Verizon's Android market share is slipping

4. FAW-Q posted on 17 Aug 2011, 16:35 2 1

Wow! Thumbs down? I thought I was fairly neutral with the previous comment.

10. jroc74 posted on 17 Aug 2011, 17:55 2 1

It was to me. And lets see what happens when the Droid marketing blitz comes on. It might change things a lil.

Although the iPhone 5 is coming soon....

16. taco50 posted on 17 Aug 2011, 20:28 3 0

Well if you call lying neutral then yes you're neutral. The iPhone commercials are from Apple not Verizon

20. Mac10 (unregistered) posted on 17 Aug 2011, 20:48 0 1

It's easy to confuse the commercials as coming from Verizon when the commercials are followed by "Now Available on Verizon."

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21. taco50 posted on 17 Aug 2011, 20:57 1 0

Yes but he's insinuating that VZW has somehow been biased towards the iPhone which isn't true.

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22. Sniggly posted on 17 Aug 2011, 21:21 0 0

*calculating the most airtight statement with the least amount of time wasted*

*calculation complete*

When you walk into a Verizon store, from the outside 3 or 4 of the maybe 5 posters you can see are for iProducts. Inside, iProducts make up the majority and biggest posters.

Verizon is not the only place that does this; it's Apple's rule that it gives to its business partners: if you want to sell our products, they come in first, second, third and fourth place in terms of visibility. The header of Verizon's website says "iPhone, smartphone,..." in product categories, iPhone and iPad get their own spot apart from other smartphones and tablets. They are also listed first in the general lists of phones and tablets.

These are all things you can easily observe for yourself. Try me.

Oh, and it's wrong of that other guy to be impersonating you. I just wanted to go on the record as having said that.

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23. taco50 posted on 17 Aug 2011, 21:36 1 0

Again not Verizon being biased and this has nothing to do with the post I responded to. If Apple has the leverage to do this why wouldn't they? Every company wants to put their products in the best position possible to sell.

Verizon however is not putting android phones in some unfair position to sell. Right now there's a bogo on droid 3 and droid x 2.


I haven't seen anyone impersonating me and could really care less.

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26. Sniggly posted on 17 Aug 2011, 21:49 1 1

You're right; if Apple can get away with strong arming people into its marketing strategy, then other companies should too.

You have to admit, Verizon has not been lackadaisical about promoting the iPhone. They're still fairly strong in their android marketing, but they're pushing the iPhone more.

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32. taco50 posted on 17 Aug 2011, 23:00 1 0

Of course Verizon has marketed the iPhone. But it's not like there's some Apple bias within VZW. True that the iPhone is front and center on their webpage and in stores. Apple has that kind of leverage because of the brand they have built. They're not forcing anyone to do business with them. VZW agreed as do carriers all around the world because they know Apple sells which makes them money as well.

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29. The_Miz posted on 17 Aug 2011, 22:57 1 4

Android fans are bitter at anything with Apple in the discussion. Course, Verizon is shifting to a phone that's far superior to Android in every way. Why waste advertising money on a half baked OS?

40. Cinnamon posted on 18 Aug 2011, 05:19 0 0

Why don't you bend down and let steve jobs insert his weiner.

Do you still love him?

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43. The_Miz posted on 18 Aug 2011, 09:54 0 0

Do you enjoy talking about phallic things?

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44. dandirk posted on 18 Aug 2011, 19:31 0 0

Again please see the blind photo comparison.

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3. Joshing4fun posted on 17 Aug 2011, 16:25 5 0

Yeah there really hasn't been a new android phone on Verizon recently that was anything that amazing. Not since the Thunderbolt came out which turned out to be a let down.

6. snowgator posted on 17 Aug 2011, 16:51 0 0

That is very true. Although the Bionic has potential and a GS2 will help.

8. fairly_mismatched (unregistered) posted on 17 Aug 2011, 17:00 0 0

Not really about an Apple win at all, more like an Android win on other carriers. It's not Android's market share on Verizon, it's Verizon's Android market share against others.

30. The_Miz posted on 17 Aug 2011, 22:58 0 0

Lol, Apple has been winning since day one.