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Here's my question. This really feels like a platform wars flashback to Mac v. PC, and the coming numerical advantages to Android combined with the fact that it
by sabj 16y ago
Here's my question. This really feels like a platform wars flashback to Mac v. PC, and the coming numerical advantages to Android combined with the fact that it's arguably on or close to the same level of iPhone for performance, usability, etc (or is getting close) really do make it seem inevitable that it should swallow whole much of the smartphone market.
Question next. If Android : PC :: iPhone : Mac, where does that put Apple? I'm not convinced that that will be the case, since Apple's margins will shrink once it moves past exclusivity and, all things aside, smartphone prices remain quite high; I don't imagine that there will be a serious need to have the kind of per-unit pricing differentials seen on say, a PC laptop vs. a Macbook.
- billmcneale 16y agoApple is on target to become #3 and quite possibly #4 in the next couple of years, with Nokia #1, Android #2 and #3 unclear, but one of RIM, Microsoft or Apple. Either way, the iPhone will soon be as marginal a phone as Macs are to personal computers.