Android vs iPhone Competition

Android already has market share, this will just widen the gap.

Now there is none. Android has already won, if not by profit margins then by market share for sure. Let alone the fact that (as others pointed out) Google gets your attention and your searches, so they do not care. Google created Android precisely for the reason not to give any vendor (Apple predominantly) power to lock them out of mobile search markets.

Everyone seems to think that Android will eventually dominate the market because "the products are going to continually improve". Guess what, so is iPhone. Apple have made it clear that this is their primary business. They're in it to win it. This is not Google's primary business--it is a loss leader to support that business. I think it's far from inevitable that Android will win out (pettiness of the Apple vs. Google battle aside).

I think Google would have killed off Android before it could really take off if they went that route. Early Android was very rough compared to iPhoneOS, and one of its biggest selling points was the variety of hardware you could get it on. Early successful devices like the Motorola Droid and HTC Evo 4G were important to solidifying Android as a serious smartphone platform. This strategy allowed Google to focus on improving the software while experienced hardware manufacturers did what they alrea

Android is the new Feature Phone in some ways (as well as high end models too).Google always intended saturation to prop up their Ad model.Interesting to hear stirrings of Apple iterating faster.Apple already pwn the market profit-wise. But do they need to fend of a competitive OS which aims to saturate?Or can they live side by side? And nudge out Windows phone together?

Its interesting because Android was outselling the iphone when the iphone was the most desired platform. It wouldn't be surprising if android took an even greater market share lead in future.

Wouldn't the rise of Android have something to do with this?

It's not a competition. The iPhone offers things Android does not and can not offer. It will always have a market. Meanwhile, Android is appearing on dozens of phones, none of which individually will rival the iPhone. They both have a spot in the market.This isn't the same as the PC market was back then. Apple's in a much more dominant position, it's making more money than any of its competitors, it's got the world's most renowned design team, it's the most trusted brand on the

> Apple already lost to Android.That's not true. Apple's mobile devices are more profitable than any single line of Android devices. Also, sales of the iPad vs any other line of Android tablets, ie. Samsung's are not even close.Your comparison is no different than comparing Windows Server vs Linux servers. Yes, it might have hurt the market for WinServer a little bit (and Apple's iOS devices), but it's not like anyone is making a killing off of all those Linux&#

I don't know about amazingly. It seems entirely predictable: phone makers desperate for something to rival iOS, and Google provide it for free. Why would they turn it down? Android's popularity, in a funny sort of way, is actually indicative of the iPhone's lack of serious competition. What would be amazing is if one of the Android handsets outsold the iPhone.