Yes. But I think most importantly, Samsung can spin out budget phones and actually sell it. No one’s buying cheap Apple product. Currently mostly it is a status symbol… as most-if-not-all high end phones. Don’t get me wrong, great devices but we all know what kind of personalities mostly go for Apple stuff.
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seaneoo@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoHow is Samsung struggling to stay afloat? Samsung has had the largest global market share for years.
HaKeNdoR@lemmy.world 1 year ago
darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I pretty much go for the se models when they have them, and buy every 4-5 generations. Most people want a device that works, and most smart people want a device that’s going to get more than a couple years of software support. So Apple.
HaKeNdoR@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Google should have just spread Android features to 2, 3 years instead of as soon as possible, to match feature set of iOS. Then most Android would be getting easy 10 years of support. But then again most Android phone manufacturers selling a device, Apple is selling services and side products. Giving the die size of A16 SOC and quality hardware, Apple probably giving you their phones at cost and keeping them up to date so you can buy their other products.
darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Apple is making a profit on every piece of hardware, make no mistake. But that’s only possible because of their scale and focus, which is hard for competitors to compensate for. They literally bought all the 3nm chips for the next year.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Looks like Samsung and Apple trade off on leader of global market share, but Samsung is second place when it isn’t first.
war@kbin.social 1 year ago
Apple fanboys like to dream big.
mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 1 year ago
And are under the impression that what’s going on in the US is going on worldwide. Apple is doing fine worldwide, but isn’t nearly as dominant as in the US.
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah if you forget your iphone cable here, you’re going to have to go buy another one since you’re probably the only person you know that has an iphone.