> Android vendors > make only a relatively small profit, so they can't do this - > especially since all need to invest heavily into tablets, too.
How do you figure that? According to iSupply, best-of-breed Android and Apple smartphones cost roughly the same (around $180) to produce. The revenue margin is smaller with the simpler Android devices, and you can make a case that these are less likely to get upgraded (they already are, given their more limited hardware). But neck and neck in the top-segment, I don't see why there would be a difference between the two platforms. What you get with iPhone is predictability, but Apple is *also* interested in pushing their state-of-art hardware to their consumers and they do this via carefully calculated maneuvering of features and limitations. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
