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I'll also point out here is that Apple has all of the profits in the industry, even if it doesn't have the marketshare. It's been true of the Mac for years, and

I'll also point out here is that Apple has all of the profits in the industry, even if it doesn't have the marketshare. It's been true of the Mac for years, and is increasingly true of the cell phone market as Samsung eats into marketshare. Guess what? I care about profit, not marketshare, which is why I'm long AAPL. That is no longer true. Samsung had a great 2012 and seems poised to have an even better with the S4 and the Note 2. Apple is still making a shitload of money but none of the market trends are in their favor right now. What's more, the rise of the "phablet" and the explosion of mobile form factors means iOS development is about to get a lot harder. Developers used to pixel-perfect layouts are going to have to shift to a completely different mindset and the tools Apple provides for handling dynamic layouts are far more difficult to use than those of the competition.

rimantas 14y ago
> That is no longer true. So show your numbers. > What's more, the rise of the "phablet" and the explosion of mobile > form factors means iOS development is about to get a lot harder. How exactly? Do you know something we don't? So far we have three resolutions to care about, iPhone, iPhone 5 and iPad. Next step for iPad will be retina iPad mini which changes nothing. How Samsung of Google releasing some weird form factor will make my life as an iOS developer harder? And btw, there is autolayout if you missed it.
- cageface 14y ago
  Two seconds of Googling: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings-record-profit/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings... Apple can't keep playing this doubling/halving game forever. They already strained things with the iPhone 5 form factor enough that I'm still seeing tons of apps that haven't been updated and if they want to compete with things like the Note 2 then they're really going to have to break the mold. All those beautiful IB designs are going to go out the window. And no, I didn't miss AutoLayout but it's got to be one of the worst Apple APIs in a long time. The textual shorthand is cryptic enough to impress a Perl programmer.
  - parasubvert 14y ago
    The Note 2 isn't exactly setting the world on fire - yes, it's doing well at 5 million pre-Christmas, but it is way behind the sell rate of S3s. Thus I don't think Apple is going to be shifting form factors for phablets, the iPad Mini is basically their concession to a middle road form factor (and by most accounts is selling very well).

rimantas 14y ago

> That is no longer true. So show your numbers. > What's more, the rise of the "phablet" and the explosion of mobile > form factors means iOS development is about to get a lot harder. How exactly? Do you know something we don't? So far we have three resolutions to care about, iPhone, iPhone 5 and iPad. Next step for iPad will be retina iPad mini which changes nothing. How Samsung of Google releasing some weird form factor will make my life as an iOS developer harder? And btw, there is autolayout if you missed it.

cageface 14y ago
Two seconds of Googling: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings-record-profit/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings... Apple can't keep playing this doubling/halving game forever. They already strained things with the iPhone 5 form factor enough that I'm still seeing tons of apps that haven't been updated and if they want to compete with things like the Note 2 then they're really going to have to break the mold. All those beautiful IB designs are going to go out the window. And no, I didn't miss AutoLayout but it's got to be one of the worst Apple APIs in a long time. The textual shorthand is cryptic enough to impress a Perl programmer.
- parasubvert 14y ago
  The Note 2 isn't exactly setting the world on fire - yes, it's doing well at 5 million pre-Christmas, but it is way behind the sell rate of S3s. Thus I don't think Apple is going to be shifting form factors for phablets, the iPad Mini is basically their concession to a middle road form factor (and by most accounts is selling very well).