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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Yes, Apple is completely screwing up. They "only" made $25 billion in Q3 2012 from iPhone and iPad devices, and are trouncing Android in the tablet market.
In comparison, Samsung apparently pulled in $7.5 billion from smartphone revenues from June 2010 to June 2012.
Sometimes, market share is not the end-all and be-all of business. |
In the July-September period, Apple shipped 14 million devices, up 26 per cent from 11 million a year ago. Its market share fell from 60 per cent in the third quarter of 2011 as the overall tablet market grew by 50 per cent to nearly 28 million.
Samsung's market share grew to 18 per cent, from about 7 per cent, as it more than quadrupled the number of tablets shipped to 5.1 million.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/st...ket-share.html
According to the IDC, Apple has 50.4 percent of the tablet market, down from 65.5 percent in previous quarter. Samsung, Amazon, Asus, and Lenovo, all took share from Apple during the quarter.
While market share may not be the end all and be all of business, loss of market share hurts any company.