Just to put some of Craig's incessant propaganda in perspective. In any case,
these are all projections that don't amount to a hill of beans. Again, just
countering propaganda with less cultist propaganda.
Bert
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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2865918/microsofts-device-share-growth-to-outpace-apples-through-2016.html
Microsoft's device share growth to outpace Apple's through 2016
Gartner's forecast downgrades Apple's OS expected share to 11.3% this year,
11.6% in '16
By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld | Jan 6, 2015 1:19 PM PT
Microsoft's share of shipped devices will climb slightly this year and pick up
some steam in 2016, but Apple's share will grow at a more sluggish pace because
of slow-downs in iPhone and iPad, Gartner forecast Monday.
For 2015, Windows' share of the operating systems on all devices --
smartphones, tablets, PCs, ultra-lights and hybrids -- will climb to 14.4%, up
from 14% last year, Gartner said in new estimates. It claimed that shipments
would increase by less than 7%, to 355 million.
As it did several times last year, Gartner downgraded Windows' numbers for 2015
Monday: Its October 2014 forecast pegged Windows at 14.6% by the end of this
year.
Gartner projected Windows' share in 2016 would climb to 15.3% on the back of
396.3 million devices shipped, a year-over-year increase of almost 11%, the
largest boost since 2013, when PC sales began a prolonged contraction.
Microsoft wasn't the only OS maker whose forecast worsened in Gartner's latest
estimate. Apple will also grow its share at a slower tempo than anticipated by
several predictions of 2014.
Apple finished 2014 with an operating system share of 11% by virtue of about
262.6 million devices shipped, said Gartner, and should see its slice of the OS
pie grow to 11.3% in 2015. That's less than the 11.6% pegged in the October
forecast.
The Cupertino, Calif. company's share will reach that 11.6% -- but now not
until the end of 2016, Gartner said today.
Those numbers were significantly under the aggressive estimate Gartner touted a
year ago; in January 2014, it predicted Apple's share would reach 13.9% in 2014
and a whopping 15.9% in 2016, hot on the heels of Windows.
They also represented year-over-year increases in devices shipped of 6% for
this year and 7% for the next, the numbers in marked contrast to the
double-digit growth Apple experienced in 2013 and 2014.
What happened to make Gartner change its prognostication tune?
Its analysts cited Apple's two largest-volume lines, the iPad and iPhone, for
their change of heart, pointing -- like many other analysts have in 2014 -- to
a longer-than-anticipated refresh cycle for Apple's tablet and the belief that
Apple will find it tougher showing iPhone growth in the future as it runs low
of new markets and has a difficult time topping the iPhone 6 line.
"The challenge for the next iPhone to find significant growth becomes greater
[in 2015 and 2016]," Ranjit Atwal, a Gartner analyst, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Gartner's forecast for Android got more bullish than ever on Monday.
By the end of 2015, Android will have captured 58.9% of the device share -- up
from an October 2014 forecast of 57.4% and a January 2014 bet of just 47.8% --
and will grow even larger in 2016, accounting for 62.9% of all smartphones and
tablets in two years.
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