“Analyst Maynard Um with UBS issued a new note to investors Wednesday morning, in which he noted a recent Q-Series survey that found Apple leads the smartphone industry in both mindshare and retention rate,” Marsal reports. “Among respondents, 56 percent said they believe Apple is the best smartphone manufacturer, and the implied retention rate among a sample of 310 users is 95 percent — well beyond, Um noted, anything else seen ever in the industry.”
“‘While we believe that this retention can change rapidly, anecdotally during our survey we even received emails from three respondents asking when the next iPhone will be available,’ the analyst wrote,” Marsal reports. “A whopping 90 percent of iPhone owners think that Apple is the best handset maker on the market.”
Marsal reports, “The report also issued the first estimate from UBS on iPad sales. Um expects Apple to ship 2.1 million in its 2010 fiscal year, growing to 4.6 million in 2011.”
MacDailyNews Take: We hereby claim official coinage of “Once you go iPhone, you’ll never disown.” Inspired, of course, by the famous “Once you go Mac, you’ll never go back.” And, Maynard Um’s iPad estimates for both Apple’s 2010 and 2011 fiscal years are laughably low.
@Tony and Bob
One in the same guys? Troll on boys, troll on.
An unknown (Tony) comes to MDN and diisses the iPhone with obvious BS about returns and his love for his Android replacement and he doesn’t even mention which Android using phone he bought? WTF?
He’s a paid shill who praises all Android phones not just a particular manufacturer. The bastard probably computes on a Linux box he built himself. Don’t you just hate free/open source geeks.
95% retention rate… competition is now dead
@Tony
Yes my son, a big iPhone fan, was gifted a Droid. He had to take it back after 4 days because half the keys stuck. His new one is cool. We were taking snapshots of my grandson, me with my iPhone and he with this Droid. Pretty funny. Half the time the Droid would not take a picture when he pushed to dot. When it did work there was a three second delay. Usually he pushed again before it took. All he could do was shake his head. He still has his iPhone, but tries to make his boss happy by using the Drudge, uh I mean Droid.
I would say app store investments are negligable when compared to the device usability itself
Apple: The first to make the mouse a device to introduce the rest of the world to computers, and the first to eliminate the mouse to introduce the rest of the world to computers.
Dont feed the trolls!
@Bob, sell me your first gen iphone for 99 bucks and go get yourself a new one.
I’ll then resell your old one on ebay for a whole lot more.
Every time apple comes out with a new phone, I’m able to sell the old one for more than I paid for the previous, so far my iphones have cost me $55 net to purchase. By the time the next one is here, I’ll be making money off of owning an iphone.
I know, I know… but what about the monthly cell phone bill? Well… I’d have that anyway, but this way I just make money selling my iphone overseas after a year or two of use.
@Tony
Check for a loose nut on the touchpad.
No I am not anti Apple. I am typing this on my 21″ iMac Core i7, which I love. Traded in a dual G5 2.7Ghz and not looking back. I also use a MacBook Pro 17″ doing video editing and music with FCP and LogicPro.
I have tried resetting the iPhone and still have a very slow device. I doubt that I have too many apps or too much music (there is about 4 of 8 G empty). It used to be pretty snappy and now it just pokes along. Unless one of the apps has found a way to run in the background, which I doubt. It was worse when I allowed push updating of the mail, but I don’t allow that. This phone is now disappointing.
When I buy the 4G iPhone in June I will pass my 3Gs to my girl friend, which I had given her my 3G and use that 3G as our GPS device… and our iPad as our mapping tool on holidays [amongst all the other features of course].
@bob
Take it to the local Apple Store for evaluation. I still have first gen iPhone and it is not as fast as my wife’s 3GS, but it is still “snappy” and it is fine with me.
Typing on my iMac Core i5
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Such a patient man to wait for your calendar to open for 3 minutes. Funny how I haven’t seen anything like this in my own experience or any of the Apple discussion boards. That phone would be history, yet you’re willing to martyr yourself for the cause. How noble.
More likely, you’re a troll. And you’re really bad at it. Lemme give you some pointers so you don’t embarrass yourself quite so spectacularly:
1. Choose a current issue from the Apple Discussion Boards. Give yourself some semblance of believability.
2. Avoid hyperbole. 3 minutes? Cmon, dude.
3. Don’t forget to make a comment about “Apple lock-in” or the “walled garden”. That pisses off us Appletards plenty.
Happy trolling!
I don’t like the “…disown” thing at all, MDN. Try again.
once again… stfu… you always attempt to hijack every thread with your political crap
Molly Wood and Leo Laporte would disagree with this. Both have traded in their iPhones for Android (Moto Droid and Nexus One respectively)
I want the iPad to succeed, but I’ve queried my friends and No One plans to buy one. And these are people like me who have a Macbook and iPhone. They just don’t see the need for another device that duplicates functionality. Um’s estimates are solid. Maybe even high. The 300k sold was the techies who just had to have one.
There is no phone on the market, that combines, music, contacts, email, and calanders. Nothing comes close.
@bob
I thought we talked about the believability thing.
Apple doesn’t make a 21″ i7 iMac.