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Rusty old saw: Market share still still unimportant

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<p>When the only tool you have is market share, every problem looks like it’s Apple’s.</p><p>Writing for 24/7 Wall Street, Douglas A. McIntyre says “Android Market Share Pummels Apple.” (http://247wallst.com/consumer-electronics/2016/11/03/android-market-share-pummels-apple/)</p><p>Have you ever been pummeled with cash? It’s awesome.</p><p>“Apple iPhone Grabs 104% Of Smartphone Industry Profit In Q3.” (http://www.investors.com/news/technology/click/apple-iphone-grabs-104-of-smartphone-industry-profit-in-q3/)</p><p>Before you yell “104 PERCENT IS NOT POSSIBLE!” try to remember that the Macalope can’t actually hear you and you look pretty weird yelling at your laptop in that Starbucks. But, more importantly, 104 percent actually is possible because every Android maker other than Samsung lost money selling smartphones. Samsung walked away with a whopping 0.9 percent of profits. The Macalope’s gonna go ahead and guess that’s probably not going to improve in the fourth quarter. Because of all the Notes asploding.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3138519/ios/rusty-old-saw-market-share-still-still-unimportant.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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