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Apple doesn't even lead the smartphone market (yet), RIM does. I'm sure they will catch up quick but RIM had 40% of the market last time I checked and Apple had
by Gibbon 16y ago
Apple doesn't even lead the smartphone market (yet), RIM does. I'm sure they will catch up quick but RIM had 40% of the market last time I checked and Apple had 25%.
They have 90% of the mp3 market and 75% of the mp3 player market but that's still not a monopoly.
The only thing they could be accused of is a monopoly on non-crappy web apps. Pretty amusing.
- semanticist 16y agoThose figures might be true only for the US/North America, but worldwide Symbian has almost 45%, RIM a little under 20%, iPhone just over 15%, and Android just under 10%. (As of Q1, 2010, pre-iPhone 4, source: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1372013 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1372013) No one seems to mind their MP3 player monopoly because the iPod was so much better than the alternatives.
- Gibbon 16y agoYeah I was referring to the smartphone market rather than the mobile market. Smartphones aren't expected to reach 50% mobile market share until Q3 2011.
- semanticist 16y agoThe numbers I mentioned are specifically for the smartphone market - 'Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 1Q10 (Thousands of Units)'. Most people on HN have a really poor understanding of the global market. The US leaders are not the world leaders in the mobile space.