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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (122646)	11/3/2014 10:58:11 AM
From: pyslent	1 Recommendation Recommended By Jon Koplik Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 194030

[ Personally ... I had no idea that Android was (roughly) 85% of smartphones shipped globally, and Apple was not even the remaining (roughly) 15%. Uh, why do we always hear about Apple so much ? ] It depends on the context. Apple punches well above its market share class in terms of user engagement metrics (app downloads, web surfing, NFC payments), but if you are selling modem chips, you might make as much from a $50 mass market LTE phone as from a $650 iPhone. I'm still not clear how it works from a royalty perspective though.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (122646)	11/3/2014 1:59:25 PM
From: BDAZZ	1 Recommendation Recommended By matherandlowell Respond to of 194030

Why do we always hear about Apple? Because they make tons of money. Instead of looking at them as a mobile OS company (as Apple against the rest of the world), look at them as a handset company against other handset companies. Very few enter a store and request an Android OS. They want a Samsung or an LG. I bet 85% have no idea or care what OS runs their phone. If Android had Siri and would auto post to my other devices I wouldn't care. (Wait now Apple pay is great too.) what counts is how does the Apple handset division fair against the handset division of any other company in the world. There isn't a division that wouldn't trade places with Apple in a heartbeat. I think Samsung is number one in units, yet they are struggling and Apple is flying, so what's more important, especially where investment is concerned? When Nok ruled the world they only had 38 percent unit share, not dollar share, and nobody will ever reach that again. (BTW are there any stats as to what percent of the high end market Apple owns.)