I’m not the op.
As I posted above: best is subjective, sales is objective.
I haven’t chosen the parameters, it’s the price range Apple sells phones in, a rather simple premise for said parameter.
Once again It’s not my conclusion. It’s the market, it is what it is.
And your quite right android sells much more phones than Apple does but at an asp or average selling price of 150 dollars. Apples asp is between $750 and $800, it’s two very different markets, targeting two very different segments. I’m sure if Apple decided to go budget they would increase overall marketshare, but once more not much reason to, ie profit, as well as the law of diminishing returns.
The number isn’t as irrelevant as you claim, it’s where most of the money in the industry gets made and why android manufacturers keep increasing their prices. Your right about Apple not selling to a large part of the population, but they don’t have to. Apple earns more selling to a small part of the population earning 10% of the global smartphone market, but that 10% represents more revenue than Samsung or Huawei. In fact the iPhone alone made more revenue last quarter for Apple than either Samsung or Huawei, it’s not even close. No need to take my word for it, you can just compare the last quarterly statements for each respective company. It’s public information.
In regards to profit share, it’s ridiculous but Apple makes anywhere between 80% to 90% of all the profits in the smartphone industry, thats the entire industry, with thier meager 10%-20% of the market, depending on the year.
Think about it, 10% marketshare equals 80%-90% of all the profits in the industry. That’s pretty impressive, and far far from irrelevant. It’s quite insane. It’s also rather baffling that you label 80%-90% of the profits for the entire smartphone industry as irrelevant, to the contrary it’s very relevant.
We could go back and forth or you can do some research and find out for yourself, it really makes no difference to me. Cheers