To: NVDave
There was a recent Gartner study which predicted a significant reduction in market share for Apple in the smartphone market. By 2014 they were predicting it would be down to about 14% (somewhere about there).
8 posted on
09/13/2010 5:27:36 PM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Even if they maintain market share, the onslaught of Android phones is going to erode margins. ie, to maintain market share, the typical trade-off is lower margins.
10 posted on
09/13/2010 5:39:24 PM PDT by
NVDave
To: driftdiver
There was a recent Gartner study which predicted a significant reduction in market share for Apple in the smartphone market. By 2014 they were predicting it would be down to about 14% (somewhere about there). Mostly nose picking based on the flatlining of iPhone 3Gs sales at the end of Quarter 2 as the buyers awaited the release of the iPhone 4... Seeing as how Apple has sold 11 million iPhone 4s since then, Gartner's conclusions on that report seem a little dated.
14 posted on
09/13/2010 5:50:59 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
To: driftdiver
There was a recent Gartner study which predicted a significant reduction in market share for Apple in the smartphone market. By 2014 they were predicting it would be down to about 14% (somewhere about there).Which would you rather have? 50% of $10.00? Or 14% of $1,000,000.00?
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