Re:Amazon, Apple, and the beauty of low margins
by ZeroGravitas on Friday January 25, 2013 @08:47AM
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It's worth noting that carrier subsidy system in the USA seem to be much sillier than you get elsewhere. It's a fair hypothesis that this is part of the reason Apple does better there. (Though of course, historically they were always much bigger in the US on desktop as well)
Take Europe. The ratio of Android:iPhone may be higher in Europe than in the US, but it's still a MASSIVE share. And people are still extremely defensive if they've got anything but an iPhone here in the UK.
The European models also have carrier subsidy on ALL monthly contract phones, not just iPhones. Generally only poor people have pay-as-you-go.
It's not as if there aren't regular articles on here about the ratios of iPhones to Androids in all markets.
It's slightly confusing that you could believe any of what you wrote.
BTW, you're also wrong about any company that's growing should post "record-breaking" earnings. Earning are profits. Growing companies often post losses. It's not turnover.