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But Apple is a luxury and lifestyle brand. And as good as their hardware is, it's not particularly hard to replicate, especially if they were operating on the s
by wahern 8y ago
But Apple is a luxury and lifestyle brand. And as good as their hardware is, it's not particularly hard to replicate, especially if they were operating on the same profit margins as everybody else. Apple has to zealously maintain their brand, which means limiting both supply and product lineup. Otherwise they may as well change their name to Sony.
Amazon has an enormous lead in scale. More importantly, the only way to defend that lead is to consume as much market demand as they can, which puts downward pressure on their prices.
Too much market share would be the death of Apple. Too little market share would be the death of Amazon.
- scarface74 8y agoThere processor design technology is ahead of the rest of the industry. The iPhone 6s from 2015 was faster than all 2018 Android phones in single core performance. When you go down to processors like the ones in the Apple Watch or the AirPods, no one comes close to the size/power. There is a reason all Android watches are big ugly monstrosities. You realize as far as marketshare, iOS has close to 50% in the US and well over 30% in most other industrialized nations. There is no exclusivity to owning an iPhone in developed markets.
- wahern 8y agoI had thought Apple's smartphone market share peaked in the 20% range. I stand corrected.
- scarface74 8y agoI’m only referring to “industrialized”/“developed” countries like the US, Japan, Western Europe, etc. https://deviceatlas.com/blog/android-v-ios-market-share https://deviceatlas.com/blog/android-v-ios-market-share
- shaklee3 8y agoBenchmarks don't matter. They're both snappy and useable. Android has far more features and variety, though. Watches are dying. The reason Android isn't trying is because it's a passing fad.
- scarface74 8y agoThe mid range Moto G that my son had was far from snappy and that was usually hailed as a good midrange Android phone. But now you sound like Mac users back in the Mac 68K and PPC days. Apple Watch sales have increased not decreased.
- general8bitso 8y agoYou could’ve just said non-Intel.
- shaklee3 8y agoYou're comparing a Moto g to an iPhone? That's double the price.
- scarface74 8y agoI’m comparing a a 2018 Moto G to a 2015 iPhone. The iPhone from 2015 will probably be getting updates longer than the 2018 Moto G.
- shaklee3 8y agoAgain, you are comparing a phone that was half the price at launch. Operating systems evolve. Just because a phone is newer, doesn't make it snappier. There are far more things running on Android and iOS by default than there was 8 years ago. Try comparing the 2015 iphone to a galaxy s6.
- scarface74 8y agoHere is a benchmark comparison. https://www.ubergizmo.com/products/lang/en_us/devices/iphone-6s,galaxy-s6/ https://www.ubergizmo.com/products/lang/en_us/devices/iphone... Both phones were around the same price at launch. The iPhone 6s is still supported and still getting os upgrades and security patches - the Galaxy S6 isn’t. The iPhone 6s should get at least one more year of upgrades but considering the iPhone 5s is two years older and still getting updates I would bet on at least two more years. Long term, which is the better but? Btw, Here is a comparison between the flagship Galaxy S9 to a two year iPhone 7. https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/01/iphone-versus-samsung-benchmarks/ https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/01/iphone-versus-samsung-benchma...