Comments on: Apple Achieves 1.1 Percent Market Share, What Next?

By: John

John — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:35:10 +0000

Andrew, it seems everything you stated is what you want to happen as oppose to what will happen.

I won’t even to bother to argue the nonsense about ipod/iphone sales.

This is typical of armchair analyst, knowing what’s best for multi-billionaire companies without thinking they must have some sort of intelligence to be a massive multi-billion company in the first place.

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:21:48 +0000

@ckd: While it’s true that no individual brand of lower-priced MP3 player has killed the iPod, the fact remains that the iPod only really dominates the US market (70% US market share). For the rest of the world it’s a different story. In fact, the most popular MP3 players out there are the standard cell phones with flash memory slots, which are found everywhere. That’s probably one of the reasons why Apple decided to develop a phone in the first place. iPod sales have actually gone flat since last year. However, iPod earnings are up because Apple’s getting high markup from sales of the new iPod Touch.

iPhone sales over the holidays were below expectations, and as the world economy remains at a standstill, sales are likely to peak earlier than Apple expected. They will be forced to come out with a new iPhone model sooner, because the latest 3g touchscreens are significantly more powerful and have longer battery life than the iPhone 3G.

By: ckd

ckd — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:28:33 +0000

Andrew: lower-priced MP3 players haven’t killed the iPod yet; the iPhone may well continue growing market share.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:48:28 +0000

The iPhone has one major hurdle – the Apple business model itself. Apple insists on high product markup, across the board. Each new iteration of the iPhone is going to be designed to maintain markup. That means that when the lower priced touchscreens begin to flood the third world markets Apple’s going to eat their dust. High-priced commodities are always relegated to a small niche market. Apple will make money, but at the expense of global market share. Their lack of variety will hurt them eventually, because right now they stand out as the ‘touchscreen phone’ that everyone’s heard about. Once the competition starts releasing their own versions at lower prices, the iPhone’s current appeal will inevitably be drowned out, because the novelty of the technology is more appealing to the globe than the phone itself.

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By: chano

chano — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:48:07 +0000

OK bright boy, here’s your answer.
2 percent.

By: Jacob Varghese

Jacob Varghese — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:30:53 +0000

A qwerty phone is what I’m waiting for.
I hate typing on the touchscreen.

Also blackberry is sold on every single carrier.