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CFI dcast: Mobile is Eating the World — and Apple is Gobbling the Fastest

Benedict Evans

Posted January 30, 2015

 

Apple absolutely crushed its most recent quarter, and unquestionably owns the high-end of the smartphone market, says CFI ’s Benedict Evans. So where does Android fit in the ecosystem going forward? Where is the leverage for Google? Not to mention for Facebook, Amazon, and handset-makers like Samsung?

Get used to this market complexion for the foreseeable future, Evans argues, with Apple owning the high-end; forked Android-powered devices flourishing at the low-end; and a battle to sell Google-approved Android gadgets in the middle. Until, of course, everything changes yet again.