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in IDC data shows 66% of Android's 81% smartphone share are junk phones selling for $215 Comment by economics November 2013
Regarding "junk" phones in China, that no-one uses: "The Xiaomi Mi3 is a very slim 8.1mm handset that features a 5-inch 1080p display and the latest Nvidia Tegra 4 chip with amazing graphics capabilities and 2GB of RAM. What’s most impressive, tho…

in IDC data shows 66% of Android's 81% smartphone share are junk phones selling for $215 Comment by economics November 2013
It looks like many of the Samsung (and LG) "switchers" are actually upgrading from feature phones. For the ones that actually switched from Android, the main factor seems to be that there are more Android (and iOS) users this year to upgrade, compa…

in More iPhone buyers switching from Android this year than in 2012 Comment by economics November 2013
You've repeated the same mistake from your other piece about Samsung, where you compare their QoQ growth (this quarter vs the previous quarter) against Apple's YoY growth (this quarter vs the same quarter a year ago). According to IDC (http://www.…

in Samsung tempers expectations for a 64-bit Android answer to Apple's A7 Comment by economics November 2013