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Another point of interest: Windows phone will beat iOS by 0.2% - 19.2% vs 19.0%. Why? How they got this precision? Never mind, it is good enough to make a headline: Microsoft beats Apple in phone marketshare by 2016. And that's the whole poi…
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I spent some time finding out some older IDC predictions. Actually, this is what journalists and bloggers are supposed to do. IDC forecasts (as of 2010): http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/09/windows_phone_at_no_5_in_2014_right_behind_a…
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IDC predicts that in 4 years Microsoft will beat Apple by 0.2%. They do not give margin of error for their "prediction" because it is at least an order of magnitude greater than 0.2%. But this is good enough to make headlines that Microsoft …
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I think there is too much focus on how precise the numbers are. The most important thing IMO are the trends. When the same methodology is used, even if not perfect but reasonably good and consistent, it still can show the trends. Then, when we look…
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Despite the "decline", iPhone demand is not going down if you exclude the pent-up demand. Although no solid previous data shown, the logic is pretty straight forward (emphasis mine): Quote: While down slightly from a September survey, iPhone deman…
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I am surprised to find that nobody is seeing the obvious: even in synthetic tests, Nexus beets the iPhone with a very narrow margin. It is way too small to be noticed perceptually. But a number of posters here claim that they will get the Nexus o…
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There are still voices that Apple could have a Flash at least as an opt-in option. What those guys don't understand is the simple fact that companies and developers are lazy. With Flash "sort of" supported they will have no incentive to move on. The…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Testudo China, India, Nepal, Peru, Cambodia, Thailand, much of Eastern Europe... I assume from your quip that you believe I underestimate the markey penetration of PCs in the developing world. Here's a chart that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Testudo The most immediate hurdle is the software. The developing-world iPhone can't be a computer peripheral like the current iPhone. It won't be successful if it needs to be tethered to a PC for activation and soft…
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I am pretty sure Apple can make cheaper iPhones for the prepaid market. There are a couple of things US-centric analysts and bloggers don't get: 1. In many countries outside US and top-tier EU countries (and Japan maybe - I do not have direct obser…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mclpro I'd love to know how you came to that conclusion. I guess tonton refers to this piece of news
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Quote: Originally Posted by crustyjusty I'm not sure what to make of a report like this. My monthly subscription fee costs me around $1K a year, or $2K over the lifetime of the plan. The phone is $600, or $200 subsidized. So, given that the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It can't be assumed that this is channel stuffing. There could have been real expectations that both WP7 and the Galaxy Tab would have sold close to those numbers, even though it didn't work out. Channel st…
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Quote: Originally Posted by techno NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I would not doubt it was a planned strategy. What do you do if not all of the press is so hot on your product. Sales being overshadowed by big brother the phone? Well pretend the oppos…
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Quote: Overall, the Opera Mini browser feels foreign as an iPhone app, with its settings configuration placed within the app itself rather than in the standard Settings page as mobile apps are supposed to do. As far as there is a tab bar anyway,…
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These phones would make sense if they were introduced by Motorola, Nokia, Samsung or some of those players which try to cover wide range of products. Lame strategy for Microsoft. Oh, and note how MS is covering their ass? "It's our phone but it's…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Josh.B. Why do you say that they will not have a worthwhile tablet competitor for quite some time? Dozens of them were shown at CES. Is that just some kind of "nobody could possibly be as good as Apple" sort of t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jacob1varghese I think they need to stay competitive on the price. $499 is fine for now with no real competition out there. Once Android and Chrome tablets enter the market, I would like to see a drop in the pric…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius I agree that partnering with only ATT was one of Apple's biggest mistakes. BTW, this graph is more recent: What's interesting to me is that RIM is pulling away, leaving Apple at an increasingly dista…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin They said they could undercut the iPad price. It's not a laptop but a netbook. You can get a netbook for about $300. They can put on a touch screen for under $200 to undercut the base model iPad. If it's an I…