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Up until now, I'd argue that the comparison has been kind of apples and oranges. Being limited to one carrier has been a huge disadvantage to Apple in terms of
by saturdaysaint 15y ago
Up until now, I'd argue that the comparison has been kind of apples and oranges. Being limited to one carrier has been a huge disadvantage to Apple in terms of mass adoption, and the shadow of "the next iPhone" even loomed large over the February Verizon launch. An iPhone launch across all the major carriers is huge - it's not unimaginable that people will just "buy Apple" without the carrier restrictions. In terms of market share, the next 6 months will be far more indicative than the last three years.
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago> An iPhone launch across all the major carriers is huge -it's not unimaginable that people will just "buy Apple" without the carrier restrictions How boring that world would be.
- saturdaysaint 15y agoI'm not saying it's good or bad, but that is how the mp3 player and now tablet market turned out, despite a lot of credible competition.
- Steko 15y ago"Being limited to one carrier has been a huge disadvantage to Apple in terms of mass adoption" I think this misses the boat on Apple's supply issues. Apple can't ship 50 million smartphones a quarter like android because they can't physically make 50 million iphones a quarter. Apple's integrated approach and component lockdowns can win on market share in smaller markets they create like ipad and ipod but in already established markets like smartphone and desktop they can't lock people out of making the stuff they were already making and they can't leverage the world's supply like a licensed OS does.