Android beating Apple, BlackBerry in smartphone war

[Nether]

You have developed into quite the fanboy. The small matter of apple capturing 77% of the smartphone profits escapes you. And this articles compares ALL the android manufacturers.

Are you getting those profits?

At least you can sleep sound knowing that apple makes 50+% off your cheap iPhone...

Oops I mean "PREMIUM" handset

[drukkie]

Yes!!
At least Apple makes 1 type of Phone, and does it properly. Samsung builds 30types of Android phones to get their sales figures up.
Just saying iPhone 4S vs. Galaxy S3, where are the actual sales figures for these?
If apple made 30different devices then Apple would be dominating.

let's not forget the defects in apple products mate you still using that case to get better signal

[Lydon]

ONE phone has sold less than a myriad different phones running the same operating system...huge surprise there

[cerebus]

let's not forget the defects in apple products mate you still using that case to get better signal

You're so right, I can't think of a single time when I've used a defective Android phone.

[Nicci]

Apple rules. Superior, classy, and sophisticated, and not to mention user friendly. It is just a much better phone than any Samsung. I used a Samsung, and would not use it again if it was given to me for free.

[Zyzzyva]

I just want to thanks everyone who manifests the lunacy which is gadget fanboyism, you make me feel like the most intelligent dude in the room almost every day.

[Pr⊕phet]

Apple rules. Superior, classy, and sophisticated, and not to mention user friendly. It is just a much better phone than any Samsung. I used a Samsung, and would not use it again if it was given to me for free.

At least we are not using the common phone

[BeVonk!]

You have developed into quite the fanboy. The small matter of apple capturing 77% of the smartphone profits escapes you. And this articles compares ALL the android manufacturers.

Okay, so you are satisfied with the obvious outcome of your argument that Apple sells less but makes far more profits from customers like you? Reality is that your iPhone is not the premium product you are made to believe it is based on the high price. Who makes the stuff that goes into your iPhone? Apple? Nope ... mostly Samsung. An iPhone is a collection of parts made by their competitors and sold at a huge profit because Sir Ives designed the case and it is an APPLE. Who's being hoodwinked here? Apple manufactures zip, nadda, nothing. They rely on the same Samsung they are fighting in court to make their products. The factory that puts all the part together to make your iPhone - Foxconn - does the same for others too. Apple has their clients over a barrel. If pointing these things out makes me a fanboy then so be it.

[lestoran]

It seems that Apple has made the same mistake with IOS it made so many times before: Create a great, revolutionary product and then limit / bully / close / get arrogant / get greedy until the competition leapfrogs them.

IOS was miles ahead of Android a few years ago, but right now I would no longer even consider an IPhone - one can get so much more for the same price if you go Android. Dropping youtube (and other competing products) in IOS6 is the latest in a string of self defeating acts.

I'm pretty sure Apple will continue to be successful in the space but the dominant player they will be no more.

Other examples of the same are the original mac, iMac and iTunes (which is much less dominant than a few years back).

Sony does the exact same thing: Betamax, minidisk, produo where all technically superior products that got beat by the more open competition due to greed and closed ecosystems.

[cerebus]

Okay, so you are satisfied with the obvious outcome of your argument that Apple sells less but makes far more profits from customers like you? Reality is that your iPhone is not the premium product you are made to believe it is based on the high price. Who makes the stuff that goes into your iPhone? Apple? Nope ... mostly Samsung. An iPhone is a collection of parts made by their competitors and sold at a huge profit because Sir Ives designed the case and it is an APPLE. Who's being hoodwinked here? Apple manufactures zip, nadda, nothing. They rely on the same Samsung they are fighting in court to make their products. The factory that puts all the part together to make your iPhone - Foxconn - does the same for others too. Apple has their clients over a barrel. If pointing these things out makes me a fanboy then so be it.

Yea it makes you a fanboy. Long as you're happy with that, it's all gravy.

[Zyzzyva]

It seems that Apple has made the same mistake with IOS it made so many times before: Create a great, revolutionary product and then limit / bully / close / get arrogant / get greedy until the competition leapfrogs them.

IOS was miles ahead of Android a few years ago, but right now I would no longer even consider an IPhone - one can get so much more for the same price if you go Android. Dropping youtube (and other competing products) in IOS6 is the latest in a string of self defeating acts.

I'm pretty sure Apple will continue to be successful in the space but the dominant player they will be no more.

Other examples of the same are the original mac, iMac and iTunes (which is much less dominant than a few years back).

Sony does the exact same thing: Betamax, minidisk, produo where all technically superior products that got beat by the more open competition due to greed and closed ecosystems.

You do realise they are not dropping youtube, they are just ending the co development of the current app and giving google full control to now build the app as they see fit, including allowing them to keep all the profits from advertising which building their own app would allow.

[Zyzzyva]

Yea it makes you a fanboy. Long as you're happy with that, it's all gravy.

You are one of the few people on this site who isn't a fanboy. You just decide what you like based on the facts and your needs, and nothing more.

[Beri]

This is like saying Diesel Cars beating Ferrari, Datsun in car war...

Android is an operating system and not a phone manufacturer.

Spot on. Just a stupid article.

[R13...]

Are you getting those profits?

At least you can sleep sound knowing that apple makes 50+% off your cheap iPhone...

Oops I mean "PREMIUM" handset

You know an ANCYL fanboy once made a similar remark when I criticised Malema on FB. You wouldn't be that same member by some chance?

[Bluray]

I ❤ minority, it's like saying only the minority drive Bentley's 😜