Oh yes! The said Android takes up 75% of shares in the mobile world, but how come Apple still makes more money from iPhone than these android companies?

There are many reasons to that which includes the 'one vs hundreds' thing but I just want to talk about one reason today, hopefully someone would learn something.



The reason is "TARGET CONSUMERS"

Leave phones, let's face business! I personally does not know much about business because I'm a science guy but my mom does, she finished as an accountant, and I do learn from her. One thing she told me is when starting up a business, you must have a target consumer! You can't sell to everybody.

You see, Apple has this, Apple target is "the rich and willing to spend" whereas Android manufacturers target "Everybody". So this is why Apple would take their time and build a device the rich would want to see, feel and use! This is why the Iphone from day 1 has always looked and felt premium, and obviously more expensive than most phones.

We all may argue that ios or the iPhone does not do so many things, but this is because it was not built for so many people, Apple instead of adding features upon features, concentrated on performance, less issues and customer support. In other words they build a device looking at what a rich man would want in phone. Note, a smaller target! This has made it far easier for them to have less issues, increased performance and best customer support, cos they don't have to built something for a wide range! Doing this makes you add more features and options, thereby reducing performance, support and increasing issue.

Take for example! Have you seen a man with just one child? Compare him with a man with seven children! With all things being equal, that one child would be brought up well to the parents taste or the way the parents wants a particular person or group of people, let's say their family members, to see that child than the seven children. That once child would "perform" better, "gain more support" and "give the parents or the family members less headache" than the seven, And the family with one child end up being richer than the one with 7. All things being equal again.

Think of it! A rich man won't care about battery life when he can always have power supply or far higher resolution screen when he does not watch movies on his phone, after all, a rich man should have a laptop, a TV with cable, and stroll down to the cinemas to see any movie he wants! And so on. Therefore, the first choice of phone for majority of rich men, is the iphone!

Android manufacturers on the other hand wants to make a phone for every and every human being in the world! Thereby adding a lot of features and options! And releasing numerous devices (like giving birth to 10 children). Making devices for the poor, and for the rich too! They can't give the rich as much performance and support, and they can give the poor an affordable device that truly speaks value for money and still does well, create a name, and own a specific market, NO! So each android manufacturer plays a game of risk each time they put out a phone! Will they buy? Will they not buy? Because of lack of focus or target, they don't have specific fans or consumers and always try to create a better phone each year to win the heart of a buyer! Therefore there is no grantee you can make all the money! Cos there would always be a set of people that prefers the other phone than yours!

On the other hand apple has created fans for themselves. Most people call the "iSheep"

This is why fans queue up to buy the new iphone, no one queues for android devices cos there are no fans! Even you reading this now claiming you are a fan, by the time another android manufacturer drops a better device, you will be the first to switch!

If apple fans and target consumers(the rich) takes up 30%, apple makes 30% of the total money in the industry, meanwhile hundreds of Android manufactures shares the remaining 60%, dragging for each single body with different tactics, different phones, no target, no fans.

If one android company can settle, set a target of let say probably the poor! Which is about 40%, meet it and create loyal ship, it might make more money than apple.

This is the same reason The google nexus sells more than other android phones in countries that its available in. And why "android one" project is doing so well, its because they have target consumers. One android manufacturer that came out with a target is "One Plus" and in just 2 years and only 3 phones in the market it is already one of the world most popular brand and made more sales than most android companies than has been existing for years, even still that their phones are sold via invitation only. Imagine if it was open to the market! That's how it works!

If you are thinking of starting a business, especially if it making of Phones, or just wondering why apple makes more on iphone than android companies do in android phones, I hope you have learnt something and I did not just make noise.

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Android beats IOS. Apple sales more in only US & Canada; and that is because Americans love their own, they love Brands. U can't tell me Europeans use more iPhone than HTC and Samsung. And over here, our African brothers "wanna be" culture won't give them a choice. All engineers will prefer Samsung Note to any iPhone. Take for instance in the Nigerian context, Tecno and other Android devices will out sell iPhone. You see, this theories operates only in vacuum. Besides, if my pickin go study accounting, I go flog hell comot from him body.

Obviously it's because there is only 1 iPhone and many androids

Oga.


Apple controls one phone brand and one os, that's why they always come on top at the end of the year.

Combine wetin, Samsung, Motorola, Sony, Xiaomi and Few other companies dey get make we see whether Apple go show face.

Talking about quality and security, have you heard of Blackphone 2?

lordizak:
Android beast IOS, Apple sales more in only US & Canada; and that is becos Americans love their own, they love Brands. U can't tell me Europeans us more iPhone than HTC and Samsung. And over here our African brothers "wanna be" culture won't give them a choice. All engineers will prefer Samsung Note to any iPhone. Take for instance in the Nigerian context, Tecno and other Android devices will out sell iPhone. You see, this theories operates only in vacuum. Besides, if my pickin go study accounting, I go flog hell comot from him body.

To first prove to you that you don't know what you're saying, Google it self is an american company.

Secondly, there is no where in the world that a single brand out sold apple.

zzzzy:
Obviously it's because there is only 1 iPhone and many androids

Yes, but the reason for the 1 iPhone in the first place is 1 target!

Tallesty1:
Oga.


Apple controls one phone brand and one os, that's why they always come on top at the end of the year.

Combine wetin, Samsung, Motorola, Sony, Xiaomi and Few other companies dey get make we see whether Apple go show face.

Talking about quality and security, have you heard of Blackphone 2?

