“The iPhone 4 shipped 1.7 million in the first weekend, 3 million in 3 weeks.”
And yet their market share is on the decline.
When compared to dozens of cheap, low-margin phone models, yes. I'm a good example of how Android is surging. I got a buy-one-get-one-free for Android phones, and the first one only cost $50. Nobody made much money off of me for the sale. There is little competition with a $200 phone. We know cheap PCs far outnumber Macs too, yet Apple continues to sell more, and make more profit, year after year (Apple has 35% of the PC profits).
I wonder how the iPhone is doing in its own premium smartphone market segment. Given the sales above, quite well. Apple is right where Apple wants to be.