Android has 80% of the smart phones world wide.
Steve Jobs is gone and Apple’s days are numbered
80% market share : do the math.
Keep hearing theses fourth quarter stories. When apple finally released a smartphone with a decent sided screen and sold a ton of them. Samsung didn’t have a new release that quarter. So that’s the quarter a these breathless fanboy stories are based on.
“80% market share : do the math.”
Well, OK then!
Apple: 100% potential profits X 89% = 89% of profits generated by all smart phones worldwide.
Samsung competitors: 100% potential profits X 11% of generated by all smart phone profits worldwide
Apple: Keeps 89% of profits.
Samsung competitors: split 11% of profits.
OK. You’re wrong so far.
The market analysis reports are that Android people are “jumping ship” over to Apple ... :-) ...
Another thing to keep in mind is that Apple ONLY makes smartphones, so their sales are solely based on that alone, while other manufacturers make even dumb phones and their sales are based on a combination of dumrb phones and smartphones ... oops!
Look at Apple's strategy. Premium product and "ecosystem" that people will pay more for that generates profits, Looks at other companies. Generic products that are in the realm of low-cost provider. No profits. A profitable niche is better than unprofitable mass market.
Do the math.
Also consider who Apple's customers are: people with money. Whenever I fly first-class or get exit rows everyone has an Apple product. Regular coach: not so much. Who is the more desirable customer?
While anyone would agree that Jobs influence is missed, Apple could be a company like Walmart, which has grown immensely since Sam Walton passed on.
Apple just took 33% of the market in South Korea last quarter. . . Samsung's and LG's home market. And Apple is now the # 2 best selling phone in China after Xiaomi, a iPhone copycat. Still think Apple's days are numbered?