Comments on: Apple pulls just ahead of Google in U.S. smartphones http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/ Sun, 26 May 2013 00:50:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Armani2 http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-804571 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:23:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-804571 What everyone does not take into consideration Is Apple beats out all Android Devices! we are not saying the iphone beats out one manufacturer or model.. What apple Is doing Is beating out the whole bunce combined! There will never come a day where anyone can say one specific phone beats out apples Iphone….

]]> By: Martin Hill http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801287 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:49:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801287 You don’t seem to understand Kobe, Android has its growth spurt last year growing 367% while the iPhone’s share shrank 14%.

This year up till Oct the iPhone’s marketshare grew by 38% while Android plunged to only 28% growth according to NPD. And ht was before the full surge of the Christmas quarter and full availability of the iPhone 4S.

Now we a getting the data from Kantar that he iPhone i towing faster thn that and has now pipped Android.

What this shows is that the masses of Android manufacturers aren’t winning against Apple after all. Now that Apple is more comparable to Android in distribution, given the choice users will choose Apple the majority of times (55% of Verizon sales were the iPhonefor example)

]]> By: Amir http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801264 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:01:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801264 Well done apple, but i think its a product cycle issue. I.e. This is pushed by launch of new os, and 4s.
But once google launches its new update as well ( 4.0, aka icecream sandwitch) it will regain leadership. Specially that apple still have a limitation regarding the device shape that might not be suitable for all users while google offers its os in variable shapes and sizes.
Bottom line, apple: enjoy ur success while it lasts cause it wont last long :)

Sent from android :p

]]> By: Mac http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801227 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:29:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801227 Its just fluff numbers, apple is started those sales because of Sprint. For Sprint to get the iPhone 4 and 4s, Apple demanded that Sprint purchased almost double the amount of iPhone that Verizon sold in two years. Sprint reported that they well not make any money off the iPhone for a couple if years because of the sheer size of the order.

]]> By: onutz http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801217 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:56:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801217 ((It’s just the calm before the storm… and I mean that in Google’s favour.))

It “was” the calm before the storm.
Apple is the STORM!

]]> By: Kobe Wild http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801135 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:28:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801135 Apple got a great lead in the phone space because all other phones sucked when the iphone came out.
You had the palm phone, it was large and clunkie.
You had the blackberry… Which was high cost to buy and high cost to own. Blackberry cellular bills were on average $200 to $300 a month.
Then there was the razr.. it was a pile of crap, it ran windows CE and had the battery life sucks and the main Idea of
having a cellphone was to make phoen call’s which it failed at.
moto said it would play music. ha!
they said you could websurf.. (ha!) * you could if you wanted to go broke.
They say you could download and play games. ( I never got that “feture” to work.
Then there was the $900 you could not find it to buy it if you wanted it nokia smart phone.

Then apple showed up, with a cheap data plans.
a screen you could read in the daylight.
Features you could access without reading a manual for 3 hours.
That’s what made the iphone number 1.
but now.. other’s have learned from Apples win in the phone market. People want a phone that works, people what to not go broke using that phone and people want phone features not crapware added to there phones.
There now are a lot more choice’s than just the iphone.
and being that Android os is currently being used by 75% of
cellphone manufacturer. Android will win just by simple unit population.

]]> By: Seth http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801066 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:43:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801066 People are finding more and more reason not to trust “free” stuff companies such as Google and Facebook. With good reason. So long as Apple respects its cusomer’s privacy they will do well.

]]> By: Sergio http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801035 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:17:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801035 Google will keep losing, now that iPhone is on ATT, Sprint, and Verizon. When Verizon got the 4 last year, it was already an old phone. Head to head iPhone wins. A choice between Android and iPhone with similar price points — consumers will choose iPhone.

]]> By: Joey Mauro http://gigaom.com/2012/01/25/apple-pulls-just-ahead-of-google-in-u-s-smartphones/#comment-801012 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:31:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=475695#comment-801012 It’s just the calm before the storm… and I mean that in Google’s favour.

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