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Old 09-15-2012, 05:39 PM   #1
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Old 09-15-2012, 05:42 PM   #2
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All of that, and yet Apple and the IPhone will out sell ANYTHING Samsung puts out, ever. It's totally ridiculous.

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All of that, and yet Apple and the IPhone will out sell ANYTHING Samsung puts out, ever. It's totally ridiculous.

(created on my iPhone 4S, until I get my already per-ordered iPhone 5. I know, I know, I'm an idiot)
Had to look this up and found it to be untrue...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianki...-the-increase/

Perhaps if you're talking about a single model then you could make that argument. Otherwise it's simply untrue. The majority of people, 80% per that article, choose not to pay for the Apple name, or can't afford to.

I remember Apple booming in the early home computing days too. Good product, nice interface, but proprietary and expensive. They refused to allow other hardward vendors to license their OS. Eventually that landed them where they are now in the computer OS market, a 4-8% share. That same thing could happen in the mobile market. I know , but those who dont' learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.
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Old 09-17-2012, 12:30 PM   #4
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Had to look this up and found it to be untrue...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianki...-the-increase/

Perhaps if you're talking about a single model then you could make that argument. Otherwise it's simply untrue. The majority of people, 80% per that article, choose not to pay for the Apple name, or can't afford to.

I remember Apple booming in the early home computing days too. Good product, nice interface, but proprietary and expensive. They refused to allow other hardward vendors to license their OS. Eventually that landed them where they are now in the computer OS market, a 4-8% share. That same thing could happen in the mobile market. I know , but those who dont' learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.
If I'm not mistaken, Apple may have a small market share, but their growth is much greater than PC growth. So wouldn't the market share in itself is not be completely representative of Apple's success? I'm in no way an expert on the stuff, but just pointing out a possible argument.
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If I'm not mistaken, Apple may have a small market share, but their growth is much greater than PC growth. So wouldn't the market share in itself is not be completely representative of Apple's success? I'm in no way an expert on the stuff, but just pointing out a possible argument.
You can't argue with the money they're making. That is success in many ways. Their growth in the PC market, in the past 20 years or so, peaked around 11%. So faster growth is debatable. iPhones have spurred some to seek a similarly designed interface for its users' PC needs. That is probably a good deal of any PC growth Apple is seeing on the PC side.

It just seems tthe mobile market is a situation with a likelihood of following the same path as the PC market. The similarities are undeniable. Apple computers were IT. Graphical User Interface was born. Nobody had seen anything like it. They had some of the best applications, only written for Apple OS, like Adobe products. Apple had RISC based CPUs, far more efficient and faster than Intel's x86. They had SCSI bus controllers/HDs, much faster and more robust than IDE or Micro-Cannel. Apple even setup special discounts for schools to kids would get used to their GUI and want/buy one as they grew older. Yet Microsoft came along and licensed their OS, DOS and eventually Windows, to IBM and other hardware manufacturers. Soon, the IBM "clones" surpassed Apple's sales. Not long after they dwarfed Apple's numbers. The same principles are in place now. A very popular OS that is hardware specific is now being outsold by an OS that is licensed to dozens of hardware manufacturers who sell at a fraction of the price. Apple held so tight to their hardware, refusing to license the OS, that eventually they became a niche market in the PC world.
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The problem for me to switch to Android is that I like using the iPhone OS so much better than Android. I am seriously thinking about switching to an android with a larger screen but I can't stand the Android OS. The Droid can have all these features and the OS can derail it for me. Apple has designed a wonderful system.
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The problem for me to switch to Android is that I like using the iPhone OS so much better than Android. I am seriously thinking about switching to an android with a larger screen but I can't stand the Android OS. The Droid can have all these features and the OS can derail it for me. Apple has designed a wonderful system.
What don't you like? I have a hard time seeing differences in my ICS Android and my wifes iPhone4s. If it's just how it looks, sure its different but they both are more similar than different to me.
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but they both are more similar than different to me.
Thats why Samsung owes Apple $1 Billion

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One reason an iPhone makes sense, for me at least, is that I have an Apple laptop and iPad. The syncing between devices and cloud storage is really nice. I know that there are also ways to do it for Android devices as well with dropbox and other ways that are offered, but I like having everything the same and the syncing all built in.
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Thats why Samsung owes Apple $1 Billion

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One reason an iPhone makes sense, for me at least, is that I have an Apple laptop and iPad. The syncing between devices and cloud storage is really nice. I know that there are also ways to do it for Android devices as well with dropbox and other ways that are offered, but I like having everything the same and the syncing all built in.
And re-buying several hundred dollars in apps....
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And re-buying several hundred dollars in apps....
Yep. That was the main reason I stayed w/ iPhone. I considered the Galaxy IIIS.
Plus I'm already used to the UI.
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