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[Business Insider] Android Is Destroying Everyone, Especially RIM -- iPhone Dead In
[Business Insider] Android Is Destroying Everyone, Especially RIM -- iPhone Dead In Water
Android beating the other smartphone devices is not new news anymore, but this article did bring up some good points so I'd thought I'd share. Quote:
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04-07-2011, 04:45 PM | #2 |
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But...but...but... Apple is magical and stuff! The blue-jeans-n-turtle-neck'd messiah said so!
Those numbers are kinda surprising, especially the February numbers. I would've expected a larger increase in handsets for Apple following the iPhone's release on Verizon. I know that a portion of the users were just carrier-switching (from AT&T to VZW), but I figured there would be a decent drop in Android users jumping ship to the iPhone. Seems to be quite the opposite. |
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04-07-2011, 07:22 PM | #3 |
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Boy Genius Report(BGR) ran an article about a mount after the iPhone was released on Verizon. It stated that the iPhone sales numbers did not come close to their target. I believe the numbers where 600K in pre-orders and 100K in walk in sales.
Yeah a lot of people thought Verizon offering the iPhone would be the end of Android. I wasn't so convinced. Contrary to what many people believe I think people are more practical than trendy. And the Android devices gives them choices, in price and form factor. =X= |
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Thanks for that!
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Did anyone tell Steve Jobs that choice still exists?
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Personally I use Android and won't purchase Apple devices. But I don't get why everyone keeps saying Apple should be scared etc. In the next few years the smart phone market is going to reach about 2 billion phones a year. And according to most people Apple will have just 10% of that market. That's still 200 million phones plus with the apple tax on everything they would still be raking in a lot of dough.
To me the more interesting tech battle is facebook vs google. One needs internet data to be closed for success the other needs the data to be open to everyone. |
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But people love to talk up huge rivalries, and who sold more than who, and who is "beating" who. I guess it's like sports for some |
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But Apple is the darling of investors everywhere with just that 3% to 5%. Given how well its businesses execute, it is simply impossible for Android to ever put Apple and its iBusiness out to pasture. A recent article: Quote:
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Apples current marketing scheme for the iPHone is what has me wondering who there target audience is. I mean, really..... games. According to their commercials, the iPhone is all about the marvellous seelctinos of games the user can play. And they top of their sales pitch with, "it its not an iPhone, then its not an Iphone". In my feeble mind. all I can see is the apple marketing campaign pitching the iPhone to the teenage market Yeah, that'll save them.
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http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads.html I see one commercial about games. One about apps. One about books. One about music. One showing the Retina display. Maybe it just depends what you are watching on TV. Regardless, the teenage market is one of the most desirable market segments to hit. So while I don't think Apple needs saving, I doubt getting the teenage market is going to hurt them. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/04/...s-own-iphones/ |
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This is Apple's plan to capture lost market share (sorry, I just couldn't resist ):
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I think some form of both will exist as they do now and in a very parallel way to your phone example. They are two different segments of the market that will continue to co-exist. |
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Unfortunately true. This is what I did in order to try out an iPhone. No way would I have spent my own money one it. It works, it's functional, but nothing more.
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