Ballmer on iPhone Marketshare
USA Today interviewed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about his thoughts on the iPhone. While Ballmer gives credit to Apple's early move into the music arena, he doubts the iPhone will gain any significant marketshare:
(Note that Ballmer assumes that the $500 iPhone is subsidized, but there has been speculation and rumor that this is not the case.)
Now we'll get a chance to go through this again in phones and music players. There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.
(Note that Ballmer assumes that the $500 iPhone is subsidized, but there has been speculation and rumor that this is not the case.)
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63 months ago
3% of 1.3 Billion in 39 million. Ballmer is actually more optimistic than Apple.
63 months ago
I imagine apple would be happy with the 30 - 45 million phones that 2-3% would represent at a 50% profit margin you are looking at 75+ billion dollars
63 months ago
God I really cant believe this guy. He pisses me off to no end. You dont see apple commenting about what microsoft are doing and badmouthing them do you? I remember reading an interview with Steve Jobs about the Zune. Not once does he badmouth MS saying they are terrible, yet Balmer seems to do this all the time. He reminds me of someone in denial, who cant accept that someone might have something better then he does.:rolleyes:
63 months ago
Balmer's talking out of his hat! Typical of the sort of things "he would say".
Whether we like it or not (thinking delays to Leopard, etc.) it's going to be massive.
Hopefully Balmer will eat that hat.
Whether we like it or not (thinking delays to Leopard, etc.) it's going to be massive.
Hopefully Balmer will eat that hat.
63 months ago
Ballmer: Now we'll get a chance to go through this again in phones and music players. There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.
That's ironic-
As sited from MacDailyNews.com:
Canalys worldwide total smartphone device market - market shares 2006 Q4 2006:
Symbian - 72.5%
Linux - 16.9%
PalmSource - 2.0%
Microsoft - 4.6%
RIM - 3.8%
Others - 0.2%
That's ironic-
As sited from MacDailyNews.com:
Canalys worldwide total smartphone device market - market shares 2006 Q4 2006:
Symbian - 72.5%
Linux - 16.9%
PalmSource - 2.0%
Microsoft - 4.6%
RIM - 3.8%
Others - 0.2%
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