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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Neither Apple nor Samsung are king of anything - combined they only have about 60% of the global smartphone market in Q1 2012. The spread between the two of them is pegged at single digit percentages (Samsung leading by maybe 5% according to Q1 2012 estimates). They swap leads back and forth almost quarterly.
You can spin things any way you want though, and two can certainly play at the fanboy game. Android can keep growing market share all it wants - Apple commands an estimated 70-75% of the profits for the entire mobile market according to Forbes and other sources. So who's the king again?
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Smartphones are growing at an increasing rate. Samsung and Apple are the leaders in smartphones right now, probably by a long shot. I don't think anyone even comes close to selling what they sell.
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— Samsung Electronics Co., 50.2 million units, 32.6 percent share (17 percent a year earlier)
— Apple Inc., 26 million units, 16.9 percent share (18.8 percent a year earlier)
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...849_story.html
Not exactly the single digit differences you're talking about.
Between the two of them they own over 50% of the smartphone marketshare, with the next closest competitor, Nokia, owning a mere 6.6%. Those are numbers from the 2nd quarter of 2012. I call that running away with the market.
As for the king based on profits, if you sell something for 2x what your competitor sells it for, obviously you're going to generate 2x the profit. Point still is that 2 years ago, Apple was running away with the market, now Samsung has caught up. How will it be 2 years from now?