[Democrat_media]

Android has 80% of the world’s smart phones. In China and India alone Android will have 2 billion more smart phones in the next couple of years

Apple will be gone in 5 years . mark my words

goodbye Apple na na na hey hey goooddbye! lol

[Star Traveler]

Apple “has been disappearing” for the last 30 years ... LOL ... according to the “crazy people” ... :-) ...

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Apple will be gone in 5 years . mark my words”

I admit you may be right, since I don’t have a crystal ball. Of course, you don’t either.

And I’m a simple guy.

... but if Apple continues to earn 89% of all smart phone profits with their 20% of market share, they’ll be, hmmmmmmm...

PROFITABLE.

Again, I’m just a simple businessman. I like profits. I prefer them. I am not interested in expensive hobbies disguised as businesses.

I believe the purpose of a business is to get and keep customers while making a profit.
I see Apple doing just that.
Android manufacturers seem to be doing the first and very marginally the second.

Based on that, I think for you to be correct will require something to change dramatically. I don’t see it yet.

I hope the Android system continues. Competition makes everyone better.

[Star Traveler]

You said, “Apple will be gone in 5 years . mark my words.”

There was a poster on Free Republic that said Apple would be gone “next year” ... and he was saying that, year after year, from about ten years ago, up until just recently,

After saying that for year after year ... he finally gave up ... LOL ... He’s not been posting that recently ... :-) ...

[Swordmaker]

Android has 80% of the world’s smart phones. In China and India alone Android will have 2 billion more smart phones in the next couple of years

No, Democrat_media, Android doesn't have 80% of the world's smartphones. They have 80% of the world's mobile phones, but not 80% of the world's smartphones. There is a difference with a big distinction.

In late 2013, during the Apple v. Samsung, During discovery, Judge Lucy Koh ordered Samsung to reveal their product mix of their phone sales. It turns out that Samsung sells about 30% Android Smartphones, 40% Android Feature Phones, and 30% Android dumb phones. . . and the mix is about the same for those companies like LG, SonyEricsson, Lenovo, who also make any smartphones . . . because they compete for the same market space as Samsung.

There are another 225 or so Android phone makers, the vast majority of which do not make Smartphones at all, but turn out either Android Feature Phones or Android Dumb phones, competing for the huge low-end and mid-range phone markets.

• ~30% Android Smartphone: a phone that has the capability to connect to the internet, usually has significant storage capacity, keyboard may be virtual or physical, use email, MultiMediaMessaging, GPS functions, has multiple sensors, such as motion, gyroscope, proximity, etc., has a camera for still and video, playback music and video, download apps and games and use multiple apps from an app store, play music, record sound. Essentially a hand-held computer with a phone attached.

• ~40% Feature Phone: an Android phone with limited Internet connection, Limited storage capacity, keyboard may be virtual or physical, capable of email via carrier supplied service and address, messaging, camera for still and limited video, Music and video downloads from a carrier linked store, Music and video playback, Games and apps pre-loaded at purchase. No post-purchase downloadable games or apps.

• ~30% Dumb phone: an Android phone that makes phone calls, storage capacity in the kilobyte range, alpha/numeric keypad, very limited messaging with messages done by multiple entry choice key selection for each letter, may or may not have a camera, may or may not have video at low resolution. No internet connection. Games and apps very limited to pre-installed at time of manufacture. No music or video playback from downloads. Apps limited to things like calculator, etc. Flip phones, candy bar, etc. Android only by default of free OS.

That is the approximate mix of Android phones in the market. . . much of the third world where they use Android phones have only limited Internet access. . . and can afford only Feature phones or the very cheap dumb flip or candy bar phones. . . yet when they count the Android market, they mix them all and count them as "SMARTPHONES", when they clearly are not.

When Samsung's fortunes turned for the worse in early 2014, they CUT their high end production because it was not selling. . . and increased the numbers of their low end and middle market phones, the dumb and feature phones.