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Are you implying that Android phones are now "winning"? Apple makes over 75% of profits on smartphone sales and Android manufacturers are paying licensing fees
by latch 15y ago
Are you implying that Android phones are now "winning"? Apple makes over 75% of profits on smartphone sales and Android manufacturers are paying licensing fees to Microsoft. If your measurement of winning is market share, then, sure...but I think most people agree that's pretty meaningless (1)
Furthermore, the more I think about it, the more I think Nokia+WP7 will be a big player in the emerging/low end market and could potentially pinch Android. So, I think it bodes poorly for Google if Android on tablet today is where Android on phones were a few years ago.
(1) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3555158 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3555158
- guelo 15y agoHow does Apple's profits matter to anyone besides Apple? I'm sure if you asked users, developers or phone carriers they would define winning as selling more devices.
- latch 15y agoObviously it depends on how you ask the question. If you asked "The IPhone generated $3 billion for Apple, and Android generated $250 million for Google. Who's winning?" (random numbers). Also, if you look at the link that I provided, I don't know how you can be so "sure" that developers would agree with you. The point is that I'm not sure how my parent is defining "winning"...or, for that matter, how Rubin defines it..but the only way I can think of is market share, which, despite your assurances, is a silly metric.