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Android beat out Apple in World Wide sales
I think this is the first time and will probably be from now on.

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/12/android-sales-worldwide-pass-iphone/

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not a big fan of the whole "well its one phone on one carrier" thing. well especially the phone thing. generally people seem to be deciding if they want an android phone or an iphone... and if they choose android they THEN choose which android phone they want. its like the mac vs pc thing, 90% of the time you decide if you want a mac or a pc, then if you decide pc you decide *which* pc.

the carrier thing is probably valid, although that was apple's choice to lock themselves into at&t. granted its worked out fine for them w/ the amount of money they get out of it... less units with much bigger margins works fine for them. not convinced it's actually been nearly as beneficial for at&t.

if apple comes out with a verizon iphone in january like everyone thinks, do you think those numbers will still go that way? i actually would expect iOS to retake the lead over android, at least for a quarter or two for the initial surge of people who've been waiting for a verizon iphone.

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i don't think the iphone has a chance of being #1 since even if they go to Verizon that is only the U.S. market which may be the largest (dunno) is still only one market.

I think it will work out like the pc/mac thing in the end and because there are so many different types of android handsets and the prices are generally cheaper the iphone won't win in quantity.

The course is more similar the pc vs mac than ipod vs competition. Apple could have gotten a bigger lead in the phone arena if they would have gone on every carrier but who knows how that would have played out.

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i dont think it'd be #1 longterm, but i wouldnt be at ALL surprised to see iphone retake 1st for the first quarter sales at least - purely from the surge of people who have been waiting for this. once that first surge is done, it'd go back to normal i'd think..

i think they would have gotten bigger quantities, but i'm not sure they would have made as much money... at&t pretty much sold their souls for that exclusivity. think it worked out nicely for apple for the most part.

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Yeah that is true they are making big margins on the iPhone because of quantity reducing costs plus the kickback

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i think it is funny the way some people perceive this whole arrangement. some who will never go to att have given up on the iphone, some are waiting anxiously (ignoring upgrade offerings in hopes that they will one day be able to get an iphone on another carrier). . .and some are setting deadlines ("if they don't do it by november..."

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the results of the above is that some people hate att, some have even become apple-haters, and some have lost interest altogether. all of this for a computer/phone.

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