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This is not what happened in the music player market - in 2007 the iPod commanded over 70% of sales, helped by modest segmentation (flash vs HDD). While the mob
by andrewmu 17y ago
This is not what happened in the music player market - in 2007 the iPod commanded over 70% of sales, helped by modest segmentation (flash vs HDD).
While the mobile phone market is much larger and a phone is less of a luxury item for many, I expect they could eventually have the majority of the smartphone market.
- davidw 17y agoI think they'd lose some of their cachet if that happened. In any case, I hope they stay in a smallish chunk of the market like the computers - they're nice phones, but I am simply not interested in a hacker-unfriendly platforms, and I'd hate to see it become the major, or only one. Android wins by a mile (or two) from that point of view.
- Zaak 17y agoIndeed. The simple lack of a hardware keyboard means the iPhone isn't really an option for me. If there were no phones available with hardware keyboards I would be very disappointed. In fact, I'm disappointed that there are no upcoming Android phones with decent keyboards, so I won't be getting an upgrade any time soon.