"Windows 7 and my Samsung Android serve me very well indeed. Electric horns, indeed! Automatic gears! Hmmmph!!"
Posted on 02/04/2015 7:31:52 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
More at website.
Something for iPhone users on Free Republic!
Quoting ...
Rounding out sales, Microsoft’s Windows Phone is facing a difficult time breaking into anything beyond a negligible place in the market. Across the “big five” markets of Germany, UK, France, Italy and Spain, which was seen as the focus of great hope for the brand considering its Nokia legacy, Windows Phone declined one percentage point and took just under 9% of sales. “Windows Phone, soon to be Windows 10, had seen some success across Europe in 2013 but continued to struggle in the latest period, recording minimal growth only in France and Germany,” Kantar writes. That was repeated elsewhere. In the U.S., dropped by half a percentage point to 3.8% of all sales. In China it is now at 0.7% of all sales.
Considering that it wasn’t too long ago that Symbian was China’s biggest smartphone platform, and before that the world’s, and that Windows Phone was supposed to be the heir apparent to Symbian, it’s a remarkable failure to hold on to market position.
“Never,never,*ever* will I buy an Apple product.I got an iPod for Christmas a few years ago and promptly (and quietly) sold it on ebay.Windows 7 and my Samsung Android serve me very well indeed. “
I think there is a whole forum devoted to confessions...
Analysts say Apple has beaten Samsung to become world’s largest smartphone vendor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3252085/posts
Samsung is refusing to release concrete figures, but some industry experts are giving the win to Apple.
After recording the biggest quarterly profit by any company ever, Apple might have earned itself another accolade: world’s largest smartphone vendor. It’s clear that the iPhone maker had a bumper quarter, reporting record sales of 74.5 million smartphones. However, Samsung is only saying that it sold 95 million total handsets, of which, it says, somewhere between 71 million and 75 million (the “high 70 percent”) were smartphones.
So has Apple finally beaten Samsung? It’s impossible to say with absolute certainty. Samsung isn’t likely to give up any more information on the topic, and analysts and industry experts are hedging their bets accordingly. Some are marking it as a dead heat while others are claiming Apple as the winner. Counterpoint Research, which polls global distributors for its figures, says the iPhone maker is definitely ahead — pegging Samsung’s shipments at only 73.8 million. Ben Bajarin, an analyst for Creative Strategies also gives the win to Apple (see chart above), but Strategy Analytics claims both vendors shipped 74.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter last year.
A one time bump. Once the cult of Apple has the bigger handsets, sales will plummet.
A bump is expected. You have a customer base around 13% that will ONLY use Apple. They’ve been suffering with tiny screens while their Android counterparts have been enjoying larger screens for some time. Suddenly they offer a bigger screen model. The cultists flock to the store to *finally* replace their tiny-screened devices with bigger screens. Once that transition has taken place, demand will plummet.
Enjoy it while it lasts Apple. In the end, they are still losing big-time to Android. It’s history repeating itself, although you can’t explain that to the cultists.
"Windows 7 and my Samsung Android serve me very well indeed. Electric horns, indeed! Automatic gears! Hmmmph!!"
Apple: In The Smartphone Race, Samsung Has Already Lost
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2863926-apple-in-the-smartphone-race-samsung-has-already-lost
Summary
Apple has moved into equality in unit shipments of smartphones with Samsung, but achieves far more profit.
Apple’s profit advantage will translate into further smartphone share gains in the year ahead.
Key to Apple’s share gains will be its next-generation smartphone processors, which will probably be fabricated by Samsung using its most advanced 14 nm FinFET process.
As Samsung’s best foundry customer, Samsung might be forced to reserve 14 nm production for Apple in 2015, putting Samsung further behind in smartphones.
According to a survey by Strategy Analytics out today, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) tied in smartphone unit shipments in calendar Q4 at 74.5 million. But while Samsung managed to ship the same number of units as Apple, Apple clobbered Samsung on profits. Apple’s greater profitability will allow it to pull ahead of Samsung in unit sales in the coming year. Samsung has already lost the race for smartphone market leadership
“A one time bump. Once the cult of Apple has the bigger handsets, sales will plummet.”
Sure. I’ve heard the “sales will plummet” so many times...
“The cultists flock to the store to *finally* replace their tiny-screened devices with bigger screens. Once that transition has taken place, demand will plummet.”
Recent threads indicate that it is android users who are switching to the Apple product. There are so many android users, the slowing of demand may take a while.
“In the end, they are still losing big-time to Android.”
That would require profits from companies producing the Android.
