"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 ca

"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.