If it is seen as a "two horse race", then Apple can be seen to be losing.
But it's not a two horse race. It's one horse versus the aggregate of all other horses in the race that have the same sponsor, except in this case we're adding up all the distances of all those other horses and then comparing to the single horse that has its own sponsor. Not exactly a fair way to measure a race.
so nice to watch Microsoft continue to lose market share. How much shareholder value are they throwing away on their failed phone platform? How long can it last?
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Originally Posted by ddawson100
Please don't count them out yet.
Years late to the party and Windows 8 is just going to swoop in and take it all away from Apple and Google? Like the Zune conquered the mp3 player market? Like Windows Mobile 7 is chipping away at iOS and Android?
But I shouldn't crow. After all, for years I wandered in the wilderness with my Mac bretheren agast at the fact that the majority of the world couldn't see the superiority of my chosen platform. What goes around comes around.
If it is seen as a "two horse race", then Apple can be seen to be losing.
Losing in what way, pray tell?
Sales? nope
Profit? nope
Value? nope
Developers? nope
Public Image? nope
Android "first" app development? nope
iOS vs Android in total device market share (phones and tablets and other)? nope again.
Oh, oh, that's right. Smartphone market share. That's all that really counts, I guess, when you're losing in every other metric. Well yes, then Apple can be seen as "losing." You got us there by golly.
"Research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said Apple's share of the U.S. market doubled from a year ago to 44.9 percent in the October to December period, just beating Google's Android smartphones, which slipped to 44.8 percent from 50 percent."
Additionally we know from Apple's quarterly reports that iPhone units and dollars have more than doubled from a year ago. Matching Kanter, while ComScore is claiming that iPhone sales are up ~3%. (Apple gaining 1.4% market share in a US smartphone market up 13% on quarter.)
so nice to watch Microsoft continue to lose market share. How much shareholder value are they throwing away on their failed phone platform? How long can it last?
Don't start counting those chickens yet.
Windows 8 will be inescapable in a few months, the Metro UI will become ubiquitous overnight. People will naturally gravitate to something familiar, just as Mac users gravitate to the iPad and iPhone.
And now that Microsoft now has their own de facto hardware unit in Nokia, they can steer clear of the nightmare that android experiences with HTC, Samsung and everyone else.
Apple had sold 250 million iOS devices late last year
Android had been shipped on 200 million devices around the same time
Blackberry had 70 million subscribers around the same time
Windows Phone shipped on 10 million devices around the same time
That gives ownership shares (including tablets) of:
Apple: 47%
Google: 38%
RIM: 13%
Microsoft: 2%
Excluding tablets and iPods will shift the numbers to place Apple and Google almost even but both still far in the lead of the dying brands.
The stats in the article show the growth rates of each and because Android is growing faster, it will overtake Apple in overall volume, likely sometime this year but we have to keep in mind how impressive it is that Apple still has so much share.
It would be like Apple having an equal desktop share with Microsoft. This would mean Apple shipping more computers than HP and Dell. With the iPad counted, this is the case of course.
So far Apple alone has sold the same number of units as every other Android device manufacturer at a higher price point and there are quite a few of those manufacturers.
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If it is seen as a "two horse race", then Apple can be seen to be losing.
But it's not a two horse race. It's one horse versus the aggregate of all other horses in the race that have the same sponsor, except in this case we're adding up all the distances of all those other horses and then comparing to the single horse that has its own sponsor. Not exactly a fair way to measure a race.
so nice to watch Microsoft continue to lose market share. How much shareholder value are they throwing away on their failed phone platform? How long can it last?
Please don't count them out yet.
Years late to the party and Windows 8 is just going to swoop in and take it all away from Apple and Google? Like the Zune conquered the mp3 player market? Like Windows Mobile 7 is chipping away at iOS and Android?
But I shouldn't crow. After all, for years I wandered in the wilderness with my Mac bretheren agast at the fact that the majority of the world couldn't see the superiority of my chosen platform. What goes around comes around.
If it is seen as a "two horse race", then Apple can be seen to be losing.
Losing in what way, pray tell?
Sales? nope
Profit? nope
Value? nope
Developers? nope
Public Image? nope
Android "first" app development? nope
iOS vs Android in total device market share (phones and tablets and other)? nope again.
Oh, oh, that's right. Smartphone market share. That's all that really counts, I guess, when you're losing in every other metric. Well yes, then Apple can be seen as "losing." You got us there by golly.
From the Reuters report:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8CO4QP20120125
Additionally we know from Apple's quarterly reports that iPhone units and dollars have more than doubled from a year ago. Matching Kanter, while ComScore is claiming that iPhone sales are up ~3%. (Apple gaining 1.4% market share in a US smartphone market up 13% on quarter.)
Math no worky for ComScore.
Who owns ComScore and who paid for this report.
so nice to watch Microsoft continue to lose market share. How much shareholder value are they throwing away on their failed phone platform? How long can it last?
Don't start counting those chickens yet.
Windows 8 will be inescapable in a few months, the Metro UI will become ubiquitous overnight. People will naturally gravitate to something familiar, just as Mac users gravitate to the iPad and iPhone.
And now that Microsoft now has their own de facto hardware unit in Nokia, they can steer clear of the nightmare that android experiences with HTC, Samsung and everyone else.
Apple had sold 250 million iOS devices late last year
Android had been shipped on 200 million devices around the same time
Blackberry had 70 million subscribers around the same time
Windows Phone shipped on 10 million devices around the same time
That gives ownership shares (including tablets) of:
Apple: 47%
Google: 38%
RIM: 13%
Microsoft: 2%
Excluding tablets and iPods will shift the numbers to place Apple and Google almost even but both still far in the lead of the dying brands.
The stats in the article show the growth rates of each and because Android is growing faster, it will overtake Apple in overall volume, likely sometime this year but we have to keep in mind how impressive it is that Apple still has so much share.
It would be like Apple having an equal desktop share with Microsoft. This would mean Apple shipping more computers than HP and Dell. With the iPad counted, this is the case of course.
So far Apple alone has sold the same number of units as every other Android device manufacturer at a higher price point and there are quite a few of those manufacturers.