I truly hope Android makes a game of it long-term. Competition is better for everyone. I upgraded to a larger screen - probably available thanks to competition.
Still, you are making up crap and pretending it is true.
More Android users are switching to iPhone than at any point previously measured
http://www.imore.com/android-iphone-switch-rate-highest-3-years
During the Q1 2015 conference call, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, said the company saw the highest rate of Android to iPhone switchers in 3 years — which is as far as the numbers go back.
Never buy a phone that you can’t turn off completely by removing the battery.
Never buy a phone whose battery you can’t replace.
Tim Cook Defused Steve Jobs’ Thermonuclear War, Then He Took Down Android
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3252666/posts
I’ve already spoken about one of the plays made by Apple and Tim Cook to damage Android. This was the push to 64-bit computing in the iPhone 5S. As that smartphone was announced, the roadmaps for Android devices did not have 64-bit computing planned in the near future. Manufacturers and component suppliers were bounced into making bold claims that they would join Apple in the 64-bit world.
They had no choice but to do this. Android’s success was built around the promise of being faster, better, and stronger than its rival OS. If Apple was 64-bit, Android had to be 64-bit as well. Promises were made, plans were changed, and the rush to 64-bit comp
The impact of that push remain to this day. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 was the chipset expected to lead the charge, but production issues have forced manufacturers to delay products into Q3 2015, or choose alternative chips with the resulting compatibility problems of running third-party Android applications.
Apple weakened the chipsets in Android by forcing the manufacturers to follow them on the 64-bit roadmap. Resources, time, and developmental energies were directed away from competing directly with Apple and into something that has taken far longer than planned.
Analysts say Apple has beaten Samsung to become world’s largest smartphone vendor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3252085/posts
Samsung is refusing to release concrete figures, but some industry experts are giving the win to Apple.
After recording the biggest quarterly profit by any company ever, Apple might have earned itself another accolade: world’s largest smartphone vendor. It’s clear that the iPhone maker had a bumper quarter, reporting record sales of 74.5 million smartphones. However, Samsung is only saying that it sold 95 million total handsets, of which, it says, somewhere between 71 million and 75 million (the “high 70 percent”) were smartphones.
So has Apple finally beaten Samsung? It’s impossible to say with absolute certainty. Samsung isn’t likely to give up any more information on the topic, and analysts and industry experts are hedging their bets accordingly. Some are marking it as a dead heat while others are claiming Apple as the winner. Counterpoint Research, which polls global distributors for its figures, says the iPhone maker is definitely ahead — pegging Samsung’s shipments at only 73.8 million. Ben Bajarin, an analyst for Creative Strategies also gives the win to Apple (see chart above), but Strategy Analytics claims both vendors shipped 74.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter last year.
Apple grabs 33% smartphone marketshare in South Korea, a historic record for foreign manufacturers in Samsung’s home turf
http://9to5mac.com/2015/01/21/apple-grabs-33-smartphone-marketshare-in-south-korea-a-historic-record-for-foreign-manufacturers-in-samsungs-home-turf/
Apple’s marketshare in South Korea has skyrocketed in the last quarter, driven by strong demand for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, according to data by Counterpoint. Apple increased its share of sales from 15% to 33%, more than doubling its market power in one quarter.
Historically, Samsung has dominated South Korea, largely due to geographic advantages, but Apple’s gains now threaten the #1 spot. Apple is the first foreign smartphone company ever to surpass 20% marketshare in the region, taking the number 2 spot. Samsung’s marketshare fell from 60% in November to 46% and (now third-place) South Korean LG Electronics fell to 14%.
“Never buy a phone that you can’t turn off completely by removing the battery.”
Unless you can put it in a container that blocks all signals...
“Never buy a phone whose battery you can’t replace.”
Unless you intend to get a new phone every 2 years and the battery lasts longer...
Why be concerned about the battery when most people with an iPhone never replace a battery?
AND ... if you’re worried about phone signals leaking out and tracking you, just get one of those bags that blocks all electronic signals. They also have cases that will do that. BUT THEN ... you won’t get phone calls, you won’t be able to make phone calls, you won’t get the Internet, and you won’t get text messages! SO ... why do you have a phone in the first place? ... LOL ...
Sales have already plummeted, friend. That’s why Apple - who once dominated - now only holds 13% of the market.
Also, profits are not as important as you’d think. Look at Amazon’s zero-profit growth model. Dominating the market is more important, and Apple has already lost that edge. Just like they did in the PC market.
Highest rate of nothing is still nothing.
The key number is the total devices in circulation worldwide. Apple is getting crushed there and will continue to get crushed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
