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Are androids even profitable in the US (pricefield.org)
submitted 1 year ago by skymtf@pricefield.org to c/android@lemmy.world
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I've been questioning if android is even profitable enough for manufacturers to justify it in the US, like apple has the largest market share in the US and I see that everyday. Nearly every phone I see is an iPhone. The android phones I do see are rarely flagships.

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[–] ThreeHalflings@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Android has 41% market share in the US. It sounds like you've got some pretty heavy sampling bias going on.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. not to be rude, just an observation, but that's your bubble
  2. a product doesn't need to be a flagship to be profitable and being a flagship is not a sign of profitability.
  3. that's... not even a choice for manufacturers? Would you expect them to start producing and selling iphones instead, or leave a multi-billion dollar vacuum in the market?
[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What software would non-apple manufacturers use other than android?

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Tizen 🤡

[–] SaveComengs@lemmy.federa.net 3 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu Phone 🗿

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sure other manufacturer's would build iPhones if they could.

But they can't so they have to compete against other manufacturer's in the Android marketplace.

So...Are Android phones cheap because they're unprofitable, or are they cheap because direct competition actually incentivizes those companies to control costs?

Maybe the question you should be asking is: "Are iPhones really worth the ballooning price?"