Things will get even better for Apple once it is realized that Samsung is causing the Korean Crisis. Samsung's US advertising budget alone could feed all of the starving people of North Korea. Kim Jong-Un is apparently tapping into jealousy and envy over Samsung's splashy success.
I have a friend who used an 3g iphone for 4 years before he recently switched to a Galaxy Note II. I bet he won't keep that Note for 4 years without changing.
I have a friend who used an 3g iphone for 4 years before he recently switched to a Galaxy Note II. I bet he won't keep that Note for 4 years without changing.
That's the thing. Whenever I speak to these Android fanatics they apparently all have multiple models. I find that odd. If your last phone is so great then why do you upgrade every six months.
Or the numbers could be summed as: 9.9m new users in a Q. Of them, 8.7 are IOS. 87% of market growth. The rest is canibalism. How I would like this to be true...
Or the numbers could be summed as:
9.9m new users in a Q.
Of them, 8.7 are IOS. 87% of market growth. The rest is canibalism.
How I would like this to be true...
Which should be sufficient to make AAPL drop another 10 points or so tomorrow.
[quote]"But our neighbours still think I continue to have trouble in bed."[/quote]
Why would the neighbors think that unless she told them or told someone else who told them?/ Please give a hypothetical situation where it makes sense. for example was your wife exhibiting behaviour that some ignorant people could mistake as 'trouble in bed', if so can you elucidate what this behaviour may be. Or maybe the 'trouble in bed' was actually to do with her going complaining to the local Sleeping Beauty mattress surplus store and complaining to one of the salesmen about her aching back from the overly soft mattress.
It's not a big deal but I like things to make sense.
I would love if AI stopped the digitimes rumours, the analysts BS, this sort of bait, and become a little more technically oriented.
Wouldn't that be great? Someone told me that this site used to be much better: rumours and stories culled through insight and research, rather than just lifting content (almost word for word) from other sites in an embarrassingly transparent effort to cultivate hits through troll-whoring.
In recent months they've managed to sink lower than MacRumours, and that must've taken some doing.
Still doing better than Cult of Mac, unless your desired posts are sponsored accessory reviews and tips that amount to nothing more than changing a System Preference.
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I have a friend who used an 3g iphone for 4 years before he recently switched to a Galaxy Note II. I bet he won't keep that Note for 4 years without changing.
That's the thing. Whenever I speak to these Android fanatics they apparently all have multiple models. I find that odd. If your last phone is so great then why do you upgrade every six months.
It's the only way to get OS updates.
But seriously, do you remember what the marketing media landscape was like in the mid-00s? Windows hardware users pointed to what people were saying about their product, while Apple users pointed to what they were doing with their product. It's the same with iPhones and Androids. One is a useful productivity tool with longevity, the other is still useful but more concerned about looking fancy* and fashionable, which means a short lifespan.
This is also reflected in marketing; almost every iPhone ad is simply showing various use cases, while Android ads are almost entirely 'Michael Bay meets 5 Gum' with a picture of a phone at the very end.
*Google recently patended a battery-saving mode which disables motion blur and other UI glitz when the battery is <20%.
<span style="line-height:1.231;">Google is selling the Motorola Home division (cable box, etc) for $2.4 billion to another group. </span>
There is only one slight problem with your analysis. The $12.5B they paid includes the price for the cable division. You have no idea what they (implicitly) paid. They could be selling that off that at a loss, for all you know.
There is only one slight problem with your analysis. The $12.5B they paid includes the price for the cable division. You have no idea what they (implicitly) paid. They could be selling that off that at a loss, for all you know.
As I mentioned, it's not my analysis. This came from a Forbes article.
And, while you're right that they might've sold the Home division for less (or more!) than what they "paid", it doesn't matter either way.
The point is, Google will not have anywhere near the oft-quoted $12.5 billion sunk into the only parts they care about: the Motorola phone division and its patents.
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I wouldn't be surprised if these numbers see sawed yoy.
Things will get even better for Apple once it is realized that Samsung is causing the Korean Crisis. Samsung's US advertising budget alone could feed all of the starving people of North Korea. Kim Jong-Un is apparently tapping into jealousy and envy over Samsung's splashy success.
