I’m not here to defend ComScore or their methodology, but they are widely accepted as the industry standard. I’m thinking that if the numbers were a more rosy for Apple you wouldn’t be questioning it as much.
“Later statistics show Android is stalling now that the iPhone4 is available in more markets.” In fact the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3Gs are the #1 and #2 best selling handsets in the world, not any of the hundreds of the Android models.”
LOL at that. So Android has “stalled” only picking up 5.2% market share. Apple gained 1.3%, so what’s that? I’m sure any phone maker would be delighted to pickup 5% market share from 1 quarter to the next. That reminds me of the games Democrats play when Republicans propose slowing the growth in program “X” by “X” percent...only giving a 2% increase instead of a 5% increase. The program in still growing, yet the Democrats call that a “cut”. Same tortured logic.
You can question the data all you want, but I’ve seen nothing to indicate a “stall” in android, especially with all the new android handsets being released over the summer. And considering from a hardware standpoint that the iPhone is now outmatched by several Android handsets, Apple has some work to do. Samsung can’t churn out phones like the Galaxy S II fast enough.
“In fact the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3Gs are the #1 and #2 best selling handsets in the world, not any of the hundreds of the Android models.”
So what? Samsung has 3 times the market share. There are 3 times as many people using Samsung phones than Apple, so if the fact the iPhone 4 and 3GS sell great makes iFans feel batter, then so be it.
No, F1re, that's not what I said. I said there's something wrong with the chart which shows the major Android makers LOSING overall market share in the total cell phone market while APPLE is the ONLY maker who GAINED significant marketshare in the overall cell phone market during that quarter! This means they are cannibalizing their own sales, and LOSING overal market share! Look at the big picture, not the niche.
The stall in Android sales came at the END of the quarter when the iPhone4 became available on Verizon and was also made available in 25 other markets throughout the world including China and India, and the release of the white iPhone4. Most people don't buy phones on specs... They buy phones on the ecosystem they tie into, and the advertising they see.
No, F1re, that's not what I said. I said there's something wrong with the chart which shows the major Android makers LOSING overall market share in the total cell phone market while APPLE is the ONLY maker who GAINED significant marketshare in the overall cell phone market during that quarter! This means they are cannibalizing their own sales, and LOSING overal market share! Look at the big picture, not the niche.
The stall in Android sales came at the END of the quarter when the iPhone4 became available on Verizon and was also made available in 25 other markets throughout the world including China and India, and the release of the white iPhone4. Most people don't buy phones on specs... They buy phones on the ecosystem they tie into, and the advertising they see.
The manufacturer list includes all phones, from throwaways to top-end. The Samsung number is padded by the fact they sell a lot of dumb phones, for which there is almost no profit margin. Samsung/Android has about 5%. OTOH, HTC is doing very well.