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Apple commands 73%, Samsung captures 26%


[Source: Asymco]


Samsung Galaxy S III

Source: Asymco

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RE: carriers
By ritualm on 5/4/2012 5:32:35 PM , Rating: 0

One, and very importantly, Samsung isn't just Apple's competitor - it's one of Apple's primary suppliers. The 32nm Apple A5 SoC in some of the newer iPad 2's? Samsung makes that. When Apple's fortunes are on the upswing, Samsung gets more profits by making stuff for it, even if Sammy might not be doing as well in market share.

Two, and also very important, brands matter not one iota like you think it does. Have you noticed how people will stay with the same things no matter how full of shit they are? Once you've gone Android, would you leave for something else? No? Then you've just proved the exact opposite of what you wrote.

The magic of heroin, cocaine, krokodil and other exotic contraband lies with this little gem: it's ridiculously easy to get hooked into it - now try getting out of it. Apple knows this, that's why so many of its iOS features are tied with iTunes. There simply isn't a proverbial black hole powerful enough to suck everyone in over at the Android realm.

Android is open and free, sure, but open and free make less money than closed and not-free. Android users aren't locked into the ecosystem, so only a few companies are raking in any sort of money... and one of them happens to be a direct rival in the IT industry.

RE: carriers
By Tony Swash on 5/7/12, Rating: 0