It's funny how things like that work.
Translating % market share into number of users (in Millions):
total users: from 123.8 to 133.7 (+8%)
Android: from 66.5 to 69.1 (+4%)
Apple: from 43.3 to 52.0 (+20%)
Samsung: from 25.1 to 28.5 (+13%)
HTC: from 13.6 to 12.4 (-9%)
Motorola: from 11.8 to 11.2 (-4%)
LG: from 8.7 to 9.1 (+5%)
Blackberry: from 9.0 to 7.2 (-20%)
Windows : from 3.7 to 4.3 (+15%)
In case someone didn't notice: I love stories about market share
I have a friend who used an 3g iphone for 4 years before he recently switched to a Galaxy Note II. I bet he won't keep that Note for 4 years without changing.
Well Comscore has been publishing these figures since late 2009 so you could check them yourself.
Spoiler. You <i>will</i> be surprised.
That's the thing. Whenever I speak to these Android fanatics they apparently all have multiple models. I find that odd. If your last phone is so great then why do you upgrade every six months.
The smartphone market is still maturing, I'd rather wait another year or 2.
9.9m new users in a Q.
Of them, 8.7 are IOS. 87% of market growth. The rest is canibalism.
How I would like this to be true...
Which should be sufficient to make AAPL drop another 10 points or so tomorrow.
Why would the neighbors think that unless she told them or told someone else who told them?/ Please give a hypothetical situation where it makes sense. for example was your wife exhibiting behaviour that some ignorant people could mistake as 'trouble in bed', if so can you elucidate what this behaviour may be. Or maybe the 'trouble in bed' was actually to do with her going complaining to the local Sleeping Beauty mattress surplus store and complaining to one of the salesmen about her aching back from the overly soft mattress.
It's not a big deal but I like things to make sense.
Rayz
pedromartins
I would love if AI stopped the digitimes rumours, the analysts BS, this sort of bait, and become a little more technically oriented.
Wouldn't that be great? Someone told me that this site used to be much better: rumours and stories culled through insight and research, rather than just lifting content (almost word for word) from other sites in an embarrassingly transparent effort to cultivate hits through troll-whoring.
In recent months they've managed to sink lower than MacRumours, and that must've taken some doing.
Still doing better than Cult of Mac, unless your desired posts are sponsored accessory reviews and tips that amount to nothing more than changing a System Preference.
MacBook Pro
Eddie James
I have a friend who used an 3g iphone for 4 years before he recently switched to a Galaxy Note II. I bet he won't keep that Note for 4 years without changing.
That's the thing. Whenever I speak to these Android fanatics they apparently all have multiple models. I find that odd. If your last phone is so great then why do you upgrade every six months.
It's the only way to get OS updates.
But seriously, do you remember what the marketing media landscape was like in the mid-00s? Windows hardware users pointed to what people were saying about their product, while Apple users pointed to what they were doing with their product. It's the same with iPhones and Androids. One is a useful productivity tool with longevity, the other is still useful but more concerned about looking fancy* and fashionable, which means a short lifespan.
This is also reflected in marketing; almost every iPhone ad is simply showing various use cases, while Android ads are almost entirely 'Michael Bay meets 5 Gum' with a picture of a phone at the very end.
*Google recently patended a battery-saving mode which disables motion blur and other UI glitz when the battery is <20%.
There is only one slight problem with your analysis. The $12.5B they paid includes the price for the cable division. You have no idea what they (implicitly) paid. They could be selling that off that at a loss, for all you know.
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Originally Posted by anantksundaram
There is only one slight problem with your analysis. The $12.5B they paid includes the price for the cable division. You have no idea what they (implicitly) paid. They could be selling that off that at a loss, for all you know.
As I mentioned, it's not my analysis. This came from a Forbes article.
And, while you're right that they might've sold the Home division for less (or more!) than what they "paid", it doesn't matter either way.
The point is, Google will not have anywhere near the oft-quoted $12.5 billion sunk into the only parts they care about: the Motorola phone division and its patents.
Overpriced, yet in heavy demand.
Originally Posted by CentralParkMac
Overpriced, yet in heavy demand.
Samsung stuff, you mean? I agree.