[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]Bah, he'll be here soon enough and we'll hear another BS argument about how Android fanboys suck and Apple kicks ass *yawn*[/citation]
[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Where is Watcha, the Apple shill, when you really want to rub his nose in it[/citation]
These figures are like weeks old now, even Yahoo had this article weeks ago.
In terms of the figures themselves, lots of arguments have been made about the fact that Samsung makes much much less profit per phone (so less profit overall), or that Apple sells everything it makes, or the obvious fact that if Apple resigned to making as little profit as Samsung does per phone, their prices would mean they would easily outsell Samsung. Of course, they choose instead to maximise profit by finding the sweet-spot between volume and price.
But I don't think that's the key here. The iPhone 4 was released in June 24th, 2010. That's 17 months ago. The figures quoted here are the last quarterly figures which will come out which don't include the undeniably massive, massive surge of sales caused by bringing out the iPhone 4S. Clearly, you would expect a company like Apple with its regular-ish release cycle and with last quarter being full of iPhone 5 rumours, to post lower sales just before an annual product launch. Indeed, given the 4m iPhone 4S sales in the opening weekend, just 2 days, I would estimate that by now Apple has probably all but completely closed the gap, with a potential to surge back into the lead this quarter.
That all being said, I think Android handsets, as they do have to differentiate themselves on cost more so than Apple, will always end up being the budget option which will get the volume, if not the profit, long term. I don't have any issue with Android doing well, and actually it's nice to see how Samsung has improved from the horrifically bad Samsung Omnia I bought over an iPhone back in the day (boy do I regret that choice). All of this just means more competition which benefits the consumer.
[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]Where is Watcha, the Apple shill, when you really want to rub his nose in it[/citation]
These figures are like weeks old now, even Yahoo had this article weeks ago.
In terms of the figures themselves, lots of arguments have been made about the fact that Samsung makes much much less profit per phone (so less profit overall), or that Apple sells everything it makes, or the obvious fact that if Apple resigned to making as little profit as Samsung does per phone, their prices would mean they would easily outsell Samsung. Of course, they choose instead to maximise profit by finding the sweet-spot between volume and price.
But I don't think that's the key here. The iPhone 4 was released in June 24th, 2010. That's 17 months ago. The figures quoted here are the last quarterly figures which will come out which don't include the undeniably massive, massive surge of sales caused by bringing out the iPhone 4S. Clearly, you would expect a company like Apple with its regular-ish release cycle and with last quarter being full of iPhone 5 rumours, to post lower sales just before an annual product launch. Indeed, given the 4m iPhone 4S sales in the opening weekend, just 2 days, I would estimate that by now Apple has probably all but completely closed the gap, with a potential to surge back into the lead this quarter.
That all being said, I think Android handsets, as they do have to differentiate themselves on cost more so than Apple, will always end up being the budget option which will get the volume, if not the profit, long term. I don't have any issue with Android doing well, and actually it's nice to see how Samsung has improved from the horrifically bad Samsung Omnia I bought over an iPhone back in the day (boy do I regret that choice). All of this just means more competition which benefits the consumer.
/www.marketwatch.com/story/strategy-analytics-samsung-becomes-worlds-number-one-smartphone-vendor-in-q3-2011-2011-10-27
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