Meanwhile Android overall lost some market share in 2014:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...arket-share-leveling-off-in-some-countries/2/
Basically Android went down 3.8% in the US and iOS increased the same amount. Plus for the first time in a long time Apple outsold Samsung in smartphone volume in a quarter:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...-after-strong-market-share-gains-worldwide/2/
I would think this is Samsung stumbling as much as it is the iPhone 6 being well received (which it has been - the sales numbers are insane). The Galaxy S5 did not perform as expected plus makers like Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo cleaned Samsung's clock in the budget smartphone segment last year. Plus there has been a block of Android users who went from iOS to Android for larger screen sizes - these probably are now going back as many of them still preferred iOS but hated the small screens.
This is why I think LG has an opportunity here and so does HTC - Samsung is losing the low end segment to the three I listed and Apple is getting an upper hand overall in the "high end" segment. LG and HTC can with marketing and premium build quality and presentation push Samsung in the high end Android space too.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...arket-share-leveling-off-in-some-countries/2/
Basically Android went down 3.8% in the US and iOS increased the same amount. Plus for the first time in a long time Apple outsold Samsung in smartphone volume in a quarter:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjo...-after-strong-market-share-gains-worldwide/2/
I would think this is Samsung stumbling as much as it is the iPhone 6 being well received (which it has been - the sales numbers are insane). The Galaxy S5 did not perform as expected plus makers like Huawei, Xiaomi and Lenovo cleaned Samsung's clock in the budget smartphone segment last year. Plus there has been a block of Android users who went from iOS to Android for larger screen sizes - these probably are now going back as many of them still preferred iOS but hated the small screens.
This is why I think LG has an opportunity here and so does HTC - Samsung is losing the low end segment to the three I listed and Apple is getting an upper hand overall in the "high end" segment. LG and HTC can with marketing and premium build quality and presentation push Samsung in the high end Android space too.