I did not know there were restrictions on what Android could be put on. I assumed Android was a free, open source OS and developers could use it as they pleased. If that is the case, then no, that could not happen. Anyways, that was getting way off topic because I was just covering my but when I said "almost all" android phones are smartphones. People have just been responding saying ALL android devices are smartphones so I was incorrect to say "almost all". In school I was always taught to be weary of using words like ALL or NONE because they are such strong words. That English lesson has stuck with me to this day. So, sorry if I am a little weary of saying ALL when I am not 100% sure 100% of android devices fall into the smartphone category.
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iPhone Market Share Dips Slightly as Android Increases Lead in Global Smartphone Race
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I did not know there were restrictions on what Android could be put on. I assumed Android was a free, open source OS and developers could use it as they pleased. If that is the case, then no, that could not happen. Anyways, that was getting way off topic because I was just covering my but when I said "almost all" android phones are smartphones. People have just been responding saying ALL android devices are smartphones so I was incorrect to say "almost all". In school I was always taught to be weary of using words like ALL or NONE because they are such strong words. That English lesson has stuck with me to this day. So, sorry if I am a little weary of saying ALL when I am not 100% sure 100% of android devices fall into the smartphone category.
Uhm ... yes most of us are Apple fans on this site and I love my iPhone, but Samsung has been outselling iPhone for quite some time now.
Does marketshare matter is unclear. The real question is can marketshare matter, which is an emphatic yes, of course.
It mattered like crazy in the 90s, when Apple got in a very critical situation. The pc market changed radically, and their high-end positioning almost got washed away as the way society used technology changed.
Smartphones are becoming ubiquitous and cheaper. That happened with PCs too. What other parallels can or cannot be drawn is really hard to say because of the difficulty in predicting smartphones in two years, let alone ten.
But one things for sure, whilst the low-end of the market might be a bit of a waste of time, Apple would be foolish not to make a pitch for mid-range of the smartphone market. It allows them to up-sell to consumers, and avoids the possibility of Android or a even resurgent Windows to become defacto to a dangerous degree at some point down the road. For that reason alone marketshare should matter - having the coolest product alone isn't enough of a guarantee to the future.
It mattered like crazy in the 90s, when Apple got in a very critical situation. The pc market changed radically, and their high-end positioning almost got washed away as the way society used technology changed.
Smartphones are becoming ubiquitous and cheaper. That happened with PCs too. What other parallels can or cannot be drawn is really hard to say because of the difficulty in predicting smartphones in two years, let alone ten.
But one things for sure, whilst the low-end of the market might be a bit of a waste of time, Apple would be foolish not to make a pitch for mid-range of the smartphone market. It allows them to up-sell to consumers, and avoids the possibility of Android or a even resurgent Windows to become defacto to a dangerous degree at some point down the road. For that reason alone marketshare should matter - having the coolest product alone isn't enough of a guarantee to the future.
the global smartphone race is very misleading
everywhere besides the US, people are paying 700 dollars for a 16GB base model iPhone (newest model as in 5S)
and think of countries like China and India and other 2nd and 3rd world countries.
of course people are gonna buy androids, they're AFFORDABLE.
everywhere besides the US, people are paying 700 dollars for a 16GB base model iPhone (newest model as in 5S)
and think of countries like China and India and other 2nd and 3rd world countries.
of course people are gonna buy androids, they're AFFORDABLE.
The only thing worse than attempting to convince others, is to believe your own misleading claims. Citing a few articles written by individuals that have their own agenda, is a less than reliable way to prove one's point.
Google, Apple, Microsoft, along with Big Data Firms, all spend time collecting our personal info. They're all in the same industry, employing the same practices. Believing anything else is to live in denial.
Claiming Android is a brick without Google Services is a falsehood that reveals your lack of knowledge. That's not meant to insult you, it's just a fact of life. The very basis of Android is the Google ecosystem. Admit that you hate Android and be done with it. Simple as that.
iPhone Market Share Dips Slightly as Android Increases Lead in Global Smartph...
I always thought comparing the iPhone to an entire slew of androids is idiotic. I want to know how it stands up against its direct competitors, like high end androids.
Selling a bunch of junk model androids means OEMs are competing in a market that Apple refuses to play in.
I always thought comparing the iPhone to an entire slew of androids is idiotic. I want to know how it stands up against its direct competitors, like high end androids.
Selling a bunch of junk model androids means OEMs are competing in a market that Apple refuses to play in.
What "agenda" changes the fact that Google has been fined or entered into settlements over multiple privacy violations?
They aren't all in the same industry. They don't all collect the same amount of personal info. And they don't all use it in the same way.
Say what you wish, but fact is nothing is as nefarious as the big data companies. Oh sure, Google's been publicly exposed for their practice, but thinking Apple doesn't do similar data mining is to live in denial.
Specifically http://acxiom.com
They know far more about individuals than Google, Apple & Microsoft combined. It's a fact that frightens most people into a state of denial so deep they cannot see the truth.
Okay. We weren't talking about them.
Only if you consider nowhere near the same magnitude to be "similar".
Disagreeing with you doesn't mean I'm in denial.
What does that have to do with what I said?