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Snelly said:
That is global market share
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It's a global industry :D

Snelly said:
including all the markets where an Apple price is far too high.
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Isn't that Apple's issue that they are not competitively priced in a particular market?

Snelly said:
The market share in the UK was 70% last quarter.
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This I can believe in a 'bling' society. I would also guess their market share is the U.S is quite high?
 
Val said:
Likewise, 3 iphones, 3 ipads and a macbook, I think i may also be trapped in.

For me the OS on the iphone is far more user friendly than android and gets better every release. I get that many android phones have better cameras (i have a camera) have faster processors (android system tends to be processor heavy im told) and you don't need itunes (I havent used itunes in years now) and most phones are cheaper (and feel cheaper too so need upgraded quicker), so the iphone does everything i need.

I'm a fan as i like their products but im not in the "must have the current model" mould. I'll only upgrade when i need to (currently on iphone 5 and ipad2).
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+1 to this and Bluewolf

Have used I phone since 3 and I pad and MacBook Air

Think they are perfect what we need at home

I do a lot of testing of wifi and Internet at work - Apple devices and IOS are imo by far the most user friendly of the lot.
 
bluewolf said:
At the end of the day, it's not the best technology that wins, but usually the best 3rd party support. VHS won because they monopolised the Video rental market. IE Won because Microsoft monopolised the OS market, DVD won for similar reasons to Video.. We will have to wait and see whether Apple can fight off Samsung, but I suspect that the battle will be won by the company which best utilises the 3rd party hardware market..
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I think apples Q4 results tell you who is winning
 
guest100718 said:
No doubting it's good or that its very overpriced.

From my own perspective, apple doesn't offer me anything that I cant get at half the price somewhere else.
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Its build quality, in my opinion nothing on the market can even come close to the build quality of Apple products. I've had my MacBook Pro since June 2010 and there is still nothing wrong with it. Even running the latest OS X Mavericks on it and it works flawlessly.

Plus the integration of the iOS and OS X and iCloud and you're onto a winner.

These days when it comes to technology, its all about who's eco system you buy into, Google with Android and Google Drive, Microsoft with SkyDrive or Apple with iCloud. I have come to think that Apple and iCloud in the eco system department are far more advanced than that of their competitors.
 
Gareth said:
It is.

Now look at the second link and look at market share per manufacturer, that too is also obvious.
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And again looking at statistics in detail, Apple launch a new phone at the very end of Q3 every year (last week in September) so by definition sales in Q3 would be slower in comparison to Q4 which would potentially give a different result.

Worth considering how many Samsung models are on offer (i genuinely don't know)
 
They can make whatever profit they can get away with for me.... There are no better products to use day to day... you can quote all the figures and specs about other devices... there are not better products to live with and use on a day to day basis for me.
 
Alex1975 said:
They can make whatever profit they can get away with for me.... There are no better products to use day to day... you can quote all the figures and specs about other devices... there are not better products to live with and use on a day to day basis for me.
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have to agree 100%. the menus are so intuitive, like the original symbian OS on nokia's of days gone by. Just very user friendly. My 2yr old daughter can unlock and operate our ipad, as can my 88yr old grandmother.
 
Val said:
And again looking at statistics in detail, Apple launch a new phone at the very end of Q3 every year (last week in September) so by definition sales in Q3 would be slower in comparison to Q4 which would potentially give a different result.

Worth considering how many Samsung models are on offer (i genuinely don't know)
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Nobody said Apple only has to have 2 or 3 options at one time :D
 
Rooter said:
have to agree 100%. the menus are so intuitive, like the original symbian OS on nokia's of days gone by. Just very user friendly. My 2yr old daughter can unlock and operate our ipad, as can my 88yr old grandmother.
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And that imo sums up how great they are
 
Well, call me an Apple fanboy.

I have an iMac, Mac Book Pro, Apple TV, Time Capsule, iPhone, iPad, iPod and a Mac email address. Have owned many previous bits of Apple kit, including all the iPhones.

I got my first Apple product when the iPod came out, and soon after when my Sony Vaio stopped working, got a PowerMac, and have never looked back.

I am not an IT tech nerd, and want something that integrates well and works reliably. I don't want to fiddle under the bonnet, I just want it to work. My Apple kit does that for me and occasionally problems occur, but usually nothing too much and when there has been a failure, Apple have been pretty helpful.

I use PCs for work, different brands and flavours of OS over the years, but I am always glad to get back to my Mac and Mac OS/iOS.

The Steve Jobs biography by Walter Issacson is fascinating. Gives an insight into what drove Jobs and what made him create the company that Apple is today.
 
davemc1 said:
You'd think with all that cash in reserve they could manufacture a decent charger. I had about 3 broke in the past 12 months.

The things the iPad can do are great though, shame I only know because the little one shows me...
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I think there must be a faulty part, but it might be you.

I have owned many chargers, for iPhones, iPads, Mac Books and other devices, UK and US spec, many of which have travelled the world over the years and never broke one of them.
 
Alex1975 said:
They can make whatever profit they can get away with for me.... There are no better products to use day to day... you can quote all the figures and specs about other devices... there are not better products to live with and use on a day to day basis for me.
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.... which makes it all the more puzzling that iTunes should be an Apple product.

From one of the finest, intuitive interfaces out there, they go to a completely un-intuitive piece of crap like iTunes.

That I just cannot understand.
 
I just find it to be totally un-intutive to use - unlike my iPhone/iPad which are completely the opposite.

I also hate being constrained as to what I can or cannot transfer to/from my device. As an example, I once deleted all my ebooks from my PC hard drive by mistake. No problem I thought - just copy them back across from the iPad. Not a chance!!!

I've got over the latter to some extent by using Syncios which, by the way, is far simpler and more intuitive in use.
 
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Ethan said:
I think there must be a faulty part, but it might be you.

I have owned many chargers, for iPhones, iPads, Mac Books and other devices, UK and US spec, many of which have travelled the world over the years and never broke one of them.
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I know of at least 6 people whose iPhone chargers have broken. It's the flimsy part on the lead and not the acutual plug.
 
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