claire1

CAN EVERYONE SHUT UP ABOUT CHARGEGATE NOW?

no?

JWSC said:

Love reading a well researched DED article.  But I did miss his trademark ‘they’re wrong, here’s why’ punchline.

I know this may sound odd but, in a way, Apple should be thankful for what Google has done with Android.  Android kneecapped the Windows phone platform before it could really establish itself as the primary alternative to the ‘anything but Apple’ crowd.  The one-two punch of iPhone and Android torpedoed the hegemon RIMM.  Soon after Nokia and Motorola fell by the wayside.  And now Samsung and the Chinese knockoff outfits are shackled to the weak fragmented Android ecosystem.  It’s an Apple world.  And Android just lives in it.

I agree but I'd rather android be original. What happened to the "mobile keyboards and email are the future" narrative?

If android didn't release Apple ripoffs I couldn't care less.

Yes in a way it's good android took over because they royally screwed their partners more than paying Windows to do it for them would have. Now these iKnockoff manufacturers don't know where to turn, when they copy Apple they sell more but when they try to wean off and make something ORIGINAL, they sell almost nothing (Google Glass, Gear watches, Round android wear crap, VR, anything original.)

Milk Music was the Apple Music killer!!

62% is extremely low for Apple, they need to stay above 80%.

cropr said:

tangential said:

Samsung still hasn't come up with a compelling ecosystem around its phones that it can make money from. The lack of any real linkage between handset makers and the software ecosystem has pretty much insured that all Android phone manufacturers (except Google) will end up this way. Betcha Google makes lots of money from Samsung's sales.

Indeed,  Every Android user has a lot of choice when buying a new device and this is hurting Samsung.   

Google is willing to pay Apple a lot of money to have its search engine to be the default. This shows how much revenue and profit Google is generating from Android.   Suppose Windows Mobile with the Bing search engine had a 80% market share world wide, this would really impact Google.

The constant bashing of DED on Android is pathetic.  I own an app company that gets 65% of its revenue from Android (Apple has only 20% market share where I live).  I could close my business if is really was a toy.

In the rest of the world people get knockoff iPhones for cheap or free. With that mindset they think a .99 cent app is a ripoff.

He will announce new Macs and iPads  

This is how the iKnockoff Knights work:

"iPhone sucks lol!"

"Huawei has .02% better camera!"
"Samsung has faster LTE"
"Pixel has squeeze for Android Siri"
"LG has brighter screen!"
"ZTE has cheaper price for SAME features lol!"

......great, now I have to tape 5 androids together to get a comparable iPhone......nice.