Comments on: iPhone market share doubled in Q1 – Gartner

By: Kaneda, San Francisco, CA

Kaneda, San Francisco, CA — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:39:19 +0000

@ Roy

Apple has more than 2% market share in Computer. I think the last time I read they are either 5% or 8%. 2% is like 10 years ago. if 2% M$ wouldn't have to run those ads aiming at Apple high price computer.

By: Alex, San Francisco CA

Alex, San Francisco CA — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:09:14 +0000

The Iphone is a great product. However, its downfall will be its relationship with the mediocre service provided by ATT. I own the 3G iphone, but see myself switching back to Verizon as more competitive smartphones hit the market.

By: jeb, bellevue wa

jeb, bellevue wa — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:43:58 +0000

We should all buy iPhones, eventually the same color.. Oh, and Apple stock

By: Brad Cathey, Wheaton, IL

Brad Cathey, Wheaton, IL — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:38:20 +0000

Steve Jobs, albeit all of Apple, doesn't really care about market share. They care about making great products. Sure, they might be arrogant and exclusive, as their users can be. So, it's simple: don't buy an iPhone, or a Mac for that matter. Get a Blackberry or Palm or whatever. Personally, I've owned Macs since 1985, followed by iPods and iPhones when they became available. I'm happy with them, so I'll keep buying them until I'm not. But I can't imagine. How's that for arrogant?

By: Laura, Aspen, CO

Laura, Aspen, CO — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:01:16 +0000

Imagine how many more IPhones would be sold if they were not exclusive with Apple.

By: Joe Cell, Northeast, Pa.

Joe Cell, Northeast, Pa. — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:18:42 +0000

This is about phones, not PC's people. Leave that stupid old arguement out of it! I have owned almost every type of cell phone and the IPhone is a great one. Easy to use(never had a Mac), looks great, and functions well. Don't see the popularity going away any time soon, so deal w/ it. Just as any tech, can always improve and hope it does for a long time.

By: Vision33r, NYC, NY

Vision33r, NYC, NY — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:52:54 +0000

I have the Blackberry Bold on Verizon, I also have the iPhone 3G both hooked up to my company's Exchange system.

The difference is, when I look at both devices, the Blackberry seamlessly pushed my new emails effortlessly while the iPhone 3G constantly required manual "Pulling" even when I have my mail set to sync automatically.

Apple misrepresented their "Push" email, it is clearly not "Push."

By: Alan, Newcastle, England

Alan, Newcastle, England — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:58:51 +0000

So Apple will remain a niche player? Hmmm, now let me think a moment.

Would that be the niche that sluices millions of dollars a day in cash into Apple's bank account every time someone, anywhere in the world, downloads a song, vid or app? Would that be the niche that keeps Apple's gross margins up in the 30%+ bracket, whilst dog-eat-dog netbook makers scrabble around in the dirt for 3%? Would that be the niche that confounds the doom-mongers when, time and again, Apple' customers happily pay premium dollars for premium product?

If that's a niche, I want to be in it. (Just like I'd rather be in BMW's niche rather than GM's…

Quality, reliability and cachet sells; undifferentiated crap sinks like a stone.

Disclosure. Multiple Macs for business and personal. iPods round the house. iPhones round the workforce. Shareholding: long in AAPL.

By: Greg, Chicago, IL

Greg, Chicago, IL — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:26:55 +0000

Maybe its time for:

"..Designed in California and proudly made in California.."?

We are all paying the price of outsourcing right now and the outlook doesnt look any better…

By: David v., Monterey, CA

David v., Monterey, CA — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:51:24 +0000

Interesting point you make about Apple market share Roy. I don't think your assumption about iPhone share follows from the Mac market share. iPods are hardly open and I don't see Apple's share of mp3 player market share suffering much. That being said, I don't believe that the iPhone will ever dominate the market like the iPod has. I do, however, believe that they will retain a sizable chunk. Unless the other companies step their game up a lot and Apple completely drops the ball, they'll always keep a reasonable share of the smartphone market.

And as a sidenote, Apple market share worldwide is now 3.36% as of Q1 2009. The 2% number is a couple years old, at least. Still a tiny number, but growing not shrinking over the past few years. Now as for whether or not they'll continue to grow, that has more to do with the worldwide economy, not any desire for more choices. Most people don't want more choices. They want the choices to be easy, the computer to look cool, work well and for it to be easy to use. And if they can get it for cheaper, that's better. That last one is the only area that Apple doesn't deliver on. People can argue about whether or not they are a good value, but Apple computers are not cheap. In full disclosure I have 2 macs and 2 pcs that I use at home.