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The article says "the device held 90% of smartphone activations in the week after Christmas 2020", but this does not mean that the iPhone has 90% market share.
by LeoPanthera 5y ago
The article says "the device held 90% of smartphone activations in the week after Christmas 2020", but this does not mean that the iPhone has 90% market share.
Apple's US market share is currently 55% of the smartphone market, down from 65% a year ago.
- uncomputation 5y agoReally? That’s almost too huge to be true. A 10% decrease in one year? Do you have a source on this or an explanation? A cursory Google gives me a current 43% US market share figure.
- bibinou 5y agodon't forget market growth.
- irrational 5y ago55%? The last I heard (admittedly a few years ago) Apple was less than 20%. Though, maybe that was worldwide.
- wmf 5y ago90% market share among young people is concerning though. If they never switch that means overall US market share will approach 90% over time.
- rchaud 5y agoI'd wager iMessage and Snapchat are big reasons why iPhone is huge with young Americans. Snapchat's Android version is considered to be significantly worse than Apple's. Not sure if that is still the case now, but bad first impressions persist for a long time. In the rest of the world, Whatsapp and FB Messenger appear to be the dominant messaging apps (outside China of course).