Dude, what is combine here? I'm talking about 1 vs 1! Apple controls 'one' phone and 'one' os cos they aim at 'one' consumer!

If an android company could do they same, they might not sell as much as apple but defiantly more than most android competitors.

So many mistakes and misconceptions here. Don't know where to start from.

lordizak:
Android beast IOS, Apple sales more in only US & Canada; and that is becos Americans love their own, they love Brands. U can't tell me Europeans us more iPhone than HTC and Samsung. And over here our African brothers "wanna be" culture won't give them a choice. All engineers will prefer Samsung Note to any iPhone. Take for instance in the Nigerian context, Tecno and other Android devices will out sell iPhone. You see, this theories operates only in vacuum. Besides, if my pickin go study accounting, I go flog hell comot from him body.

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lordizak:
Android beast IOS, Apple sales more in only US & Canada; and that is becos Americans love their own, they love Brands. U can't tell me Europeans us more iPhone than HTC and Samsung. And over here our African brothers "wanna be" culture won't give them a choice. All engineers will prefer Samsung Note to any iPhone. Take for instance in the Nigerian context, Tecno and other Android devices will out sell iPhone. You see, this theories operates only in vacuum. Besides, if my pickin go study accounting, I go flog hell comot from him body.

Read the article again. Apple's target market is the rich, so they don't give a f**k about Nigeria because our poverty rate is too high. So yes why won't tecno sell more here? But apple still makes more money in one year than tecno can make in 10 years.

I love this write up. Any business person will see a lesson or two from it. I'm a keen lover of Steve jobs and his products. I've read books, articles and watched films about him. The truth is he never made iPhone for everybody. It has a targeted market. Even the defunct NEXT computer he created wasn't for every one but for students. Target market. Same is true to the iMacs, iPods and iPad.
You're super right.

greenhulk:


Read the article again. Apple's target market is the rich, so they don't give a f**k about Nigeria because our poverty rate is too high. So yes why won't tecno sell more here? But apple still makes more money in one year than tecno can make in 10 years.

If the war is between Android and IOS, u just are wrong, but you see, luv, if u put all Android devices as one, Apple is a learner. which Samsung Note u wan compare with iPhone? Abeg 4get it.

Nice write up. Just to buttress ur points, Apple. Makes more money from mobile phone sales because their OS is closed. This is a good business move if u ask me, monotony is one of the things a businessman pays for. By keeping their OS closed they have succeeded in

1. Preventing other oems from diluting the performance of the iPhone. If apple ha made the OS open, some oems will come in, make cheaper iphones with lower specs just to entice customers. This is the same case with android. For example if an iPhone user wants to try his experience with android and unfortunately the android phone he got is the low end one, he's going to have a bad impression about android. Meanwhile if a mid range android user tries an iPhone he will be amazed. IPhone is premium, there's no 2 way about it.

2. If u love ios, then u have to buy the iPhone, u don't have any other choice. So more money for Apple. Of course we give credit to apple for making ios so smooth and very easy to use. Ios is so optimized that a 1gb iPhone runs smoother than lots of 3gb ram androids.An 8mp iPhone shoots better photos than lots of 13mp android phoneS. If apple had decided to sell ios to other oems, then ios will have less value as some oems will fail to optimize or use substantial materials just to cut cost and sell their phones for cheap.

soo much story for "one" reason

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The issue here's that mobile device market (android)has been saturated already, had it been there was only one Android company and one Ios company wht happened when cowbell introduced 10 naira cowbell would have recur.

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Greatest resort:

Choice, is the biggest factor.

#TeamIphone

lordizak:

If the war is between Android and IOS, u just are wrong, but you see, luv, if u put all Android devices as one, Apple is a learner. which Samsung Note u wan compare with iPhone? Abeg 4get it.

We are saying the same thing. I myself use a Samsung phone. The thread says why apple sells more iphones than any other single phone. Get it? People line up to buy iPhones becasue they know it is the ONLY iPhone available for that calendar year. Nobody will line up to buy a Samsung Galaxy s7 because they know after a few months Samsung will release the galaxy note 6, then galaxy s7 edge plus, then galaxy s7 active. People will not line up to buy a Samsung phone because they want to wait and see what htc has to offer, they won't line up because they headed oneplus is coming with a banger, they want to wait and see what Sony wil do with the xperia, or what nexus phone Google will release.

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we have hear

where is BB is all of this

You people have started this year abi?

'Take for example! Have you seen a man with just one child? Compare him with a man with seven children! With all things being equal, that one child would be brought up well to the parents taste or the way the parents wants a particular person or group of people, let's say their family members, to see that child than the seven children. That once child would "perform" better, "gain more support" and "give the parents or the family members less headache" than the seven, And the family with one child end up being richer than the one with 7. All things being equal again'......It seems you have not seen an only child that turned out to be a cross to the parents!

Team Ipad ... Iphone ... Macbook

I use an iPhone and I'm planning to dump it for Samsung Galaxy. Apple is too controlling; no external memory storage, no external backup unless iTunes or iCloud, in which case you have to pay monthly for your iCloud space.

You can't buy music externally any music you want has to be from music store. All these are annoying. Granted the phone looks good but after a new phone comes out and you update software your phone slows down till it grinds to a halt, which makes necessary to buy the new phone. It's just too much.

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Ok the point I am trying to make here is the need for choice and flexibility even while enjoying the iPhone, which is not so. Some people are feeling the need to tag me what they like. iPhone does not necessarily certify the wealth status of anybody. So some guys here need to take a chill pill.

terribly written article, too many assumptions