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I think Apple has positioned itself well in the day-to-day life of the average consumer, and they will likely hold that spot for some time to come. Apple almos

I think Apple has positioned itself well in the day-to-day life of the average consumer, and they will likely hold that spot for some time to come. Apple almost sold more iphones in the last 3 months than they did in the whole year of 2010. Yet to most people Apple is also doomed and everything they're doing is wrong. Outside the circle of tech journalists and gadget aficionados, people want Apple products. I hear great things about the jellybean and samsung phones and I read anti-apple writings on the web all the time. On the other hand, almost everyone I know with a smartphone has an iPhone. I don't think of myself as being in a bubble, I'm a student at a big college in a big city, and most of the people I come across have iPhones/ipods/even iPads. Families buy eachother apple products. When I see a non-iPhone user, they are more often not even using a smartphone, but waiting for the iPhone5 or 5S, in transition to getting an iPhone.. I don't doubt google created an amazing mobile OS, but I certainly don't see those phones on a day to day basis.

snogglethorpe 14y ago
> I don't doubt google created an amazing mobile OS, but I certainly don't see those phones on a day to day basis. The iphone is certainly a very good product, and deservedly very popular, but keep in mind, that Android phones actually out-number it overall. Maybe in your circle and/or location that's not the case, but around here a huge proportion of smartphones I see people using on the train or in cafes are not iphones. It depends very much on where you are and the state of the local cellphone market. I'm in Japan, and the iphone somewhat took the local makers by surprise, but they've come back with a vengeance. The iphone still has a lot of cachet (as do other Apple products), and probably sells more than any other single smartphone—but there are a huge number of other smartphones available, and the iphone doesn't dominate the market to the same extent it seems to in the U.S. [Over time I'd actually expect the iphone's market share to lessen here, as other makers hone their products for the market (something they're very good at), and the iphone's place as a status symbol slips.]
swedegeek 14y ago
FYI... IDC press release on 2012-11-01 "Android Marks Fourth Anniversary Since Launch with 75.0% Market Share in Third Quarter, According to IDC" https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23771812 https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23771812

snogglethorpe 14y ago

> I don't doubt google created an amazing mobile OS, but I certainly don't see those phones on a day to day basis. The iphone is certainly a very good product, and deservedly very popular, but keep in mind, that Android phones actually out-number it overall. Maybe in your circle and/or location that's not the case, but around here a huge proportion of smartphones I see people using on the train or in cafes are not iphones. It depends very much on where you are and the state of the local cellphone market. I'm in Japan, and the iphone somewhat took the local makers by surprise, but they've come back with a vengeance. The iphone still has a lot of cachet (as do other Apple products), and probably sells more than any other single smartphone—but there are a huge number of other smartphones available, and the iphone doesn't dominate the market to the same extent it seems to in the U.S. [Over time I'd actually expect the iphone's market share to lessen here, as other makers hone their products for the market (something they're very good at), and the iphone's place as a status symbol slips.]

swedegeek 14y ago

FYI... IDC press release on 2012-11-01 "Android Marks Fourth Anniversary Since Launch with 75.0% Market Share in Third Quarter, According to IDC" https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23771812 https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23771812