i find it sad that this site always seems to post topics like "apple's e-peen is bigger than android's" just to stir up the crowd.. while i frequent other sites, since i love all thing tech.. you rarely see topics like this over at droid-life. and everyone here is so defensive when they see the competition doing well.
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Apple's App Store Still Number One in Revenue Despite Google Play Growth
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Again, Apple also reveals their channel inventory, so sold units are transparent.
1.) 1 phone vs 1000 cheap ones expected.
2.) Compared to number 1, I don't think a single android device sold more than a new release iPhone but I may be wrong?
3.)iOS is still the #1 tablet OS, are you going on installs? I don't see an android tablet within a 2km radius.
4.) If you've ever tried to submit an App to the Appstore you'll know what a mission it is so only the determined will get in. In saying that I don't feel more is better cause I already find the Appstore has too many apps.
5.) means nothing
6.) This is gonna be a while, people are already hard pressed to buy apps from the Appstore, buying apps from the Playstore when you android was made to be hacked?
Well, you were replying to that guy making a statement about GP app quality with this chart. Essentially you were implying that because GP makes less money he was incorrect about his quality statement. Thus the money question came into play. I was simply pointing out that a great app does not have to cost money and you cannot judge the overall GP app quality over their revenue alone.
Considering that Android already has 80% of the market, I'm not sure how Google will pass Apple in revenue if they haven't already.
Exactly. I'm an Apple shareholder, I love my iPhone, but they're struggling. The recent article on the decline of Apple's share of smartphone profits is very concerning to anybody who is looking at Apple's ability to perform well going forward.
Shaving 20 percent off of your share of your primary market segments' profits in a year is a pretty big wake up call.
A good chunk of this world marketshare is made up of $40 dollar whitebox phones and $75 whitebox tablets that are sold in India/China. The kind running GB and thrown together with about $15 bucks worth of parts. None of these devices are part of OHA and thus will never contribute at all to Google Play's revenue since they lack GApps.
I purchased a very cheap whitebox tablet and it still activated through google's service when I created a gmail account. It was missing GApps though.
I am curious, does the 30% cut that apple gets from in app purchases included in the revenue? I am just asking because Google Play doesn't have that rule or they don't get a cut from in app purchases.
According to the chart, revenue is increasing rapidly. Not sure what you are talking about.
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You are correct.
play store's growing more rapidly they'll soon overtake app store, but this isn't where the real war is going on, the real war will be "iphone 5s vs nexus 5" i'm eagerly waiting for this.
That's a big leap in logic! I think Apple's supposed "struggles" all come down to the overwhelming success of the iPhone 4S making year over year comparisons unfavorable. If you look at FY2012 as an outlier, Apple's growth has been remarkably consistent.
To put your claim that Apple is struggling in perspective, Apple's "disappointing" Q1 FY2013, was the fourth most profitable quarter by a corporation ever. Behind three oil companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_corporate_profits_and_losses
Do all those dozens of companies demand 30% of the turnover? I maybe completely off-track here but isn't that the reason why Apple's revenue is that high? A steady and reliable 30% of every app, tune and iBook sold? It's kinda silly to compare 'skimming 30% off every sale' to 'Android' don't you think?
It is kinda silly comparing Windows market share to other OS market share, isn't?
I was talking about dozens of manufacturers of Android phones... Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola... and countless others.
That's why Android has 80% market share.
Joking about what?
I hear this all the time... Android is the Windows of the smartphone world.
Anybody can sell a computer with Windows on it... and anybody can sell a smartphone or tablet with Android on it.
However... Apple is the only manufacturers of Macs, iPhones and iPads.
And? This is Apple problem.
The fact is that Windows has the majority of desktop OS market share and Android has the majority of smartphone market share
Companies that doesn't license their OS like Apple, Blackberry or Samsung with Bada will have less market share. And?
That's a big leap in logic! I think Apple's supposed "struggles" all come down to the overwhelming success of the iPhone 4S making year over year comparisons unfavorable. If you look at FY2012 as an outlier, Apple's growth has been remarkably consistent.
To put your claim that Apple is struggling in perspective, Apple's "disappointing" Q1 FY2013, was the fourth most profitable quarter by a corporation ever. Behind three oil companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_corporate_profits_and_losses
Q3 2012 saw the iPhone 5 with Apple's share of the profit in the mobile phone segment of around 75 percent. Right now it's sitting at like 53 percent.
That's a huge problem.
I agree with that.
Like I said in an earlier comment... dozens of manufacturers make Android devices... compared to a single company like Apple.
I know exactly why Apple has less market share... and why a licensed OS like Android has more market share.
I didn't think I was disputing that.
Sorry for the mix up.