Why Android is better than iPhone.
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But are they making money at it? It's a pretty steep uphill battle to recoup the loss/lack of profit of the unit on the backend.
Lets assume that a Nexus 7 is sold at absolute cost (including R&D), which is generous. How much apps and media does Google have to sell to make $100 of profit on each unit? Lets remember that not 100% of the sale goes to the App store. Apple for instance keeps 30% on both apps and music (could be wrong, but pretty sure), the rest going to the dev/record label. Pretty sure, Google is around the same. So to make that $100, they need to actually sell $333 of content to the consumer.
As I said, it's a steep climb for them.
Google is a very smart company and I'm sure they know what they're doing, but I'm curious how they intent to do this.
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ItIsWhatItIs
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I haven't read any prior posts but I recently read a story on apple not using google maps on their phones any more. The article compared apple to google. Google's android is free to use and program. The catch to using android is google will stream advertising on the phone's using android. Crunch the numbers, there are 500 million android phones out there. Google is an advertising company. The advertisers pay google to tap into these 500 million phones. who's really winning? Hard to say. Apple sold 5 million phones at $500 plus, do the math. Plus apple makes huge money through their app sales. Two different approaches and both are winning.
Apple CEO extremely sorry about maps failure
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/tech...mely-sorry-about-maps-failure/article4574167/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/tech...mely-sorry-about-maps-failure/article4574167/
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Surely they could start by cleaning up their official Apple website map proclaiming how great their maps are which shows an icon of turning left on i280.....OFF A BRIDGE.
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click here first.....
http://www.apple.com/ca/ios/maps/?cid=wwa-ca-kwg-features-0001
yup tell that to apple.
lets just say that they dont often have design flaws...but this one is..well..
it is what it is, eh!?
You guys aren't really that obtuse are you?
The icon is a simplification. To even make the suggestion that you are would be as stupid as insisting that android arms and head are disconnected from his body because there are white line seperating them. It's just god damn stupid.
Ah, yes... google to the rescue.....
Simplification is an understatement. The entire ios6 map app is a collossal disaster! So much so that Cook indirectly admitting defeat, has to apologize for Apples retarded move, and now direct users on their app store to the superior COMPETITIONs maps.... baaaaaaawhwhhwhwwhaaaaaawhaaaawhaaaaaaa!
Apple maps
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The Jobs era Apple as we knew it is *done*.
disappointing opening sales, scratched cases, problems with the lightning connector, light leaks, wifi connectivity issues, lines of static when typing on keyboard, purple haze cameras, mapgate, riots and other problems at Foxconn.....
oh, and how is that 7" ipad that should have been released in 2010 coming along?
iPhone honeymoon over already?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57522042-92/iphone-5-honeymoon-over-already/
Apple fanboys.
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Foxconn makes more than just apple products, so you can drop that.
I have asked you to link the 7" iPad from the Apple website but you can't do it, so you can drop that as well.
oilycreek
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it doesn't matter if they make others products. It's almost as if you are saying it's ok because they make other products. The fact is, it's Apples problem to correct, then the media can turn their attention to other companies. So no he can't drop it, to say that is stupid and ignorant. Just because the mini isn't on Apples website doesn't mean it isn't in development. You really live in a fantasy world. I guess we'll wait for you to post your official Apple email saying it is so. You are also the one that said NFC is nothing because your wife never heard of it, and jailbreaking doesn't void your warranty. That explains everything we need to know about you. Like i said, you live in a fantasy world.
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^^ Thats all you need to know right now.
With every Nexus 7 tablet, in which they sold millions, they have handed out, for FREE, $25 worth of google play credit to purchase apps in their app store. Imagine that?? ON top of the already incredible $199, you get $25 of free apps!
With their stock currently trading at $750+ and climbing......something tells me they are doing well financially, and have their business plan figured out.
So I guess you don't buy anything that was made by Foxconn.... ok.
He keeps spouting about the iPad mini as fact. I am asking him to show proof. Is that too hard?
You may not have noticed that I didn't say anything regarding the other stuff he said in the post I replied. That would be because he has valid points.
And I do live in a fantasy world, just like every one else.
oilycreek
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they my make stuff I buy, but I don't buy from them. I won't try and justify how they treat their employees by saying, well company x isn't the only company that uses them. You seen to justify to your convenience. he posted links about the mini, but I'm sure you will deny those articles to. Let me type slower for you, just because you, your wife or your friends don't know about something, doesn't mean it isn't or won't be available, even in your fantasy world you should understand that. You're the typical Apple fan boy, you can't take a **** without Apple saying it's ok, where as I would rather do what I want , and use my devices the way i want to without circumventing my warranty. I don't need Apple telling me what i want or what I need, pretty simple concept eh.
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You are a very interesting fellow.
What are you doing about the companies that you support using Foxconn? Simple people like to jump on bandwagons and point to one company while forgetting the rest.
I apologize if I take my facts from the company itself, whichever company we're talking about. There was a lot said about every iPhone in the past and not all of it was true. So I'm sorry if I won't take just some guys word for it that something is being made. All I'm saying to Sunny is that he should supply facts, not rumors.
Why are you so stuck on my wife not knowing something? She actually doesn't know a lot of tech stuff just like the majority of people out there.
I like my Apple products because they like working with each other. If I wasn't invested in the Apple world I would run out and buy a Galaxy Note right now.
I guess I just like to stick to facts, I guess that's why I don't believe in fairy tales.
oilycreek
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I'm not stuck on your wife not knowing, it just seems that, if you out someone doesn't know something, then it can't be true. There's nothing I can do about any company that treat their employees like ****, but I don't try and stop people from mentioning it, just because they are using a company I like to make the point. In a perfect world we could stop the abuse, but this isn't a perfect world.
I've always said, my biggest problem with Apple is the control they keep on their products that people but, they truly believe they know what's best for you, so they give you what they want.
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Ah Sunny, the only people disappointed by opening sales are analysts that didn't realize that Apple is a unique company that reports a sale when it gets into the consumer's hands, not when it's ordered.
The scratches are trivial, if you really did get a scratched iPhone, Apple will exchange it. Problems with lightning? Light leaks (everyone complains about this on every single product out there)? Lines of static, purple haze? Are you really trying to make a point out of these super trivial problems that 99.9999999999% of users have never experienced? Mapgate is the only true issue, but even then is easily sidestepped. Riots at Foxconn? This is a general issue, not Apple specific.
I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the issues that people are having with Nexus 7 screens, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781237. I'm seeing a lot of them for sale with cracked displays. Now that seems like a real issue
I'm a huge fan of Google products, they are an amazing company that has really changed how we use the internet.
Their primary income source is advertising, every other product they have is a way to drive customers to click on their advertisers' links. I really wish I could find specific numbers as to how much Google makes on the Play store and it's Nexus products, unfortunately I couldn't.
I did find this though, Google makes four times as much on iOS as it does on Android; http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2012/03/29/google-makes-ios-android.htm That same link has an interesting number, Google only makes $10 on each Android handset per year.
As for your argument that Apple is outdated by not having a 7" tablet, are you serious? There is zero question that the iPad dominates the tablet market. Anything else is just nibbling at it's feet. Take this stat, the iPad accounts for 98% of tablet based web browsing; http://appleinsider.com/articles/12...-based-web-browsing-with-98-share-report-says I think it's safe to say the tablets that are actually being used and not collecting dust in a drawer are browsing the web. 98% of those are the iPad, still think Apple is missing out?
