And what part of Apple just surpassing Nokia, the #1 phone seller IN THE WORLD did you fail to comprehend? Apple did that against Nokia's sales of all types of phone, smart, dumb, and feature phones, by selling only smartphones. That's IN THE WORLD MARKET. . . with just two phone models.
Uh, it didn’t apply to my point? I guess with you and apparently antiRepublicrat anything that doesn’t portray Apple as God’s gift to man is heretical?
Geez - the point was that a Very Large Company dominated the world’s market for a decade with basically ZERO presence in the US. Trying to take US results and extrapolate to the rest of the world, or to ignore the rest of the world in favor of the US is extremely short-sighted, especially as more and more stores and markets are going international and supporting multiple countries. Market share outside the US is the big chunk, and it’s the chunk with lots of room to grow; the US market is nearing saturation.
But apparently you two are too thick to understand that basic point - or too offended? Is my thread (yes, I started this thread - thanks for coming in, tromping around, and turning it into a troll-fest) to become a pro-Apple thread only?
I just looked at your posting history - it’s 99% pro-Apple - is that your role here at FR? I wanted to discuss technology trends because it’s interesting to me, as a developer; apparently some of you take it as a religion, however.
So how about just backing off and taking a few breaths, read the post again as it was stated and clarified, and calm down. Maybe we can talk technology without you turning it into a religious war...