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Revenue, revenue, revenue. Apple haven't even bothered to talk about market-share, because they _don't_ care. They only care about how much revenue they get. M
by mr_eel 17y ago
Revenue, revenue, revenue.
Apple haven't even bothered to talk about market-share, because they _don't_ care. They only care about how much revenue they get. Market-influences that obviously, but they're willing to remain in a smaller portion of the market -- smart-phones -- if it nets them greater revenue.
Which is does. As Jobs pointed out in his last keynote, Apple has made more money than Nokia. He didn't mention market-share.
End of the day it's the company with the most money that wins.
So, with a big war chest of money, strong revenues and an intention to gain more market-share; Apple is only just beginning it's war on the phone market. If I were a gambling man, I'd bet on them releasing a cheaper version of the iPhone in the future -- this is a no-brainer, since it would be the same pattern they've followed with the iPods and Macbooks. Nokia and their peers should be freaking out.
- bensummers 17y agoYou mean "profit, profit, profit", surely? Revenue means nothing if your margin is 0.00001%.
- mr_eel 17y agoIn this case I point out revenue because that's the number Apple has been touting and not market-share. And although we can only speculate on margins, they're doubtless very good.