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The car analogy gets trotted out over and over again when talking about smart phone market share but it really doesn't work at all. Smart phone ecosystems have
by cageface 13y ago
The car analogy gets trotted out over and over again when talking about smart phone market share but it really doesn't work at all. Smart phone ecosystems have powerful network effects that just don't exist for most luxury goods.
- chrischen 13y agoOk, then go by profit.
- cageface 13y agoSamsung is very quickly closing that gap. This is likely to snowball if iOS's share starts dipping into single digits.
- snom380 13y agoMaybe a better example is the PC market, where Apple also has a small market share but huge profits?
- cageface 13y agoSure. This analogy I can buy and this seems to be where Apple is headed right now.
- Tloewald 13y agoGood point. Which ecosystem seems to be stronger again? It's like mercedes, only mercedes also gets to drive on nicer roads that go more places. When market share translates to usage and developer revenue, as it may some day, this will change. But network effects scarcely reinforce your point.
- cageface 13y agoEvery single indicator is trending away from Apple here, from number of app downloads, to overall revenue, to revenue per-app. It's still in Apple's favor, but the gap is narrowing quickly. I've seen a very dramatic change in the attention devs feel they have to give Android even in just the last year. Maybe this won't continue but if you're skating to where the puck will be then it doesn't look so much like Apple right now. http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-market-q2-2013/ http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-market-q2-2013/