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iPhone and Android Duopoly Nears Peak With Estimated 99.9% Market Share Last Year
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I know a couple people who think they can't live without a BB tactile keyboard.
It'd be nice if there were more than two realistic options.
Handspring/Palm/HP, RIM/BB, Nokia, Microsoft, Samsung/Tizen, Canonical, and Mozilla all tried and failed. Got any other competent candidates?
Without a sizable market share developers will suffer and without developers and apps the ecosystem is dead.
Sailfish OS! Could be a realistic alternative, given that they focus on markets where there are political reasons for trying to break the smartphone duopoly, e.g. Russia and China.
It does when borked Android phones are tossed on the trash heap after 18 months, while my iPhone is still in use for 5+ years.
While Blackberry at least tried, Windows was dead due to its owner and nothing else.
I had Lumia phone for sometime and it was hard to find any apps in its app store, even the Microsoft owned apps!!!
I had Lumia phone for sometime and it was hard to find any apps in its app store, even the Microsoft owned apps!!!
I'm curious how these break down by country. Yeah it's an 86%/14% worldwide split, but it seems like almost everyone I know has an iPhone (myself included). Granted, I live in the US and it's anecdotal, but still.
There are enough consumers in Apple's 14% marketshare that outspends Google's 86% several times over. iOS ecosystem is far from dead and developers release their software first on iOS. Apps on iOS tend to be higher quality too.
Marketshare is a single dimensional statistic that doesn't tell the whole story of a company's health.
Apple's marketshare in the US is closer to 50% I believe. It's China and India (billions of people) that are mostly Android users.
Theres only so far you can go when you only make top-tier phones. A lot of people dont wan't/need/care for more than a cheap basic phone to make calls and send messages on, and these days there are some cheap but well-enough built Android phones to keep people happy.
I notice the study specifies "Sales to End Users" as its scope. What does this mean, in simple terms? Are corporate sales excluded? If they are, are sales to corporates a significant number and how does one differentiate? Sold to "XYZ Inc" or sold to "Jane Citizen", how would Gartner (or anyone else) know?
Surely units sold directly by the manufacturers or by 3rd-parties are the measures unless the numbers of smart-phone used by "the Feds" on a worldwide basis is a secret. Strange qualification on the numbers posted.
Surely units sold directly by the manufacturers or by 3rd-parties are the measures unless the numbers of smart-phone used by "the Feds" on a worldwide basis is a secret. Strange qualification on the numbers posted.
Congratulations Apple!
#2-6 in Computers
#2 in Phones
Beaten by Microsoft and Google.
But congrats to Tim Cook. How else would we have Animojis?
Winning like Charlie Sheen!
#2-6 in Computers
#2 in Phones
Beaten by Microsoft and Google.
But congrats to Tim Cook. How else would we have Animojis?
Winning like Charlie Sheen!
What good is market share if your profit is miniscule or close to nothing.
Not saying its accurate or true, but haven't there been studies that show it only costs Apple around 300$ or so to make an iPhone? They could sell it at 600$ and still make a decent profit, they aren't exactly strapped for cash are they?
Its Apples choice to sell for what they wan't, but really I feel theres only a smaller chunk of people who are able to or willing to plunk down 800$-1200$ for a phone.
Congratulations Apple!
#1 in Phones by value of sales (51% market share by VALUE)
Beaten by Nobody!!!
#1 in Phones by value of sales (51% market share by VALUE)
Beaten by Nobody!!!
This is just quarterly, but the numbers typically don't change that drastically.
https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/30/iphone-x-top-three-best-selling/
This really doesn't have to be a pissing contest. At this point with phones its all a matter of personal preference. The only real time your forced into a particular platform is if you only want/need/can afford a dirt cheap phone, at which point Android is really your only option, unless you can find a good price on a used iPhone.
Probably an unpopular opinion - but I loved my Blackberry Bold 9930. Got it when I didn't have enough cash for a more modern smartphone. The call quality was phenomenal, the battery unmatched and that keyboard was awesome. Sure, I can type faster on my iPhone, but it's not the same.
I purchased the Blackberry Priv and that thing was a complete flop. The build quality was terrible. It creaked when you picked it up, the charger port loosened way to early, it was top heavy when trying to use the mediocre keyboard and it was so slow. Slow processor on top of a resource intensive OS was not a good mix.
I really wish we had more competition in the market. All hardware is pretty much the same. Slabs with touch screens on them. Give me some well designed plastic, soft touch rubber, BUTTONS.
Man do I feel old.
I purchased the Blackberry Priv and that thing was a complete flop. The build quality was terrible. It creaked when you picked it up, the charger port loosened way to early, it was top heavy when trying to use the mediocre keyboard and it was so slow. Slow processor on top of a resource intensive OS was not a good mix.
I really wish we had more competition in the market. All hardware is pretty much the same. Slabs with touch screens on them. Give me some well designed plastic, soft touch rubber, BUTTONS.
Man do I feel old.
You're right in that it doesn't have to be a pissing contest and personal preference is king. You're 100% wrong about being forced into Android if you want a dirt cheap phone. You can get a dirt cheap iPhone and it doesn't have to be used. Boost Mobile always has iPhones on sale. As for Android, there are choices ranging from dirt cheap to flagship with multiple price points and levels of quality in between. Metal bodies, dual cameras, and a host of other features are readily available for as little as $250.
Good to know, because it felt like a lot more than 14% of people here in the US have iPhones. Close to 50% seems about right.
And wow, the Japanese sure do love their iPhones!
They bought Good Software MDM assets and moved into that space with some legacy zombie users maintained.
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Virtually all of I recall.
This particular chart is for "Market Share" which is the percentage of new sales over a specific period of time. They added up the total new sales for the year... then figured out the percentage for each platform.
But you're referring to another term altogether:
"Installed Base"
That's all the phones currently in-use on Earth.
And that's where you would have older phones still being used by the people.