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Samsung Profits Tumble as Apple Enters Large-Screen Phone Market and Low-End Options Thrive
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My 16 year old niece was less excited meeting Katy Perry than the fanboys are over this click bait story.
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I said this before....there you go Samesung!
this is the main reason that bendgate went viral.
suck it Samesung!
Why? Why is it good news and why should Samsung "suck it?" They are not evil and you do realize that they probably have some kind of impact on almost every technological device you have in your home right?
They make iPhone components, phones, TVs, Washer/Dryers, refrigerators. Why do want that company to die?
Samsung was one of the main reasons Android was thriving for the past ~4 years. Their phones were a solid combination of price and quality. Very good all-round phones, and thus serious competition for the iPhone. That was quite an achievement because Android wasn't really easy to work with as a manufacturer, so to be able to make good all-round phones in all segments was the main reason of their success. Despite this, Samsung always had their weak points. Uninspiring design, bloated firmware, questionable continued use of plastic, you name it.
Fast forward from 2010 to 2014, and the situation is different: stock Android is a really good foundation for a phone. Android has become less resource hungry (or the resources have gotten better faster than Android has gotten more resource hungry, whatever), and cheap Android phones are "good enough". The value proposition of Samsung has basicly vanished: not because their phones got worse, but because the competition (mainly due to stock Android) got better. Also, the competition is often cheaper.
What remains is a brand that relies on their name from the past (which is actually only the past few years, but is an eternity in today's smartphone world), offers hardly and advantages over the competition anymore but still has the disadvantages.
Two to three years ago, there were plenty of reasons to buy a Samsung. Today, not anymore. Hence the tumbling profits. I don't see Samsung becoming the next Nokia or something, they will still remain relevant, but their sole reign in the Android kingdom is gone and that era will not return unless Samsung is radically going to change their smartphone strategy.
Do you really think Samsung is going to die off? Competition is great for the consumer. We'll likely see all smart phone makers profits decrease over the next few years, including Apple's. This is why everyone continues to try to come up with the next best thing. There's little profit in commodities.
Samsung deserves what they get. Their business practices are unethical. They copy ideas then get sued and then keep things tied up in court's for years while they continue making the products. I personally will never buy their products again. I hope you crash and burn.
that is nature of technology. No need to predict. it happened to Ford, MS, Sony, etc. it is up to apple to innovate new products that can change how people use technology.
Shamdung
Shamdung built my Fridge/Freezer. It was crap. Never again. I'm an Apple fan but not so stupid I can't see their demise (a la Microsoft). I've an iPhone 6 on order and have considered cancelling it to get a cheaper Android phone but, so far, It's the iPhone which wins.
Shamdung built my Fridge/Freezer. It was crap. Never again. I'm an Apple fan but not so stupid I can't see their demise (a la Microsoft). I've an iPhone 6 on order and have considered cancelling it to get a cheaper Android phone but, so far, It's the iPhone which wins.
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I thought this would be the year we saw sales of the iphone slow. Meaning the iphone 6 would actually sell less than previous versions for the reasons you mentioned. I was definitely proven wrong.
Yes you will. Dont lie.
If you really had the courage of your convictions youd avoid anything knowingly made with their products. What you mean is youll turn a blind eye this time coz you love iPhones.
That's idiotic. Apple has survived due to complete non-saturation, and not whoring out their product line by endless segmentation of their phones.
Android has like 80million types of phones across so many manufacturers. They've saturated themselves, while apple has found the key to the industry by keeping their product line close to the core, strong, familiar while relavent.
Im so happy for this news lmao. Finally you android boys get the big picture. You can't compete with your crappy plastic clones gimmicked with the latest "Bleeding" edge technology, thinking you can hook in the next gullible teen.
Those "Mark my words" have ben uttered since like 2010. We're still here, iPhone more popular than ever.
I could be wrong, but it's starting to feel like the smartphone market has grown very stale and stagnant. As if manufacturers have thrown everything they can think of into phones at this point and don't know what the next major feature is. I think everybody's profits are going to take a dip in the coming years.