Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
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Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
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Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#2Apple never set out to make the most smartphones, it just kind of happened.
They set out to make the most money. Samsung are a fair distance from achieving that.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#3Apple never set out to make the most smartphones, it just kind of happened. They set out to make the most money. Samsung are a fair distance from achieving that.
why do I smell a loser mactard here.
I think u should just appreciate that Samsung has made a difference in the smartphone market and has become the Market leader.
You are the guys who make others feel that its really a big deal.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#4That's because Samsung has a wider view of "smartphone". They release a LOT of Bada phones which they consider to be "smart", but often only mention their Android partnership when they release their numbers.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#5Apple never set out to make the most smartphones, it just kind of happened. They set out to make the most money. Samsung are a fair distance from achieving that.
Well, Apple fans really did set the stage for these sort of comparisons with all the hand waving about how the iPhone would be the only smart phone in the future. And their continuous need to point out market share numbers in their Internet "my favorite company can beat up your favorite company" fights.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#6Apple never set out to make the most smartphones, it just kind of happened. They set out to make the most money. Samsung are a fair distance from achieving that.
"They set out to make the most money."
It really worries me that there's a new breed of Apple fan that actually believes this.
In reality they set out to build the best device (for affluent, white, middle-aged, American males with a taste for minimalism) and semi-accidentally became fashionable status symbols.
The crowing about making the most money was just fanboy bragging because every other stat they bragged about was slowly being eclipsed by Android. Fanboy rule number one is to make far too big a deal about anything unique about you or your enemy. Some people seem to have latched onto profit margins and run wild with it. This has gotten to the point where I'm half expecting, even here on HN, someone to come along and claim that Samsung "isn't making any money" from selling these phones.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#7Apple never set out to make the most smartphones, it just kind of happened. They set out to make the most money. Samsung are a fair distance from achieving that.
Well, Apple fans really did set the stage for these sort of comparisons with all the hand waving about how the iPhone would be the only smart phone in the future. And their continuous need to point out market share numbers in their Internet "my favorite company can beat up your favorite company" fights.
Apple has never been on top in market share... I don't think any Apple fan would point to market share as an indicator of success.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#8Apple never set out to make the most smartphones, it just kind of happened. They set out to make the most money. Samsung are a fair distance from achieving that.
"They set out to make the most money." It really worries me that there's a new breed of Apple fan that actually believes this. In reality they set out to build the best device (for affluent, white, middle-aged, American males with a taste for minimalism) and semi-accidentally became fashionable status symbols. The crowing about making the most money was just fanboy bragging because every other stat they bragged about…
You don't come up with nearly a hundred billion dollars in cash sitting around because you only aimed ay making the best product. They aimed for the best product so as to make the most money. They used marketing to exploit the market place for those whom are easily convinced than items give them status.
How more simple could their model be? Exploit human greed.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#9I was expecting this. Apple can't possibly match Samsung with all their smartphone price ranges, and it's only the beginning for Samsung. There are a lot more "units" to be sold in the under $150 level. That's where the biggest volume will come from.
I also expect them to surpass Nokia in all phone shipments, too (they already did in smartphones). But it might take a few more quarters. Nokia will transition too slowly to Windows Phone and Meltemi, and it's yet to be seen if they will even see as big success as they did in the past with Symbian. Many have already moved on from Nokia.
Re: Samsung Overtakes Apple as World’s Biggest Smartphone Seller
#10Once again the media is derelict in its reporting duties by equating "shipped" as "sold". They are not the same thing.