#5 is the most stupid excuse as apple chose to have one carrier. It's just like saying, we chose to not sell as many as android does.
On May 12, 6:19 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A few days ago NDP reported that Android outperformed Apple in the > smartphone market, 1st quarter of 2010. Apple spokesperson argues > against the report: > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/11/apple_responds_to_andro... > > basically on five points: > > 1) It's only USA based > 2) the comparison doesn't include iPod or iPad > 3) Apple sells only at the specified price tags, while Android > manufacturers often have sales promotions and discounts. > 4) the estimate has been done with an insufficient number of samples > (150,000 interviews) > 5) Apple only partners with a single carrier, AT&T, in the USA, while > Android manufacturers have multiple partnerships. > > Well, this kind of response is so pathetic that I can only infer that > Apple has been hard-bitten by the news: > > 1) Well, yes, it's only a USA perspective. NDP clearly state it. So, > what? > 2) iPad is a Very Different Thing and I think everybody agrees that > Apple is the market leader for that device class. OTOH, I don't see > iPod as relevant (we're talking about smartphones and Jobs hasn't > tried yet to persuade Apple customers that they don't need the radio > inside their mobile; but he could try and be successful, I think). > 3) This is the most laughable and it's hard for me to seriously > comment it. It would make sense only if competitors were doing > dumping, which they don't. > 4) I believe that the regular politic pools about approval rates of > governments are performed on much smaller samples and they are > considered reliable - please correct me if I'm wrong. > 5) Ridiculous as point 3 - clearly Apple competitors are smarter in > this, still Apple pretends that everything is measured with their own > metrics. > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvrN2cACgkQeDweFqgUGxfgwgCfa941pGNJyxv7DRmkv2zXA4Al > wG8AoI5rKBUi7613cmsCQanrEmX+FsUa > =gLMU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
