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Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by gte910h »

rbii wrote: post #3
Quekster wrote: post #2

Actually, it powers 75% of all smartphones sold in the third quarter: http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/11/01/android-grabs-75-0-m...

Yeah, and 75% of all smartphones being sold today. And tomorrow :)

This feels a bit cheerleadery?

This is actual PHONE MARKETSHARE being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0).

Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue.

Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by gte910h »

This title feels a bit cheerleadery?

This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0).

Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue as well as advertisement revenue.

I think the ecosystem is still a vibrant multiplayer arena.

Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by Kylekramer »

gte910h wrote: post #5

This title feels a bit cheerleadery? This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0). Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue as well as advertisement revenue. I think the ecosystem is still a vibrant mul…

I honestly don't see how you get cheerleadery out of "Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold". That is about as factual as it gets.

Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by bunderbunder »

gte910h wrote: post #4
rbii wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, and 75% of all smartphones being sold today. And tomorrow :)

This feels a bit cheerleadery? This is actual PHONE MARKETSHARE being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0). Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue.

On the gaming revenue side, it's interesting that iOS accounts for about 85% of money spent on mobile games, and their share of the whole app revenue pie is similarly sized.

This suggests a very different picture than what we get from the raw handset shipment numbers. For the sake of argument, let's redefine how we subdivide the the mobile phone market market in terms of how people use their devices rather than what their devices are capable of. Considered that way, perhaps the app revenues suggest that Apple still completely dominates the smartphone market, and Android's handset shipment numbers simply reflect that the dumbphone market has been flooded with a smartphone OS because nowadays even the free phones are running Android.

Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by Goronmon »

gte910h wrote: post #5

This title feels a bit cheerleadery? This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0). Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue as well as advertisement revenue. I think the ecosystem is still a vibrant mul…

The title makes a clear statement, and the article itself questions whether a Google dominated smartphone landscape is a good thing.

I'm not seeing the "cheerleadery" side of this.

Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by jonknee »

gte910h wrote: post #5

This title feels a bit cheerleadery? This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0). Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue as well as advertisement revenue. I think the ecosystem is still a vibrant mul…

> This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0).

Sold is sold, subsidies just change who is doing the buying.

Re: Android now powers 75% of all smartphones sold

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Post by jlgreco »

jonknee wrote: post #9
gte910h wrote: post #5

This title feels a bit cheerleadery? This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0). Additionally, looking at just phones is a myopic view of the mobile landscape, when tablets and mini tablets (aka, iPodTouches and sub 6" android tablets) are a huge source of gaming revenue as well as advertisement revenue. I think the ecosystem is still a vibrant mul…

> This is actual phone handset market being delivered (not necessarily sold, as many of them are subsidized to $0). Sold is sold, subsidies just change who is doing the buying.

Alternatively, subsidies don't change who is doing the buying, but rather obscure the buying behind a built in camouflaged payment plan.
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