Whats news worthy is Samsung's HUGE growth in one quarter alone. 520% is ridiculous.
No wonder Apple is worried enough to sue. Just cant take the heat.
No - that's not in one quarter alone, that's YoY, and even Samsung acknowledge in their forward projections that it was a function of their low smartphone base and not indicative of tremendous future growth. Oh and most of it came off the huge reduction in their feature phone sales.
Really, I can't remember the last time you said anything that was correct.
Whether it is for a market that doesn't need a certain feature is neither here nor there -- that just makes it "smartER" than other devices commonly used in those markets.
You mean like the original iPhone wasn't a smartphone because it couldn't do some basic functions that other smart phones had done for years? Like video, MMS, apps and multitasking.
You are welcome to live in your dream world, but that phone will browse the web, will let you install native apps, has native mail support etc etc etc, it has as much right be called a smartphone as other things being sold.
Apple definitely has some nice statistics going on, and it's amazing how their user base exceedingly grew to become one of the biggest ones in the world right now. I guess the key is that it applies to everyone and almost anybody in any age group can use it (kids to elders). For the Android, it feels like it is limited more to a 'young adult' that struggles to be cool while Nokia releases simple phones for those not proficient enough to use other smartphones while the iPhone finds a nice median between the both of them.
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No wonder Apple is worried enough to sue. Just cant take the heat.
Whats news worthy is Samsung's HUGE growth in one quarter alone. 520% is ridiculous.
No wonder Apple is worried enough to sue. Just cant take the heat.
No - that's not in one quarter alone, that's YoY, and even Samsung acknowledge in their forward projections that it was a function of their low smartphone base and not indicative of tremendous future growth. Oh and most of it came off the huge reduction in their feature phone sales.
Really, I can't remember the last time you said anything that was correct.
Whether it is for a market that doesn't need a certain feature is neither here nor there -- that just makes it "smartER" than other devices commonly used in those markets.
You mean like the original iPhone wasn't a smartphone because it couldn't do some basic functions that other smart phones had done for years? Like video, MMS, apps and multitasking.
You are welcome to live in your dream world, but that phone will browse the web, will let you install native apps, has native mail support etc etc etc, it has as much right be called a smartphone as other things being sold.
So the original iPhone wasn't a smartphone then?
What about phones designed for markets without 3G (i.e. China until very recently)? Do none of them count as smartphones?
Original iPhone was released in 2007 and that Nokia "smart" phone 2010.
Original iPhone was released in 2007 and that Nokia "smart" phone 2010.
What is your point? Nokia was selling smartphones in 2002, smartphones that you could install 3rd party apps on, multitask etc.
Whats news worthy is Samsung's HUGE growth in one quarter alone. 520% is ridiculous.
No wonder Apple is worried enough to sue. Just cant take the heat.
Sammy SGS II Plus or Galaxy Q FTW!!