Google Android Captures #1 Position in U.S. Smartphone Market

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Post by clark-kent » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:08 PM UTC

Google Android Captures #1 Position in U.S. Smartphone Market
comscore.com

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Post by mjfern » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:25 PM UTC

These data spell significant trouble for Microsoft in the smartphone market. Despite launching Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with great fanfare in November 2010, Microsoft's market share in smartphones has in fact declined 1.7% from October 2010 through January 2011.

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Post by alperakgun » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:45 PM UTC

mjfern wrote: post #2

These data spell significant trouble for Microsoft in the smartphone market. Despite launching Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with great fanfare in November 2010, Microsoft's market share in smartphones has in fact declined 1.7% from October 2010 through January 2011.

apparently in late 2012, when nokia windows phones are released, microsoft mobile market share will approach zero.

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Post by akamaka » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:46 PM UTC

American smartphone market.

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Post by flogic » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 8:48 PM UTC

Well, I called that one. Where do I sign up to be a technologist. Or do I need to be wrong for that job?

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Post by jimbokun » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 9:01 PM UTC

I hope this serves as a wakeup call to Apple, that their position is not so unassailable that they can continue looking for new ways to drive away partners and developers without consequences.

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Post by dchest » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 9:02 PM UTC

Again?

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Post by noahlt » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 9:05 PM UTC

dchest wrote: post #7

Again?

It seems like we get this story every week.

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Post by bane » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 9:07 PM UTC

#1 in volume doesn't always mean #1 in profit.

I'm guessing Apple is trying to grab hard onto the market segment that brings in the most profit, while Google is going for the commodity, high volume, low margin option.

The good news is that both models can coexist in the same market. After all, Nintendo's strategy is a bit like Google's, while Microsoft and Sony's are more like Google's. Nintendo has been quite profitable for a very long time even when they didn't own the entire market.

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Post by rbanffy » Mon, Mar 07, 2011, 9:08 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #9

#1 in volume doesn't always mean #1 in profit. I'm guessing Apple is trying to grab hard onto the market segment that brings in the most profit, while Google is going for the commodity, high volume, low margin option. The good news is that both models can coexist in the same market. After all, Nintendo's strategy is a bit like Google's, while Microsoft and Sony's are more like Google's. Nintendo has been quite profit…

> Apple is trying to grab hard onto the market segment that brings in the most profit, while Google is going for the commodity, high volume, low margin option.

Hardly. Google doesn't make phones.