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Remember, Apple is the smartest of smartphone makers. Look at this stat for example - "Though it shipped only about 6 percent of the industry’s smartphones and
by npguy 14y ago
Remember, Apple is the smartest of smartphone makers. Look at this stat for example -
"Though it shipped only about 6 percent of the industry’s smartphones and tablets in the second quarter, Apple captured about 43 percent of the industry’s revenue, according to Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt. And it generated an astonishing 77 percent of the industry’s operating profits"
Apple's customers "think different" and pay more.
- berntb 14y agoYou might be new here? Welcome. Your quotes look strange, you need to give a reference. "Ships 6%" and "gets 43% of revenue" implies that the price point of Apple products are 7+ times larger than the competition's products. That look unlikely, since the claim was about smart phones (not "phones" in general!) and tablets.
- npguy 14y agoReference here: http://statspotting.com/2012/08/apple-the-smart-smartphone-maker/ http://statspotting.com/2012/08/apple-the-smart-smartphone-m...
- berntb 14y agoPlease note that this should be a high quality web site. Don't "argue" by finding a random web page that claims something. I Googled market share smart phones 2012 quarter and got 16.9% for Apple in multiple sources, including Washington Post. In literally a minute. (Apple's market share in pads is much larger than this, so it would only increase the statistic.) http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/08/q2-2012-smartphone-market-share-idc/ http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/08/q2-2012-smartphone-market-shar... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2012/08/29/worldwide-market-share-for-smartphones/JmyBJe5vkNmXtjCqBkqlFI/story.html http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2012/08/29/worldwi... http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/worldwide-market-share-for-smartphones-a-market-dominated-by-apple-and-android/2012/08/24/7d51fe0c-ee4a-11e1-b624-99dee49d8d67_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/worldwide-... Edit: I did learn something -- about AllThingsD. Which was the original source for your claim.
- npguy 14y agoSure, Thanks for the links. How do these websites define market share? it must be market share by revenue, right? my original comment was based on units -> then revenue -> then profits.
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoNo, they use units. Your 6% figure is clearly wrong (or 4 years out of date). For some reason Apple blogs regularly switch between smartphone and mobile phone numbers and get themselves and their readership mixed up. I don't know why, Apple's success in the smartphone market alone is impressive enough, but they seem to like to convince themselves that Samsung isn't making any money from Android smartphones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_Wide_Smartphone_Sales_Share.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_Wide_Smartphone_Sale...
- Steko 14y agoSave the lectures imho, the source of the quote was a analyst cited by All Things D, hardly a random webpage. Also 43% of "industry revenue" not smartphone/tablet revenue. Try not to confuse people with tangents and red herrings.
- berntb 14y ago>>43% of "industry revenue" not smartphone/tablet revenue. You're not touching the "6%" number, which was what I showed wrong? In what you comments on... Edit: Removed discussion of the revenue percentage, which wasn't so obviously wrong (I only questioned it in relation to the market share.)
- Steko 14y agoWell you cited a different number, not the same as showing it was wrong. For the record I think your number is closer to right and I'm inclined to believe what's really meant was 6% of all phones but it could be a different definition on what constitutes a smartphone and/or the lower end of a broad range.