Tag: market share

  • The Smartphone Endgame: Who wins once shipment volumes peak?

    AppleInsider wrote about The Smartphone Endgame: Who wins once shipment volumes peak?. For decades, market research firms have been confidently asserting that the “winners” in PCs, tablets, smartphones and other consumer electronics are not firms that are profitable or even sustainable, but merely those shipping the largest volumes at any given time. This has enabled…

  • Samsung market share plunges in South Korea

    Business Insider reported on Samsung losing market share to Apple in South Korea. Apple has been particularly successful in South Korea, where Samsung has traditionally dominated its home market. Figures show that Samsung’s share has plummeted from 60% in September to 46% in November. Apple, meanwhile, has made unprecedented headway, soaring to 33%. According to…

  • Why an 80% market share might only represent half of smartphone users

    Charles Arthur explains on The Guardian why an 80% market share might only represent half of smartphone users. TheNextWeb lamented Nike’s choice not to bring their FuelBand app to Android. For many, this glaring omission in Nike’s technological armory is astounding given that, well, Android represents somewhere in the region of 80% of the smartphone…