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"You don't sell 300,000+ handsets a day targeting the geek demographic." You are missing the GP's point. The majority of those 300k handsets are being sold to
by SoftwareMaven 16y ago
"You don't sell 300,000+ handsets a day targeting the geek demographic."
You are missing the GP's point. The majority of those 300k handsets are being sold to people who want a nice phone that can browse the web. They need a cell phone and, if it can do something else, great. It certainly doesn't mean they are cheap, just not focused on the same things.
One the flip side, the majority of Apple's 350k iOS devices are bought by people who are buying the whole package, including the app marketplace.
What that means is a large difference in app purchasers. Sure, the demographics are the same, but the market segments are VERY different.
EDIT: Too early to do math. Fixed my numbers of iOS devices sold.
- ergo98 16y agoYou are missing the GP's point. No I'm not. I'm strongly disagreeing with that point. The consumer who walks out of the store with an iPhone could just as likely have walked out with a Galaxy S, and vice versa. The applications angle of Android is very heavily promoted, so creating a caricature of a consumer that only wants to casually use it isn't valid. What that means is nearly an order of magnitude difference in app purchasers. What data is that derived from? It's worth noting that the iPhone is very strongly skewing towards free apps as well. As an aside, where did the "1.3M" come from? Apple's recently quarterlies put the daily iOS device sales in the 350,000 range.
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoThe 1.3M came from me not being able to do math this early in the morning. I've edited the original to reflect that.
- krschultz 16y agoYou are basing your opinion on what data?