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swordman
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"phablets" now accounting for 21% of all smartphones shipped in Q3 2013, up from 3% same time last year, so a little over 1 in 5 already.
Windows Phone shipments are up 156%
Android remains at the top increasing its share is up to 81% from 74% this time last year.
iphone down again its market share is down to 12.9% from 14.4%, phone sales failing to keep pace with market growth.
IDC reckons Apple’s failure to release a phablet-style device has had a negative impact on its market share.
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24442013
I am sure someone with a maths degree can calculate, at this rate of growth and decline for windows and apple, how long before windows is 2nd place
Windows Phone shipments are up 156%
Android remains at the top increasing its share is up to 81% from 74% this time last year.
iphone down again its market share is down to 12.9% from 14.4%, phone sales failing to keep pace with market growth.
IDC reckons Apple’s failure to release a phablet-style device has had a negative impact on its market share.
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24442013
I am sure someone with a maths degree can calculate, at this rate of growth and decline for windows and apple, how long before windows is 2nd place
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I would need to know whether you are talking market share of units sold or market share of profit made
This is the old chestnut of course. Apple's market share of units is bound to decrease as the number of competing manufacturers increases, even though Apple's overall sales rise. All I can say is I'd still rather be a shareholder of Apple than any other single phone manufacturer.
It doesn't. A phone is a phone. It doesn't matter what size it is.
Never seen a phone below 5 inches described as a phablet, never seen a phone above 5 inches not described as a phablet.
Certainly seems to put into perspective some peoples claim that android is made up of budget handsets. Also clearly shows that people are moving to bigger screens in drives and apple remains playing catch up.
Such a pity TC dismissed big screens for their customers as they know best.
Lies, Damm Lies and Statistics
I was talking actual numbers if you read my post not percentages and as already pointed out all the info you need is in the link.
Look before you leap
well, I don't believe it will happen like that, but at the current rates of windows growth (which I think is unsustainable) and Apple slower growth in units (probably not unsustainable) the figures for
Q3 2015 would be 62million MS phones, 53 million apple phones.
I think Windows phone sales will continue. Especially once more people get them there will be more apps and also more people talking about their Windows phone instead of people with Android and the iPhone.
I believe Windows phones are more in competition with the iPhone due to the ease of use and "restrictions".
Preferring to be able to more comfortably use a phone with one hand is a perfectly valid preference, and has precisely nothing to do with being a "fan" of Apple.
If you're so interested in numbers you may or may not be interested to know these two titbits:
1. Last year, 16% of people buying the new iPhone were switching from Android. This year the figure was 20%.
2. 66% of Android phones are low(er) end devices selling for $225 or less.
So it depends whether or not you ant to limit your analysis to that one single figure, i.e. market share.
People are just trying to make the best of a fairly average set of phones from all makers. Seeing how things like phone cameras and flashes have actually got worse in some newer phone beggars belief.
The choice of OS is the least of the problems.
So existing Apple owners upgrading has dropped from 84% to 80%? tsk tsk..
Its all just still statistics and can always be manipulated to a particular train of thought. Out of the 100 (for maths purposes) who moved to Apple last year 16 had Android phones whereas this year 20 did. Factor into that the total percentage of people who had smartphones this year compared to last year ?? you arent stating that more people swithced to Apple (necessarily) just that a higher percentage had come from a smartphone - of which the most popular brand (currently) is Android.
And have we proved yet whether the 5s has sold more or less than the 5 did (in actual sales to people terms ?) ? 20% this year might actually be fewer than the 16% last year ....
ALL statistics can be worded to lean in which ever direction you wish to be fair ....
Id guess that as a percentage the number switching from iOS to Android would look much smaller (based on total number of Android sales compared to the smaller number of Apple users). As an actual 'number' the figure might be significantly higher.
lol .... touche .... :cool:
Ah well, we probably also want the proportion of Android owners switching to something else, which isn't what the numbers you quoted show...
I guess that they will have to invent the iThumb - an extra long prosthetic thumb that fits over your own thumb so you can reach all corners of that MASSIVE display.
Sooner or later market share is going to become an insignificant statistic and the finance industry will look to margins and profitability as a more important measure of success.
RE:- bit in bold....2 things.
1) Where was this.
2) How do they know this? When i bought my iphone i was never asked what platform i was moving from.
I smell BS.