Posted on 10/10/2017 7:14:37 PM PDT by Swordmaker
The latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey reports that 64% of Americans now own at least one Apple product, and that the average U.S. household now owns an average of 2.6 Apple products. CNBC first asked the question back in 2012, when the numbers were 50% and 1.6 products.
Even more impressive is the fact that there are very few demographics where Apple product ownership is below 50% …
CNBC reports on a few exceptions.
The product is ubiquitous by income group, age, race, sex and region of the country — more than half of nearly all demographic groups report owning at least one Apple product. The household ownership rate is below 50 percent for only a few groups, including those with incomes under $30,000, retirees and women over age 50.
As you’d expect, ownership is highest in the wealthiest segments.
87% of American with incomes over $100,000 report owning at least one Apple product […] The wealthiest Americans own 4.7 products per household compared with just one for the poorest. Americans in the West own 3.7, compared with 2.2 in the South.
The pollsters behind the study say that these kind of numbers are usually unheard of for products at Apple’s price levels.
“I cannot think of any other product — especially any other product at a high price point — that has that kind of permeation with the public and level of growth,” said Jay Campbell, pollster with Hart Research, which conducted the survey along with Public Opinion Strategies.
Almost two-thirds say their smartphone usage is ‘mostly productive and useful.’
The survey of 800 Americans was conducted in late September, and the margin of error is +/- 3.5%.
Our household skews the numbers to the high end. MacBooks, iPads, phones, Apple TVs, old iPods in drawers, old MacBooks in the garage. Sold our Apple ][, original Macs, ImageWriters, LaserWriters, Apple III and many other products years ago.
On my casket it will say HE NEVER KNOWINGLY BOUGHT, USED OR BORROWED AN APPLE PRODUCT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the late 90s I remember walking into an Apple store after paying an entrance fee of $500!!!!!! Well,,,, something along those lines or the feeling was the same UUUGGGGHHHHHH.
And when PCs hit the world just look at all the PCI interface cards companies came out with. I wrote programs for some of those cards and when users said they wanted the same for their MAC I said get me a card.
I’ve got Samsung TVs, phones and whatever to make sure I never get an Apple thing. Yes, I know of Samsung glitches. But they don’t cost a hundred thousand dollars to look at much less to buy#$%#$&$%*^&**$%^$&#$^&
I have an Apple Y-audio cable. Does that count? I think it’s currently breaking out one pc’s audio output to a KVM and an FM-transmitter.
Samsung sold more than 305 million smartphones in 2016.
Apple sold more than 216 million in 2016.
However, the majority of Android phones were sold by other makers, and not Samsung.
In the last year, Samsung sales have taken off again, after the Note 7 debacle in 2016.
Mine too. But I’ve always tried to trade up while the old units still had value.
4 iPads, 6 iPhones, 2 Mac Pro desktops for work.
I understand. I had an HTC for three years about 6 years ago. Everything apple now retuning to my roots from 1986 when i bought a MAC+ The HTC was good phone. I am not much of a gear head and I find the different Ohs to be easy to use and learn and the phones do way more than i ned them to do. i use about 6 apps most of the time.
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I bought one of the earliest Apple 2 machines when they first came out. Couldn't convince extended family members to be interested in it. A sister-in-law said she would never buy an Apple 2. She was right; she bought a Franklin clone which became worthless. All those extended family members later bought Apple products, most have multiple products and have dumped Microsoft Window offerings as well as dumping non-Apple phones. Everywhere I look, I see Apple earbuds on people with iPhones, in the subway, in restaurants and coffee shops. My early Apple 2 machines are now worth thousands to collectors. So when I hear of people saying the majority of people they see don't have Apple products, I call it BS. The Apple products are everywhere.
Or you can have a new battery installed at any BatteriesPlus+ store, or numerous other independent locations that replace batteries. . . or you can do it yourself with a battery and kit you can buy on Amazon.com.
You’re actually the typical smartphone user, since most people don’t use that many apps, and don’t use many of the hardware features on their phones. Which goes to show that the high-end phones are not really needed for the typical user, and are actually way overpriced for what people use them for.
But, there will always be the people who purchase the “greatest-and-latest” just for bragging purposes.
I know, but I would have to wait TWO DAYS for anything from Amazon. I would have to go very much out of my way to get to a BatteriesPlus+ and would still have to schedule an appointment according to their website (or take a chance when I get there). Also, it’s a work phone so it’s always better to get the actual Apple product and Apple work done in case something goes wrong. I thought all of this through. The Apple store was the most reliable option - but a frustrating one.
