I think there's no question that Droid will vastly surpass the amount of devices in the wild over iOS, but this might come as a shock to many...I don't think Apple really cares. Look...this is a somewhat flawed analogy, but still holds some truth nonetheless... Apple is the Target to Android's Wal-Mart. There are more Wal-mart stores, there are bigger Wal-mart stores, Wal-mart is generally cheaper than Target, and Wal-mart also generally has a much wider selection than Target...However, the customers that shop at Wal-mart are per capita: cheaper, less profitable, more prone to dramatic swings in the lower portion of the economy, and not very savvy about things that fall outside of the typical value proposition. Target customers tend to be wealthier, more likely to see value in better materials, presentations, experiences, etc, more likely to splurge on higher end merchandise, etc. Now look...no one is saying that being Wal-mart is a bad thing (look at the vast wealth Wal-mart created for the Walton family if you've got any questions about that)...but the thing is...that sort of success is hard....very hard. It's mind-numbingly hard because at the end of the day all you really have going for you is price, efficiency, process optimization, and a few other tricks that take a lot of effort and don't really lead to whiz bang profit quarters. But...if you can cater to a clientele who buy your product for things that are little less tangible, that are more esoteric, that are more innovative...well...you can make beau-coups of profit...even if you sell to less folks. A little flawed because not exactly the same, but the premise is that Apple wants to sell to more profitable people...I think that they are doing so...and I think they will continue to generate the vast majority of profits in the industry going forward.
), does that insinuate that I was a "bad" person then? I don't think so...it's no insinuation at all. I'm saying that for the most part...and these are generalizations of course...that the most price sensitive consumers (and if you want to read that as less wealthy...go right ahead because that's exactly what I'm saying) aren't Apple's core market. It's not personal...just business.