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iPhone vs Android 4

Base <P> Apple iPhone Android phones and 4 provide similar functionality. Both are similar in many ways (screen tactile, complex operating system, an impressive number of applications), but their business model is very different. </ P>

At the launch <P> <A iPhone HREF="http://www.ukprize.co.uk/Free-UK-Prize-Draw/43/iPhone.html"> 4 </ A>, Apple has managed to seal an alliance without previous AT & T, the leading telecommunications operator in the United States. The Apple brand has not only gained control of the interface that operators are reluctant to lose, but also managed to recover some revenues of operators (packages and services) through an ordinary pension. In exchange for the return of 10 and 30%, Apple has provided a unique long-term (more than 24 months) and the subscriptions more expensive in Europe, Apple will make more revenue on the reimbursement operator in the sale of four the iPhone! </ P>

The iPhone 4 <P> has kept its promise and was in fact one of the main reasons for failure innovation to the mobile phone "Classic", earn the respect of consumers and analysts, and the success that knows no borders, more 55 million units have been sold worldwide. Therefore difficult to challenge the business model chosen by Apple, which could benefit fully from the innovation that if AT & T was able to face the fact that he had made the right decision. However, other market participants were left without the benefit AT & competitive T. Knock, Knock, such as Google. </ P>

<P> If the business model of Apple attack aggressively to telephone operators, the Google business model is to estimate the grain. Operators earn quick succession, the control interface can change the code (it's open source Android) better, Google will share advertising revenue with the operator if included in the Google search by default. </ P>

<P> States United FBR Capital Markets suggests that Google would be willing to pay the operator $ 25 to $ 50 to sell your mobile phone! Knowing that the operator pays between $ 50-150 for a mobile phone and recognizes the importance of profitability, I do not see how they will be able to reject the offer. </ P>

If the iPhone 4 <P> opened a new market, <A HREF="http://www.ukprize.co.uk/"> Google </ A> is trying to round up the challenge, operators offering money. Google has always had his eyes on the revenue generated from advertising on its search engine. What is particularly thought their ability to addressing new markets, destroying the business models of players, offering free services (sometimes at a loss)? </ P>

<P> In the PC world, Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer and Firefox are a threat to market share of Google search. So why not ahead in the mobile and eliminate potential barriers? </ P>

<P> Android is not in direct competition with the iPhone in April, but rather seek to exploit the mass distribution. Apple users who want the iPhone is really four remaining is probably true to Apple. This is something that the iPhone has captured four against a small part of the smartphone market. </ P>

The Google Android <P> <A HREF="http://www.ukprize.co.uk/"> </ A> Strategy is to provide a cheaper, more diverse (from Apple, you can choose between the iPhone and 44 only). However, Apple seems content to his reign at the top – That captures the most value. No wonder Apple is also increasing its market share in laptops, however, do not seek to dominate the market as Microsoft does for PC. </ P>

<P> One possibility is that the best products dominate the market – and, of course, 4 iPhone (at least for now), especially that beyond the characteristics of mobile value added comes from the quality and quantity of available applications. And there is the king of Apple (For the moment, of course!) </ P>

But evolution <P> PC market is not tilted in favor of this theory. As with Mac and Windows, Android is not necessarily the best product on the market, it is sufficient to overcome mobile standards, and there is no doubt about it. </ P>
To return to the applications, the developers think that the confrontation between the iPhone and Google in April – and if the iPhone remains the development platform of option 4, which happens when Android will be the only open source platform for the other two? All manufacturers want to use and increase the number of users and applications in the long term. </ P>

<P> His strategy, Google is well and truly became the Microsoft of mobile phones (but also valid for the PC). For its part, Apple is positioned … Apple and mobile.
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