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Why I Would Not Bet on iPhone over Android

If you want to read a well thought out piece on the Apple vs Google battle. I suggest counternotions.com/200.../. He has some of the best, thought provoking ideas which will help you analyze what the different companies bring to the table

Why I Would Not Bet on iPhone over Android

There is so much lack of facts in this article that it makes any conclusions suspect. When you overgeneralize markets making statements like your average selling price vs Mac price you miss the fact that Apple does not compete in the lower half of the market and so will have a higher average selling price. You need to take a class in logic fallacies. Your article is filled with them and lacks in so many areas that your conclusion is not supported in your reasoning. I give you one example: You say "I'd argue however, that the smartphone experience is rapidly becoming mass market " The mass market is the group of consumers who occupy the overwhelming mass of a bell curve for common products. If we look at smart phones according to Gartner smart phones occupy about 11% of the cellphone market. Hardly the middle of the bell curve. You make a statement like it is fact "A PC with even the exact same components sells for far less than the same components with the Apple moniker". Which is false and then use the false statement to make your case.

Does Palm's Pre Have Anything on the iPhone or Storm?

On May 12 11:41 AM Aryamehr wrote:

> Palm's choice of Sprint was brilliant, in that Sprint is the only,
> and will be the only, carrier for the next two years to have 4G capabilities,
> hence enhancing the Pre's speed by a factor of at least 10 over the
> iPhone and Blackberry phones. Other than having a more efficient
> User Interface and more versatility the Pre will be operating on
> a super fast highway that ATT won't have available until 2011, that
> is if they follow through with their 4G plans in a timely manner.
> Now give me some Spin about the iPhone 4G? ATT again doesn't have
> 4G, so no matter what Apple does they will be limited to 2.5G to
> 3G for at least two more years. During this time Palm will be testing
> a better versions of its WebOS on a fully functioning Sprint 4G network,
> giving its developers a clear advantage. Now beat that!

The Pre does not support 4G so how does this help Palm. ATT is upgrading their existing 3G network via software from 3.6 to 7.2 . The Sprint EVDO rev A operates at 3.1 Mbps. So If you buy a new IPhone which will come out about the same time as the Pre your network theoretically will be twice as fast on the Iphone as the Pre. Realize that peak rates and actual device speeds vary by time and location, but the bottom line is the Pre on Sprint's network will be slower then the next Iphone on ATT network.

Apple's AT&T Deal Is Costly

Todd
Where do you get the estimates? 1 B in lost revenue? You assume that ATT would sell every Iphone Apple could make, which may or may not be the case. The revenue is for 2 yrs not 4. You have no idea what the future holds and based on all the new carriers for Iphone 2. I think you are grossly exaggerating the financial impact of the ATT contract. ATT has an exclusive for the US and no where else. The contract is good for both companies. It allowed Apple to get started in a new business and ATT to capture new high end customers. Verizon had a chance to sell the iphone

Research in Motion: Unlike Apple, No Slowdown in Subscriber Growth

Todd
When did Apple say they were experiencing a slowdown in Iphone sales?
The only data discussed at the CC was 3.704 Mil at end of year and 4 Mil by SJ at Mac World. How does this equate to this big slowdown. What data shows Apple has cutback production of the Iphone? While I agree that a lower price will increase sales, it will also reduce margins and affect profitability. I think Apple's doing great by not having to sell a phone at $99 and hope the carriers give them a large enough payback. Also I don't think Apple wants to set the price artificially low to gain customers because they would cannibalize the IPOD touch sales if the Iphone were cheaper.