gregg thurman

What a waste of an arrest.  They should have just nailed his nuts high up a wall.

rotateleftbyte said:

noted crystal ball gazer and soothsayer Ming-Chi Kuo

There fixed it for you.

On this topic... well Duh! Hasn't this been on the cards for a while now? It does not need a noted analyst [cough-cough] to forecast this. Pretty well anyone with half a mind on the Mobile Tech space could have said this very thing months ago. some even did say it yet he's still given credit for 'stuff'.
Bah Humbug!

Qualcom’s 2 main revenue streams come from Snapdragon processors and modems. 

Only Android handsets use the Snapdragon processor. Worldwide smartphone handset unit sales declined 9% during the December quarter, EXCEPTING iPhone. Ergo the decline in handset unit sales were in Android powered models, negatively impacting Qualcomm’s Snapdragon revenue stream. 

Further, Apple is shifting more and more of its modem business away from Qualcomm. 

I think Android unit sales are going to continue declining. Why?  Google takes its Android lead from Apple.  The problem here is that iOS advancements in recent years have been processor dependent.  Google can’t follow where processors are key to future enhancements. 

This is means that for the past several years Android hasn’t presented a compelling reason to upgrade, resulting in extended upgrade cycles (and fewer sales over time). 

Throw own in the the majority on Android sales are cheap, glorified feature phones wherein technological enhancements are of little importance to the consumer. 

I think the Android market has hit saturation with ever increasing upgrade cycle lengths.   The myth that Android is dominant because of unit sales is in the process of diminishing. 

I think its hilarious actually, that those trying to save money ended losing everything on a fake.

If you want a low cost iPhone buy an iPhone 6S from the online Apple Store.

kevin kee said:

Commenting on the downturn in iPhone sell-through, Strategy Analytics executive director Neil Mawston said Apple needs participate in a race to the bottom if it wants to grow shipment volumes moving forward.  

"If Apple wants to expand shipment volumes in the future, it will need to launch a new wave of cheaper iPhones and start to push down, not up, the pricing curve," Mawston said. 

Neil Mawston doesn't seem to get Apple business. The day Apple joining the race to the bottom is the day we all should start to worry. There are the concessions made by selling older version iPhone, but that has not been prioritised.  Selling an older iPhone with cheaper price does not equal to creating brand new phone line (MacPhone? Apple Phone?) just for flooding the lower spectrum of the market.

If the goal was to sell the most widgets Mawston would be correct. But, in business that isn’t the goal. In business the goal is to make the most PROFIT. In this Apple is, by far, #1. 

That would make Mawston terribly wrong (I’ll bet if asked Mawston wouldn’t lower the price for his research). 

jungmark said:

If only the X wasn’t a failure. 

I like the sarcasm very much. 😎