Samsung ships two smartphones for every one Apple sells
We already knew smartphone shipments have never been higher, and now we know that, in Q3 at least, the beneficiary is Samsung. According to ABI Research and Strategy Analytics, market watchers both, the Korean chaebol - a multi-industry colossus - took more than a third of the market. According to SA, Samsung’s share was 35.2 …
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@Phil O'Sophical
Since when has a Fiesta been a status symbol? I'm assuming you not trying to say it's a better car than an Aston Martin.
Re: @Phil O'Sophical
For that size of car it absolutely is a status symbol, an example of good lightweight efficient design along with its sister car the Mazda 2. Prior to that most cars were getting fatter with each new generation. And probably cost Ford a great deal to develop, they can''t afford to have low-volume style reliability and quality problems when they are making millions of them.
Apple Core
Perhaps it's time for Apple to consider a Lite version of the iPhone.
Cheaper chipset, less powerful processor... perhaps based on the 3GS
Perhaps forgo the pre-installed memory and go for an SD Card.
Ah, SCREW IT! Removable battery too!
It makes financial sense, but it's NEVER gonna happen.
Who did they count the Samsung phones that are iPhone copies for, Samsung or Apple?
Samsung ships two smartphones for every one Apple sells
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Twice as many but....
Samsung sold twice as many smartphones...good for them. Apple posted a little over 2.2 billion more profit than Samsung (just under 6 Billion for Samsung in their last report and 8.2 for Apple).
Which one would you rather have?
Which one would you rather have?
Easy:
Shares - Apple
Phone - Samsung
Re: Twice as many but....
All that shows is how much more Apple charge for the same thing.
And I'd go with Samsung makes everything from Skodas to BMWs, Apple makes BMWs minus the sunroof, ABS and on-board computer and fits a platinum gear-knob and Kobe-skin seats, puts a square opening on the petrol filler cap and charges accordingly.
Who Cares?
I thought I would check out my local phone shop for prices, the cheapest Apple phone was going for £28 per month on contract the phone was free and the latest 5 was £66 per month plus £89 for the phone. Compare that to the Samsung phone the flagship S3 cost £28 per month phone is free, looking further into this I found that all Samsung phones are free on contract. To get an Apple phone free you have to pay some big money per month for it, I could go on but its clear who is making the real money here. The difference here is that all the different Samsung phones have different versions of Android onboard and work very differently, Apples 5 & 4 gives the same user experience.
Still I love the S3 phone though
Re: Who Cares?
If you want to know the actual price of any given phone, look at prices in countries which are totally free of the subsidy/contract/carrier lock-in. In these countries, a phone is like any other gadget and it has a price based on all the regular factors that determine the price of a product in a free competitive market.
Last time I looked, the price being charged in the free market for flagship phones from Samsung and Apple was quite close.
I have never owned a contract phone, ever. And I have lived in quite a few countries over the years.
Cheap crap sells more, what a surprise. Anyone would know this after a trip to poudland.
Re: Cheap crap sells more
Wow! I must blitz off an email to Heinz, tell them that Daddy's sauce outsells it. And whilst they mightn't think much of Crosse & Blackwell beans, the real enemy is those Tesco Value Beans in that godawful blue and white stripy tin.
Or maybe I'll not tell them at all, just in case you're talking shite.
crossovers do exist
I've seen iphone users switching to HTC One X / Samsung GS3 for screen size, I've seen android users switching over to iOS for the clean simplicity of it.
It's a shame this demographic is hard to quantify.
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