theogt;3828941 said:
No, the first chart only includes iPhones. In the first 6 months of 2010 they sold about 17 million iPhones according to their SEC filings. If you include iPods, the sales figures double.
As for the second chart, that's based on estimated calculations from market analysts, not Apple.
iPhone sold 16.2 million iPhone, not 17 million.
That said, Android is now king of the hill as it toppled Symbian as the top selling smartphone in the 4th quarter of 2010.
- Android: 33.2 million (market share grew to 32.9% up 8.7%)
- Symnian: 31 million (market share dropped to 30.6% from 44.1%)
- Apple: 16.2 million (market share dropped to 16% from 16.2%)
- RIM: 14.6 million (market share dropped to 14.4% from 20%)
- Microsoft: Not enough to even register
As the article says, Android is going to basically consume the entire market and all that will be left are niche phones. (like Mac computers) As this happens, Apple will either A. increase the price of the phones to even HIGHER margins to keep their stock price up or B. cut margins to sell quantity. (We've already seen Apple lower the quality of their phones to keep margins high)
Steve Jobs sees the writing on the wall, their stock only has one direction it can go from here. He probably isn't sick now. He is probably just getting out while on top rather than being at the reins when Apple's stock price topples! :laugh2:
At some point, he will no-longer be able to "
understate" Apples sales before releasing the
*real* numbers to get stock prices to jump.
SELL, SELL, SELL! :laugh2: