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Or is the thought too frightening?
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iPhone Market Share Dips Slightly as Android Increases Lead in Global Smartphone Race
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Trust me. You really don't wanna know.
You're right, except that Apple's stock is crazy low priced. The P/E is much lower when compared to other tech companies.
On Point 1: but to what end... to just chase marketshare? Marketshare is not the end all and be all metric. BMW's marketshare in 2008 was blip to Pontiac's. The goal is to make the most money the most efficient way. Sometimes that is by customer volume at the expense of low margins other times it's making an at least perceive "premium" product and selling at the top of the market at the expense of sales volume. I don't think savvy BODs or executive lose sight of those choices because when they do they most often fail. I can list off a dozen high profile "volume strategy" companies that are now no longer.
On Point 2: Yes, the concept is the same broadly, but you as a privately held business owner have a lot more flexibly legally and fiducially to shareholders, than does a BOD or executives in publicly held company. That is my point. There is no softening the edges here anymore than comparing a Chevy Malibu to a Maserati Quattroporte (and all the headaches that come with the latter).
Your statements, are in order: False and an insult. Absolutely true apart for the spelling; for some reason market share in the phone market is never published. Made up. Would be insulting if Apple fans said that, but they don't. Quite stupid.
So you seem to be using the strategy to make one true statement to seem false by surrounding it with false or nonsense statements.
What a blatant load of nonsense. Where I live (in the UK), everyone can afford an iPhone. There are plenty of people for whom paying lots of money every month (you can get an iPhone for about £20 a month) for a phone is definitely not a wise decision, but everyone can afford one.
That never was Apple's plan. The 5c mostly takes buyers away from the high-end range of Apple's competitors. Not a huge number, but a lot of phones that Apple otherwise wouldn't have sold. Samsung's high end phone sales are hurting, and the 5c had some effect there.
And I know people who will _never_ buy the best and most expensive of anything, and others who will _never_ buy anything _but_ the best and most expensive (in both cases, even if it is not a rational decision). With these people, the 5c _does_ produce more sales. There are people who now buy a 5s because it is better than the 5c, who wouldn't have bought it if the 5c didn't exist.
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I think that's a far stretch to say everyone is waiting for a larger phone. I know plenty of people that aren't upgrading because they aren't appealed by the new phone iOS 7. If you think about it, a 4S running iOS 6.5 is still a great phone.
I have an Android now. I had a ipHone 4S.
I assure you, you are correct, they were fastest on a blackberry.
The email on the blackberry was just amazing.
Of course Apple will continue to advertise. I never said anything about that
My point was... there are 4 or 5 times as many Android phones on display at the Verizon store compared to iPhones on display.
Yet the iPhone makes up roughly half of Verizon's smartphone sales.
From the point of view of a consumer, higher profit margins by the vendor should be viewed as a negative when comparing to other alternatives. I think that is the bigger story here. The euro numbers on this chart are interesting
It makes it come close to tying for second place.
Seriously? What's the point of that thing? It's got a touchscreen, and I can see the little phone icon right there on the dock, so I know it's got Androids dialer in it. SO WHY THE HELL DOES IT HAVE A PHYSICAL NUMPAD? WHAT'S THE POINT OF THAT? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!
GAWD! I don't...I don't...I don't...
That little bit you quoted was in response to someone else's generalisation about the people who buy cheap phones, not a dig at Appleno need to get your panties in a twist trying to defend them over that comment.
But since you've addressed me, may I point out that you must live a very sheltered life indeed if you think everyone in your own country can afford an iPhone (let alone people in poorer countries).
"Should be"? That's overly simplistic, especially in the phone market where carrier subsidies contribute to profits. And then you could consider long term viability and investment in the ecosystem.
Developers don't care for market share. They care for people who are willing to pay money for software. If someone pays $80 for an Android phone (and there is nothing wrong with buying a cheap phone if it serves your purpose) that person is much less likely to spend money on apps than someone who paid $600 for a phone (whether iPhone or Android).
Stupid again. I live in the UK, and I know the people here, including people who haven't worked in their life and live on benefits, and yes, they can afford iPhones.
There is also another aspect to it vs. having higher margins. I can think of two. One, people tend to like expensive things more than cheaper versions. If it can be justified by marketing... Another one could be, people with money, who can afford an iphone will be more likely to buy apps, accesories, etc so a bigger ecosystem hence repeat customers.
Fair enough regarding subsidies (personally no longer buy subsidized phones, so of course I overlook it
), but I don't have much doubt that android and windows will continue to be viable.
Generally speaking, more marketshare means more potential buyers for your software. Most developers always try to hit as large an audience as possible, and, barring a few higher end exceptions such as games and maybe some office suites, an $80 smartphone will run most apps just as well as a $500.
Though this doesn't mean they're more likely to choose Android over iOS. Just that Android is as potentially viable a platform.
Neither do I. Profit isn't the only factor. Windows is extremely profitable for Microsoft. Android is profitable for Samsung. I'd be worried if, say, HTC had any sort proprietary platform features that I was invested in.
And if the iPhone was in the same position it is now with little to no profitability, I'd be concerned about its future.
No doubt, that's a given.
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Good post. Apple isn't for "the rest of us" anymore. They have become what they once fought against, IMO.
Why are they meaningless when they do favor Apple?
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=18600595#post18600595
You're dealing in if situations that don't exist (that I am aware of), I am talking about real world examples.
However with your reasoning on this, the point is moot anyways. If that device ran Android and you don't consider it to be a smartphone, then you would have to treat any device running iOS the same. So they cancel each other out.
I'm personally not worried as I do use Gmail myself. There are others who avoid Google entirely for that reason. Is there anyone on Android who has managed to avoid Google 100%?