What would that heart be? I’ve been told quite vociferously in this very thread that Apple’s sales market share is what matters - in fact, that is what this very thread is about!
Is it now about something else? When (not if) Apple is replaced as king-of-the-hill in terms of smartphone market share (probably by Samsung, and as early as this month, given the growth rates of the two companies), will it now be something else that matters?
Android has a bigger market share than iOS. Samsung - barring some massive, unforeseeable disaster to South Korea - will take the smartphone crown from Apple. This thread started as an homage to Apple’s first rise to the top of the smartphone maker volume list.
Is that not the heart of the issue?
“Android has a bigger market share than iOS. Samsung - barring some massive, unforeseeable disaster to South Korea - will take the smartphone crown from Apple. This thread started as an homage to Apple’s first rise to the top of the smartphone maker volume list.
Is that not the heart of the issue?”
No, it is not “the heart of the issue”. Apple reaching the top in unit sales is unbelievably amazing. It’s like Mercedes or BMW reaching the top in unit car sales.
Apple does not need to retain top spot in unit sales, any more than Ruth’s Chris Steak House needs to sell more meals than McDonald’s.
They are two different business models, both highly profitable.
Apple’s business model has been successful enough that it is now the #2 company in market cap on the US stock exchanges behind Exxon...and it’s not that far behind.
Sweet, eh?