Report: Android leads US Market Share

[steve4810]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="rockymtnhigh" data-source="post: 2771163" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2771163" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2771163">rockymtnhigh said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Here we go again... :shakes-head: <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Is this a great country or what!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></div>

 

[Hall]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="rockymtnhigh" data-source="post: 2771163" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2771163" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2771163">rockymtnhigh said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Here we go again... :shakes-head: <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <a href="http://www.satelliteguys.us/phone-zone/277170-report-android-leads-us-market-share.html#post2768690" class="link link--internal">Hehe, I beat you by three days... </a> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></div>

 

[rockymtnhigh]

<div class="bbWrapper">Yup, you did. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> When the next quarter&#039;s data comes out we can continue the discussion, no point to it now.</div>

 

[steve4810]

<div class="bbWrapper">Kill joy.</div>

 

[dfergie]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="steve4810" data-source="post: 2771182" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2771182" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2771182">steve4810 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Kill joy. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>He took a bite of the forbidden fruit... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></div>

 

[TheForce]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="" data-quote="berck" data-source="post: 2771017" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/xen/goto/post?id=2771017" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2771017">berck said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> No license fee is paid to Google. Its an open source OS. They only get ad revenue from Android. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I stand corrected! The license fees are paid to the various patent holders and represent about $60 per device according to some analysts. My memory was a bit fuzzy but recall Google disclosure on it when they tried to buy out Nortel patents, which would have enabled them to get the fees themselves. Today, Google steps aside and offers no support for phone makers letting them suffer the wrath of all those patent infringement claims. Open source spirit does not exempt one from patent infringement.</div>

 

[John Kotches]

<div class="bbWrapper">I see both sides of the argument here.<br /> <br /> iOS/Apple is kind of a &quot;one size fits all&quot; environment. You can only get them from one manufacturer (Apple) and you have to like what they give you for an OS. That&#039;s great when it comes to conformity... So much for <i>Think Different</i> though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /><br /> <br /> On the other hand, Android is a very diverse environment -- many manufacturers (with IMO silly) skins to differentiate and the model cycle times are much quicker. Good / bad or just different ? Probably the last one.<br /> <br /> Apple&#039;s real advantage isn&#039;t with any of these though. It&#039;s with their App Store and iTunes which is additional money in the bank on top of their stellar phone sales. I hope Google is sharing some of the Market revenue with the manufacturers as without it Apple may have the long term edge. And by long term, I&#039;m talking 5-10 years from now. That&#039;s an eternity in the rapidly evolving mobile space.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk</div>