Apple Maintains Third-Place Ranking Among Smartphone Vendors
Worldwide Smartphone Shipments in 1Q10 in Millions of Units (Source: IDC)
On a year-over-year basis, Apple's shipments grew by 131.6% to 8.8 million, easily outpacing the overall industry growth of 56.7%. That performance now has Apple trailing Research in Motion for second place by only slightly over 3% in industry market share (19.4% vs. 16.1%). Nokia continues lead the pack with 39.3% of the market, more than twice the share of Research in Motion.
The report, which is a follow-up to the company's overall mobile phone report released last week, notes that smartphones represented 18.8% of all mobile phones shipped during the quarter, up from 14.4% in the year-ago quarter.
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You wonder in 5-10 years down the road if Apple will begin to offer wireless service with all their 'mobile devices' taking over the world.
Or better yet, you would wonder if Apple would buy out AT&T or any other wireless company so they can offer their own wireless services to all of their wireless devices.
Or better yet, you would wonder if Apple would buy out AT&T or any other wireless company so they can offer their own wireless services to all of their wireless devices.
If I recall correctly, Apple COO Tim Cook has already flatly denied any interest in acquiring a telecom.It doesn't fit their business model, its acquisition strategy, nor corporate culture. Beside, acquiring a telecom would only be helpful in a limited market and not an impactful use of their pile of cash.
Better to leave "dumb pipes" as dumb pipes.
This is actually beneficial to Apple in the anti-trust case with Adobe.
What anit-trust case? There is no anti-trust case. There's not even an investigation underway. All we have is a report/rumor that two government entities are possibly, maybe, talking about if there is any need to launch an investigation and who should start it if so. THAT'S ALL WE KNOW. Nothing else. NOTHING!
So again, what anti-trust case are you referring to?:mad:
Or better yet, you would wonder if Apple would buy out AT&T or any other wireless company so they can offer their own wireless services to all of their wireless devices.
I doubt that buying a nationwide cellular carrier is within Apple's buying power. Not to mention that it won't solve anything having to do with things like coverage or other infrastructure problems that at best take multiple years and countless legal hurdles. Generally speaking, infrastructure problems are incredibly complicated, legally draining and overall expensive expeditures that companies tend to avoid acquiring.
Plus there is the problem about managing other handsets, something that Apple is probably not to eager to do.
What anit-trust case? There is no anti-trust case. There's not even an investigation underway. All we have is a report/rumor that two government entities are possibly, maybe, talking about if there is any need to launch an investigation and who should start it if so. THAT'S ALL WE KNOW. Nothing else. NOTHING!
So again, what anti-trust case are you referring to?:mad:
So again, what anti-trust case are you referring to?:mad:
I think the person is referring to a possible anti-trust case that might exist potentially and not one currently going on. He is right though, this is just another bucket of water on the fire.
Chill bro. It's gonna happen.
Uhh, no. They aren't even at step 1 yet if anything.[ Read All Comments ]
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