Apple still dominates US smartphone market
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- 25 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 25 Nov 2024The phone isn't exactly free. Paying $80 a month for ... moreYou aren't being honest here. The price for a for a major carrier cell phone plan here is the same if you take a free iPhone or if you don't, the price remains the same! They have 24-36 month device payoff plans where as long as you stay with them they pay off your phone for you for free, if you leave early you have to pay the rest of the phone price. If you do not take the free iPhone when you join you still pay the same monthly service fee.
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- 25 Nov 2024
DomtheCuber, 22 Nov 2024As an American, the main reason iPhones are so popular is b... moreThe phone isn't exactly free. Paying $80 a month for a 2 year plan totals $1,920, deducting the cost of the phone ($1,920 - $1,000) leaves $920 for telco charges. $920 over 24 months is $38 per month. The plan is equivalent to buying an iPhone 16 Pro and paying $38 a month for carrier charges only you end up with a locked phone and you can't change carrier or plan within the 24 months period (assuming there isn't just a single carrier in the location). These telcos prey on the financial illiterate.
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- 23 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 23 Nov 2024Am I missing something? Where is Google's Pixel in thi... moreThat's exactly what I was thinking!
HMD only has a 1% share and appears on the chart, while Google gets lumped with "others".
So does that mean that Google has less than 1%? I find that hard to believe given the Pixel 9 series was launched this quarter, Counterpoint's own numbers say Google's shipments increased 19% YoY, and Stat Counter actually showed a pretty big increase for Google's share in the US.
There's something weird here...
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- 23 Nov 2024
DomtheCuber, 22 Nov 2024As an American, the main reason iPhones are so popular is b... moreBeen this case since 2007 or 2012 when all major carriers started carrying iPhone 5. If iPhones were sold similar to how they're sold in international markets or ones where most of the country uses PREPAID, iPhone would probably only make up 15% of the market share which is around that number it is for it globally.
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- 23 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 23 Nov 2024Finally, an American that speaks the truth.Online Cab drives are booking themselves and reaching people properties, we dont keep guns, good thing the muricans at least have that part sorted, live by one rules. Cheers
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- 23 Nov 2024
DomtheCuber, 22 Nov 2024As an American, the main reason iPhones are so popular is b... moreFinally, an American that speaks the truth.
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- 23 Nov 2024
DaFink, 22 Nov 2024You’re drawing a comparison between the smartphone market a... moreAll in all if you want to challenge someone' ability to purchase latest iphone pro model, in some regions the QA failed models are getting as less as half.
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- 23 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 22 Nov 2024For anyone outside of the US wondering what the 48% of phon... moreErrrm, dude, I have worked for a long time for a lifeline assistance carrier. I dare to say 80% of the free phones given to people were iphones. Though most of them were the old iPhone 4S and 5 when the Iphone 11-12 were already out. So nope, that's not true at all
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- 23 Nov 2024
I love the us market. I hope apple drowns out the rest of the competition and we can shit on how bad the chijese options are and only buy bad products at stupid prices because the politician's and elite's stocks go up everytime
I love hating on Chinese phones and then always buying them over the average American's options (apple, Google, samsung) (cause they just make sense, nothing more to be said)
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- 23 Nov 2024
Observer, 22 Nov 2024wait Lenovo?, what cellphone does Lenovo release?, I don�... moreMotorola phones. Lenovo owns them.
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- 23 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 22 Nov 2024So that's how it works... I thought Americans use iPho... morePeer pressure is also another thing. Not having iMessage is taboo and it's amusing how the comment you replied to didn't include that as well.
This is why I'm glad Chinese companies showed up or else what we will have today are only those that are subsidized by US telcos lmao.
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- 23 Nov 2024
Am I missing something? Where is Google's Pixel in this?
I find it hard to believe it's not even mentioned directly and grouped under "others" with how many unknown others and has
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- 22 Nov 2024
Buy Samsung instead. Very simple.
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- 22 Nov 2024
DomtheCuber, 22 Nov 2024As an American, the main reason iPhones are so popular is b... moreSo that's how it works... I thought Americans use iPhones just because of peer pressure.
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- 22 Nov 2024
AnonD-1180400, 22 Nov 2024Let's see tha case of North Korea. As a missile manufa... moreYou’re drawing a comparison between the smartphone market and the tactical weapons industry 🤔
Urgh…..this site 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
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- 22 Nov 2024
AnonF-1006353, 22 Nov 2024I wouldn't want to use a phone that limits its users i... moreYeah well I don’t consider tech products a cage, that’s just ridiculous! I don’t know how they do things in your neck of the woods but round here cages aren’t something you can voluntarily enter in and out of.
Look you don’t think the iPhone meets your needs, fine, again just don’t get one. Evidently though, there are millions upon millions who feel it suits them pretty well, and I’d wager heavily that there are those among that very large number who are far more tech savvy than you.
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- 22 Nov 2024
DomtheCuber, 22 Nov 2024As an American, the main reason iPhones are so popular is b... moreDon't you have any other option without a phone or something, because sorry but paying $80 monthly is a lot.
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- 22 Nov 2024
Lister, 22 Nov 2024Which phone offers all of those?Sony Xperia?
Actually all except IR blaster 🤷♂️
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- 22 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 22 Nov 2024Go out and ask peoole why they buy Apple products. Welco... moreIs that what you do????
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- 22 Nov 2024
As an American, the main reason iPhones are so popular is because most people buy their phones on contract from big carriers who offer deals like a free iPhone 16 Pro if you buy their phone plan. These deals are usually horrible because the plans are like $80 a month, but people just see free phone and think it’s worth the money. Sometimes carriers have these deals on Samsung phones, but most of Samsung and Motorola/Lenovo’s market share comes from cheaper carriers offering free budget phones as part of a plan. Since iPhones are so common, you’d think that people keep their phones for longer, but the average American only keeps their phones for 2 or 3 years because after their overpriced 2-3 year contract is up, carriers usually offer another free phone to keep people from realizing that $80 a month is crazy.