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Apple's U.S. Smartphone Usage Share Approaches 40%
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Why, you own apple or something?
I don't understand getting that attached to any company I do not own or own a bunch of stock in.
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When i was in the US a few months ago iphones were very popular among teenagers, they tended to have them in their hands a lot. Maybe one of the reasons?
Marketshare is an extremely dumb metric, I agree, but the emotional attachment thing is 50/50. People like companies/corporations/sports teams just because the product, team, etc brings out a positive emotional response in them.
Whether its because their team wins a championship or the company releases a product they like, I don't think owning stock is the ONLY reason you can root for a company. That's a little crazy.
The problem is more with people who start cursing and screaming and insulting everyone who doesn't agree with them, and those people exist on both sides.
It's not doomed but this chart does not tell much one way or another. US is a relatively small piece of the global smart phone market and Apple was much less successful in other parts of the World.
The reports from the other parts of the world don't tell you much one way or the other either. Because Apple is still making a bunch of money, selling a bunch of phones, and expanding its market worldwide.
Marketshare is for chumps
Also my Lumia is better than the iPhone
A friend of mine had a 1992 Chevy Lumia Z34. Not a bad car actually but not sure what it has to do with smartphones.
This is great news, but how does it reconcile with other reports in the media that iPhone market share is dropping. What's the difference between the reports? Such as this one, "Apple bleeding marketshare"
One of them is clearly wrong. The android side will argue that the pro-Apple one is, the Apple side will argue the pro-android one is, and that ensures further that market share and these "surveys" mean nothing.
In the words of Cuba Gooding, "show me the money" and you will be shown Apple
Usually when I read someone say "Apple is Doomed" it a defender of Apple trying to to make fun of people who are critical of Apple in any way.
"iPhone/iPad marketshare may drop" does not equal "Apple is doomed"
The link is for US Market, BGR is giving World Wide data.
Read the first paragraph of the article in BGR. "quarterly shipment estimates".
It obviously started somewhere. Yes, now it's Apple defenders making fun of people who are critical of Apple. But the "Apple is doomed" has been around for a couple of years now and it started with the Apple defenders who started saying it when Apple's marketshare started dropping in free-fall.
and we can't forget the "shipped not sold" distinction.
while Apple sells every single iPhone it ever ships, the vast majority of Android phones are just sitting in warehouses, gathering dust.
Since their remaining share was mostly business/government users, I don't think it is that strange at all
From what I understand all federal agencies, and many large corporations had started completely phasing out the use/support of blackberry in 2012... which means they had probably announced over 6 months ago that employees could no longer get a blackberry device, and would need to choose an android or iOS phone when their contracts are over and they pick a new device.
Obviously a new OS would have little impact on their decline even if their consumer usage grew slightly
Wonder if Apple are upset with the US Army choosing a secure version of Android running on Samsung phones over an iOS device for it's troops?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22395602
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22395602
It's part about being grateful to the company for making our lives so much better and wanting to defend them. That's what brand loyalty is all about.
Also, it's also about cynicism and negative attitudes. What does saying "Apple is doomed" and meaning it actually contribute to a discussion? If people have criticisms then there are better more positive ways to express it that will have a more constructive impact.
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There is no "choosing Samsung over iOS" at the moment because iOS devices are still pending approval and will likely be approved soon. The only thing Samsung has done is get into the game a little earlier than Apple and the reasons why they got approved first are not clear.
I dunno if Apple's made my life better exactly. The iPhone and iPad are neat devices, sure. I'm a little more connected to the internet these days. I certainly don't have to carry around quite as much stuff...
But is my life better because of it? I dunno.
Indeed.
I love Apple because of its business strategy, its guts and singularity.
Business strategy - own your destiny
Guts - Apple existence depends sorely on its creativity/innovation
Singularity - the two above, and its sharp focus on what it stands for ( if you ask what is it, ).
Probably not because they approved ios too:
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/05/02/ios-6-devices-get-dod-approval-for-us-government-use/
Now that we got that out of the way, can we get back on topic?
Quote one person who said this. That shouldn't be so difficult on this board filled with blind fanboys.
Go ahead, a.h., good luck.
Or as Thomas Gerard said "You are screwed, stupid."