Quote Originally Posted by Fragman View Post
Tsk... ok fine, let's go there. The fact that you ask for a thing like that shows that you can't find an argument that sticks. This would be a riddiculously useless comparison. You have Apple on one side with one(!) phone released in 2012 against for example HTC (13 phone models released in 2012) or Samsung (19 phone models released in 2012).

So if there would be only one model among them which managed to get more than let's say 7% market share on it's own they would've done a terrible job. Because every company that doesn't have the benefit of a borderline-religious following (i.e. everyone except Apple) needs to design their products to appeal to all different kinds of user types. Because the decision whether to buy the phone is much more logical, more likely to be "oh, it's small. that's great 'cause it will consume less battery and will fit better in my small hands" rather than "omgosh it's an iPhone!".
I wasn't looking for an argument that sticks?
You came across originally as if you knew what you were talking about, hence my question, but my belief and assumption were found to be correct.

Whatever way you choose to paint it, the sales of the iPhone across the world far out perform those of any other single model from the many manufacture's who have tried to jump on the bandwagon.

The Apple iPhone is successful for many many reasons, and whilst there maybe a 'cult' following (I would not include myself as part of that cult, being an owner of a Nokia & Blackberry along with my iPhone), it has built its sales performance by delivering a high quality product which the other companies have tried on numerous occasions to replicate, it's build quality is excellent, and whilst it costs more than most of the other phones on the market, I think it's a good advert for "you get what you pay for".