and vowed to never use an Android ever again.

Admittedly, there are many of us who prefer a bigger screen size (though I support having the current size option as well). It seems that Apple will follow the iPad naming pattern with the iPhone and release a iPhone Mini (current 4 inch iPhone with a smaller footprint) and an iPhone Air (5 inch iPhone thats only a tad bigger than the current iPhone 5S). If they do RIP (high end) Android.
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You certainly don't speak for me although I have now switched back to a iPhone 5S from Android I don't feel "burnt" at all. The main reason i switched back was iOS works better in my workplace and I have a new job with many appointments I need to keep track of. I was unable to do this properly in Android without a 3rd party app.

Other than what I mentioned above I would probably still be on Android.
 
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