Counterclockwise: the rise and fall of smartphone brands
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- MR0
- 15 Oct 2017
I like reborn retro legends, at least they got unique design. If I could wish some retro phone, it would be 808 2018 variant. Would be beast...
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- 3Ye
- 15 Oct 2017
I see Samsung phone sales decrease sharply from 2016 to 2017? Care to explain, Peter?
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- 8ns
- 15 Oct 2017
Simon, 15 Oct 2017Noice. The graph is missing Siemens. Do you remember them? ... moreYeah they had a good phones.But if memory serves me good,they did'nt make it in the new millenium :)
Plus they were expensive I remember
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- DW6
- 15 Oct 2017
Where is Oppo + Vivo in this graph? They sell more than Huawei together, again more than Apple, in 2017.
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- Anonymous
- Xs0
- 15 Oct 2017
SZtadir, 15 Oct 2017How's the popularity measured here anyway? It can't be sale... moreThink you mean apple would have the 3rd largest...
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- 043
- 15 Oct 2017
We can see that Apple is one of the smaller phone brands, yet they are the one with the most haters. Stop it, get some help.
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- 8pg
- 15 Oct 2017
what about blackberry ?
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- 0RS
- 15 Oct 2017
Damn nokia bounced back at the end.
Let's hope HTC doesn't dissappear, hopefully it's aquisition will mean google software (and support), HTC build quality and modern designs.
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- f3d
- 15 Oct 2017
SZtadir, 15 Oct 2017How's the popularity measured here anyway? It can't be sale... moreI'm sure you are talking about the early 2000's because iPhone is not a patch of what they used to be. Android is on the rise and IOS is declining with speed and sales is the proof of it, or you can call it market share if you want to.
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- L2V
- 15 Oct 2017
Simon, 15 Oct 2017Noice. The graph is missing Siemens. Do you remember them? ... moreYup. Siemens and benefon.
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- uNV
- 15 Oct 2017
How's the popularity measured here anyway? It can't be sales number, then Huawei would triumph over Xiaomi by a long margin. Apple would have the biggest part of the chart.
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- gMJ
- 15 Oct 2017
Sony will rise again
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- Kgv
- 15 Oct 2017
Noice. The graph is missing Siemens. Do you remember them? They had REALLY good phones back in the days. Makes me wish they stuck at making them. I'm sure their smartphones would have been amazing, and great value - at least in Europe.
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- Nue
- 15 Oct 2017
Jim, 15 Oct 2017Xiaomi is the champyeah
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- Vic4BBM
- 7kf
- 15 Oct 2017
Original Nokia is a classic case of over confidence. They took for granted that whatever they do will be accepted. But that actually dig their grave.
Apple is keeping complete control over it's products, but it is not overconfident, like Nokia. The thing that helps them is - sole player ( rather use word master ) in iOS.
Motorola's is an unfortunate case.
HTC tried following Apple , but they are not alone in Android world ( while Apple is sole player). This has caused their decline. May be Google partnership reap something positive outcome.
Samsung,LG and SONY have huge diversity in their business portfolio. They are also manufacturer and supplier for most of important hardware components. They will still remain in business someway or the other.
One+ will see decline soon. Till now it's keeping distance from it's siblings ( OPPO VIVO) but sooner or later their strategy of hype will dig up it's grave. Plus the blame of personal data collection of users will surely give a bad hit. If not hype, they might have met same fate like yolla and it's sailfish ( and one time partner - cynogenmod )
Xiaomi will go long way, as it is more original, no hype and solid delivery of products.
Huwawei is trying hard, but it will never be a trusted brand.
Blackberry and Microsoft did same mistakes like Nokia and ceased to exist.
OPPO VIVO GIONEE may be doing huge sales in numbers, but actually it's only crap they sell. They will exist as third tier brands, even if they make their products out of gold and diamonds.
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- tV4
- 15 Oct 2017
Seriously what is the point of this. Every companies have their ups and downs even apple wasn't doing well before the iPhone launch.
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- nCb
- 15 Oct 2017
I don't agree about the more variety, for me most smartphone look the same, have almost the same spec, most of them use the same OS, and now Windows Phone is dead there is less choice, Blackberry using Andriod means less choice, but at least they have keyboards.
So called "dumbphones" have more variety than smartphones, different kind form factors, many platforms.
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- Y2P
- 15 Oct 2017
How is the graph read? Is the widest brand the biggest(as in the most market share)?
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- 42J
- 15 Oct 2017
so sad to know that sony is falling