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Benedict Evans:
Addressable markets for high-end phones   —  There are all sorts of ways to estimate the addressable market for a high-end phone like the iPhone.  One way is to look at price sensitivity, the propensity of lower income groups to spend on expensive entertainment products and how that might …
May 6, 2013, 10:20 PMIn context
Benedict Evans:
Galaxy versus Android at the Superbowl   —  On the basis of (the not-entirely-reliable) Google Trends, it looks like the Samsung Galaxy brand is starting to overtake ‘Android’ in consumer awareness.  —  ‘Samsung galaxy’ itself is some way behind Android, but ‘galaxy’ alone has equaled it …
Feb 5, 2013, 12:50 AMIn context
Benedict Evans:
The Apple paradox   —  Lots to mull over in Apple's results - not least rebuilding my model to reflect the changes in reporting, which is always a joy.  —  However, these charts illustrate what I think is the paradox in the Apple story: it is so strong that people wonder how much more growth there can be.
Jan 24, 2013, 3:05 PMIn context
Benedict Evans:
What does Google need from Android?   —  The ‘Android has problems’ narrative is very clearly established (as established, of course, as the ‘Android is selling in vast numbers’ narrative).  There's the fragmentation by OS version, the fragmentation by hardware, the consistently lower engagement …
Jan 21, 2013, 12:10 AMIn context
Benedict Evans:
Fragmentation and segmentation   —  Android fragmentation is an old story, relatively speaking.  Hardware manufacturers take a long time to create implementations of new versions of Android for their handsets, and for many handsets that have already been sold they may not even bother.
Jun 27, 2012, 8:10 AMIn context
Benedict Evans:
Facebook's mobile users   —  A little idle browsing: Facebook has a page for every app authorised to connect to its system, and those pages give active users (examples: iPhone, Blackberry).  So, you can see how many people are using each Facebook app on each mobile platform.
Aug 2, 2011, 5:30 AMIn context

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Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks”  —  Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).