It would be interesting to see how the 41 million iPhones sold are broken down by region, e.g. North America, South America, Australia/Ne Zealand, Europe, Africa, Asia. To me it's not surprising that some of these Chinese manufacturers sell a ton of phones, we all know that by numbers Android outsells iOS and let's not forget that China has a population of 1.34 Billion and India has 1.21 Billion, combined that is 2.55 Billion. All of Africa is about the same as India with 1.2 Billion and if you count Indonesia and the Philippines that adds another 340 Million, more than the US. Combined that is around 4 Billion people which is well above half of the world's population and while China and India as well as the Philippines and Indonesia have a small but growing middle class, the majority of the population is poor and there is simply no way at all that they could afford an iPhone or other high-end smartphone. The same goes for much of Africa and even south america. These people don't have post-paid plans with data, unlimited texting and calling and so on, they have a cheap phone and primarily text. My wife is Filipina and I know how it works there, you can buy a SIM for less than a Dollar and any incoming calls are free, otherwise you can buy a bunch of text messages for very small amounts of money, you can also buy small amounts of data and some prepaid plans you can buy include unlimited use of certain services such as Facebook and so on. The majority of people in these countries also don't have WiFi at home, at best they can go to a mall or other public place and access it there.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 4:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Huawei came really close to selling as many phones as Apple - CNET CNET News - Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 12:12 AM Huawei came really close to selling as many phones as Apple - CNET Huawei's phone sales rose 20 percent year over year in the second quarter. César Salza/CNET The gap in global phone sales between Apple and Huawei is smaller than ever. Apple, the world's No. 2 phone seller by volume, sold 41 million iPhones in the second quarter. Huawei, the No. 3 global phone brand thanks to its popularity in China and Europe, sold 38.5 million phones during the same period, Counterpoint Research said Tuesday. Huawei's numbers are up 20 percent from the same quarter last year, while Apple's year-on-year growth was 2 percent. Of course, the Cupertino, California-based company has little to worry about. Though it sells fewer phones than Samsung and may eventually fall behind Huawei, it has always topped profit share. In 2016, Apple accounted for just under 80 percent of all smartphone profits. "Apple is the most profitable smartphone brand on the planet with highest brand equity, however, it is in a conundrum," Counterpoint's Neil Shah told CNET. Apple is losing ground in China, while brands like Huawei and Oppo are becoming more popular. "Apple has been losing revenues in China since (the 2014) iPhone 6 (and) 6Plus launch, which was the peak for Apple in China," he said. Oppo and Xiaomi, two other Chinese phone giants, also grew considerably. The former sold 30.5 million phones in the second quarter, a 33 percent rise, while the latter's 23.3 million was a 60 percent increase over the prior year. Samsung is still king though, with 80.4 million in phone sales in the quarter. LG, its South Korean competitor, sold 13.3 million phones, 600,000 fewer than in the same quarter last year. Original Article at: https://www.cnet.com/news/huawei-came-really-close-to-selling-as-many-phones -as-apple/#ftag=CAD590a51e -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
