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| Android grabs 70% of Dutch smartphone market share |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-11 14:43:45 |
| Since I love making it seem as if The Netherlands is in any way relevant anywhere ever, here's the most recent market share figures for smartphones, released today, covering the month of August (there's a graph showing the figures for every month from August 2011 until August 2012). The iPhone has a market share of almost 20% - but Android is ravaging the market, and now holds a market share of 70% (!). Nearly 75% of all Android smartphones sold in The Netherlands are made by Samsung. If you take the entire phone market - including feature phones - the iPhone holds 13% (up from 8% in August 2011) and Android 47% (up from 30% in August 2011). Windows Phone barely manages to hold on at 1%, and the BlackBerry dropped from 13% to 5%. Interestingly enough, in this combined feature/smartphone market, nearly 50% are Samsung phones. This of course doesn't yet include the iPhone 5, so the next set of figures will most likely show a spike for Apple. Still, if The Netherlands is in any way indicative of the rest of Europe, it's no surprise Apple tends to focus on US figures during its presentations. |
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| RE: Comment by jared_wilkes |
| By pos3 on 2012-10-11 16:34:08 |
| But USA != world is it? |
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| Comment by ilovebeer |
| By ilovebeer on 2012-10-11 17:32:04 |
| The Netherlands representing Europe is like Ohio representing the US. |
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| RE: Comment by Thom_Holwerda |
| By jnemesh on 2012-10-11 17:52:50 |
| Well, considering that Android does not lock you into Google's ecosystem, I don't see this as a bad thing! Dont like Google? Fine, use Amazon. Dont like Amazon either? Sideload your apps directly from the software vendor's webpage. You have options with Android, unlike Microsoft's new walled garden that mimics Apple! |
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| RE[2]: Comment by jared_wilkes |
| By jared_wilkes on 2012-10-11 17:57:25 |
| Did someone say it was? |
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| RE[3]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By chithanh on 2012-10-11 18:25:16 |
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> Is it just me or are you confusing 2 things ? - sales numbers - marketshare Marketshare is a very ambiguous term. It can mean sales, or web site visits, or app downloads or whatever. What you call marketshare would more precisely be described as "installed base". |
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| RE: Apple is small miracle. |
| By chithanh on 2012-10-11 18:29:50 |
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They were carrier exclusive as long as the iPhone was the most desirable of smartphones. That way, together with the carrier Apple could milk consumers more. (The carrier could charge a higher monthly fee, and subsidize the phone more) Now that Apple is out-innovated by Android, they can no longer afford carrier exclusivity. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by Thom_Holwerda |
| By No it isnt on 2012-10-11 18:31:54 |
| Monocultures are bad, however, with universal security problems and stifled innovation. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By No it isnt on 2012-10-11 18:37:02 |
| Also keep in mind that this is for August, just a couple of months before the iPhone 5 enters the market and the price is dumped for the other phones. Apple's stuff is highly seasonal, to a point where fanbois claimed Apple had caught up with Android the months following the launch of the 4S. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by Thom_Holwerda |
| By Tony Swash on 2012-10-11 18:57:37 |
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> I don't see google trying to strange the market and illegally leverage out Apple and MS with under the table deals, however. Monopolies aren't intrinsically bad things unless they are abused (which is a very easy and tempting thing to do). This is not a Google success it is a Samsung success. There are only two companies making real money in the smart phone market and that's Apple and Samsung. Google has probably not broken even on Android yet if you factor in the wholly Android related purchase of the loss making Motorola. I am not sure Google intended to end up in a situation where just one OEM controlled the Android market but that's where it is heading. It will be interesting to see how Google and Samsung handle their strategic relationship, the bigger Samsung's share of the Android market gets the more leverage they have in that relationship. This worth a read http://techpinions.com/a-message... |
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| RE[4]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Lennie on 2012-10-11 19:27:53 |
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Yes, sorry that is what I meant. Thanks. English isn't my first language, thus I make mistakes at times. Edited 2012-10-11 19:28 UTC |
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