But Samsung did not sell 305 million 'smartphones" in 2016. Samsung sells into the world market and although all of their phones are for the most part Android OS phones, not all are fully smartphones. Samsung did indeed sell 305 million PHONES in 2016, composed of a market mix of approximately 30% miniature computer smartphones, 40% limited feature phones which do not have the full functionality of a computerized smartphone with apps available only from the carriers, and then 30% basic candy bar and flip phones that are far more limited to basic phone functions plus a camera, basic email, and texting. That is per their own statistics. This also coincides with all other makers of Android phones, many of whom do not even compete in the "smartphone" market against the big 10 Android makers, concentrating mostly in the low-end feature phone and low end third world market with their white box no-name offerings that compose the largest segment of the Android phone market.
Ergo, only approximately 100 million of Samsung's phone production in 2016 were directly competitive smartphones to the iPhone smartphone. The numbers of the top end smartphone models that Samsung ships total to that number. . . and the reported sales seem to coincide.
On the other hand, the 216 million phones Apple sold in 2016 were 100% smartphones. There are no Apple feature phones or candy bar or flip phones to dilute those sales.
Apple iPhones get resold for continued use at high prices after their initial user upgrades. Not so much with Android smartphones. The resale value of Android smartphones is simply not there. Part of the reason for this is the iPhones can be and are continually upgraded to the latest iOS for at least five years, not generally so with Android. So the secondary and even tertiary market of Apple iPhones means that Apple iPhones will be useful far longer than their Android competition.
thanx
I once had an ipod. Hated it! iTunes was even worse. The absolute worst piece of software I have ever used. I will never again own a crApple product, especially while that a-hole Timmy Cook is running the company (into the ground).
The only apple product I own is AAPL stock, because many apple fanbois are reckless spenders. May as well profit from them.
“My early Apple 2 machines are now worth thousands to collectors.”
This depends :-). If it’s from ‘78 (i.e. and Apple II, not II+ or IIe which came out later), has early serial numbers, original parts, and looks like new, you’ll get around $2000 from the right buyer. One on eBay sold for $1800 in that condition recently. If you have anything original that came with the computer(box, manual, receipts), the price gets crazier.
The value drops off from the 78 model ... Machines built in 79 are worth in the 1k region ... II+ around $500 ... IIe around $250-$350 ... Again, the prices vary depending on condition, peripherals, etc. Some rare peripherals can fetch you serious cash.
Retro-electronics has been a habit of mine since the 90s :-). Computer wise, I’m mainly into Atari stuff, but I have a II+ I modified to look like the computer on Lost :-).
Its kind of insane right now ... prices are in the stratosphere across the board. I got silly money for a few boxed Commodore 64s. The only one I’ll keep in the long run is the Atari 800 I have (it was the best computer of the era in my opinion in terms of price and features ... Ironically, Apple had a generic system and allowed the user to customize it with all sorts of 3rd party hardware ... Total 180 from what they did from the mid 80s onward)
I had a Note 7. They had to practically pry my cold dead hands to get me to return it. Fantastic phone that unfortunately had a poorly designed battery (too much battery packed into too small space). Oh .. and I see that crApple is finally giving the plebes wireless charging. ((YAWN)) I’ve had it for over four years now.
Samsung is #1 as of 2017Q1. In 2016Q4, they briefly were second to Apple, due to that battery problem.
| Period | Samsung | Apple | Huawei | OPPO | vivo | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016Q1 | 23.8% | 15.4% | 8.4% | 5.9% | 4.4% | 42.1% |
| 2016Q2 | 22.7% | 11.7% | 9.3% | 6.6% | 4.8% | 45.0% |
| 2016Q3 | 20.9% | 12.5% | 9.3% | 7.1% | 5.9% | 44.3% |
| 2016Q4 | 18.0% | 18.2% | 10.5% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 40.2% |
| 2017Q1 | 23.3% | 14.7% | 10.0% | 7.5% | 5.5% | 39.0% |
thanx
Way ahead of you there! Looks like you know your history.
I have one Rev 0 in the low 300 SN range. I already sold one in the low 100 SN range to a collector several years ago. Also have others under 3000 SN range. These are not plus or e, and are revision zero motherboards. There is currently one on eBay for $18,500 by a collector in China. His is authentic and very early; I've purchased other stuff from him in the past.
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