“The more I read about the tech sector, the more it becomes clear that ‘analyst’ is synonymous with ‘stand-up philosopher,’ which Mel Brooks fans will know is the same thing as an artist who works in a decidedly unsavory medium,” Chris Rawson writes for TUAW. “his is never more clear than when an outlet like Nielsen releases numbers on the US smartphone market, because immediately afterward legions of “analysts” will leap to the dumbest conclusion possible: Android is ascendant, and Apple is doomed! Dead in the water! DOOOOOMED!”
“In support of that entirely boneheaded thesis, I’ve noticed a pattern: these ‘analysts’ keep using the same four myopic arguments. All four of these myths dance around a central point, that the smartphone market will only have one “winner,” and it sure won’t be Apple,” Rawson writes. “The worst part of these analysts’ outlandish claims isn’t that the arguments are so easily dismantled, it’s that so many otherwise intelligent people completely fall for them.”
The Four Myths of Android’s Ascendancy
Myth 1: Market share is the most important metric possible
Myth 2: Android is a company, not a platform
Myth 3: The smartphone market will be a repeat of the PC market, where Apple “failed”
Myth 4: For Android to succeed, Apple must fail
Read more in the full article – recommended – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]