[REMED1AL]

It's articles like this that make me half heartly want Apple to open it's iOS to the masses and laugh as market share talks just tank b/c no one will want to brag about .000001 market share.

Samsung would rave about how their Si6 is the next best thing!

Then I remember that would hurt Apple too much since they are a hardware company more than a software company and that's why they keep control over their iOS.

[politicalslug]

I don't believe for a second these numbers are because of Samsung and Asus. Those companies still charge a relative premium for their products. These numbers are because of dirt cheap no-name tablets pumped out of China. Most people can't afford an iPad but they can sure afford a $129 piece of plastic crap. Yet Apple is making the lion's share of the profit despite slumping sales and that is their focus. Eroding their margins to boost their numbers is how the PC manufactures destroyed their business model. Only IBM seemed to make it out of that fiasco (mostly) unscathed. I'd say Apple is playing this right by keeping to the premium market.

[jOnGarrett]

It's articles like this that make me half heartly want Apple to open it's iOS to the masses and laugh as market share talks just tank b/c no one will want to brag about .000001 market share.

Samsung would rave about how their Si6 is the next best thing!

Then I remember that would hurt Apple too much since they are a hardware company more than a software company and that's why they keep control over their iOS.

apple should open up iOS to the masses, not to the competition but to its customers. but apple could open up some of its services to the competition. MS offers its goods to iOS & Android and Google offers its goods to MS & iOS but iOS feels its services are too good for other platforms.

if ever apple opened up iOS to other manufacturers that would spell certain doom for apple and the know it.

imagine, iOS 7 on a Galaxy Note or HTC One.

[Cokeman]

apple should open up iOS to the masses, not to the competition but to its customers. but apple could open up some of its services to the competition. MS offers its goods to iOS & Android and Google offers its goods to MS & iOS but iOS feels its services are too good for other platforms.

if ever apple opened up iOS to other manufacturers that would spell certain doom for apple and the know it.

imagine, iOS 7 on a Galaxy Note or HTC One.

iOS on any non-apple device would be scary. What services are you referring to them sharing with other platforms?

[jOnGarrett]

I don't believe for a second these numbers are because of Samsung and Asus. Those companies still charge a relative premium for their products. These numbers are because of dirt cheap no-name tablets pumped out of China. Most people can't afford an iPad but they can sure afford a $129 piece of plastic crap. Yet Apple is making the lion's share of the profit despite slumping sales and that is their focus. Eroding their margins to boost their numbers is how the PC manufactures destroyed their business model. Only IBM seemed to make it out of that fiasco (mostly) unscathed. I'd say Apple is playing this right by keeping to the premium market.

you are sooo in denial., these numbers are precisely because of Samsung and Asus. Apple iPad market share at all time low

you witnessed Android phones destroy iOS (and no, not with cheap Chinese phones) so expect to see the same thing with tablets.

[bmwraw8482]

imagine, iOS 7 on a Galaxy Note or HTC One.

Skip iOS on other devices but make iMessage available and that would be great

[politicalslug]

you are sooo in denial., these numbers are precisely because of Samsung and Asus. Apple iPad market share at all time low

you witnessed Android phones destroy iOS (and no, not with cheap Chinese phones) so expect to see the same thing with tablets.

Strategy Analytics finds millions of Android tablets, rewrites iPad history

I really don't think so. As I said before, cheap Chinese no name tablets (otherwise known as whitebox) are what's inflating those numbers. Same thing goes with Android phone sales (though Samsung sells many dirt-cheap phones). When people have no money for a new iPhone, clearly the sound of buy one get one free for $49/$99 on contract for Android sounds pretty sweet. That's one way to compete, just not the most profitable.