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Android's market share mostly comes from phones much cheaper than the iPhone. Galaxy S-whatever is stealing market share from the iPhone; $100 Huaweis largely a

Android's market share mostly comes from phones much cheaper than the iPhone. Galaxy S-whatever is stealing market share from the iPhone; $100 Huaweis largely aren't, because people who buy them could never have afforded iPhones.

fauigerzigerk 11y ago
True, but that doesn't change the fact that Android makes a massive dent in Apple's profits. Android's market share has surpassed iOS is almost every rich country where people can afford Apple's devices.
- alwillis 11y ago
  True, but that doesn't change the fact that Android makes a massive dent in Apple's profits. This is false. Apple's percentage of the profits in the cell phone industry has only increased over the years; it's up to 92% now: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-share-of-smartphone-industrys-profits-soars-to-92-1436727458 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-share-of-smartphone-indus....
  - bryanlarsen 11y ago
    Apple may make 92% of the profit of the phone industry, but without Android competition they would be making a lot more money: - a good portion of the people currently carrying Android phones would buy an iPhone instead of a Windows or Blackberry phone if Android wasn't an option - viable competition provides pressure on Apple to keep prices down and/or add more features to their phones at their current price. (For example, without Android pressure, Apple would probably still be shipping 3.5 or 4 inch phones)
    - alwillis 11y ago
      Apple may make 92% of the profit of the phone industry, but without Android competition they would be making a lot more money Apple set the world record for the largest quarterly profit ever—$18 billion—during last year's holiday quarter when they sold 74.5 million iPhones, which is more smartphones than any company has ever sold in a single quarter.[1] And given this year's iPhone 6s weekend launch surpassed last year's opening weekend (13 million vs. 10 million phones), they could break their own unit and profitability records. It's difficult to imagine Apple making more money than they do now. [1] http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-beats-world-record-in-quarterly-profits-s-p/ http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-beats-world-record-in-quarter...
  - fauigerzigerk 11y ago
    Taking percentage share of profits from device sales is not the only way to make a dent in Apple's profits. Profits are not a constant. What would Apple's profits be if Android did not exist? I believe they would be much higher just as Microsoft's profits would be much higher if Linux didn't exist. But it's a counterfactual question. So we will never know for sure.
petra 11y ago
The situation in Android is such, that even if you can afford an expensive android phone, you don't lose much by buying a $200 phone , in many cases. And that's a huge market.

fauigerzigerk 11y ago

True, but that doesn't change the fact that Android makes a massive dent in Apple's profits. Android's market share has surpassed iOS is almost every rich country where people can afford Apple's devices.

alwillis 11y ago
True, but that doesn't change the fact that Android makes a massive dent in Apple's profits. This is false. Apple's percentage of the profits in the cell phone industry has only increased over the years; it's up to 92% now: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-share-of-smartphone-industrys-profits-soars-to-92-1436727458 http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-share-of-smartphone-indus....
- bryanlarsen 11y ago
  Apple may make 92% of the profit of the phone industry, but without Android competition they would be making a lot more money: - a good portion of the people currently carrying Android phones would buy an iPhone instead of a Windows or Blackberry phone if Android wasn't an option - viable competition provides pressure on Apple to keep prices down and/or add more features to their phones at their current price. (For example, without Android pressure, Apple would probably still be shipping 3.5 or 4 inch phones)
  - alwillis 11y ago
    Apple may make 92% of the profit of the phone industry, but without Android competition they would be making a lot more money Apple set the world record for the largest quarterly profit ever—$18 billion—during last year's holiday quarter when they sold 74.5 million iPhones, which is more smartphones than any company has ever sold in a single quarter.[1] And given this year's iPhone 6s weekend launch surpassed last year's opening weekend (13 million vs. 10 million phones), they could break their own unit and profitability records. It's difficult to imagine Apple making more money than they do now. [1] http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-beats-world-record-in-quarterly-profits-s-p/ http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-beats-world-record-in-quarter...
- fauigerzigerk 11y ago
  Taking percentage share of profits from device sales is not the only way to make a dent in Apple's profits. Profits are not a constant. What would Apple's profits be if Android did not exist? I believe they would be much higher just as Microsoft's profits would be much higher if Linux didn't exist. But it's a counterfactual question. So we will never know for sure.

petra 11y ago

The situation in Android is such, that even if you can afford an expensive android phone, you don't lose much by buying a $200 phone , in many cases. And that's a huge market.