from Hacker News

Samsung and Apple have won the smart phone war – and we have lost

by CPAhem on 3/5/21, 1:29 AM with 2 comments

• by kjrose on 3/5/21, 1:46 AM

  No one has lost. In fact the article itself discusses innovations that various companies are coming up with and the fact on a global scale Huawei is competitive.

  This woe is us mentality drives me nuts. There is tons of room for innovation if a business wants to take some chances. All having Apple and Samsung stagnate means that if you do have a good idea and vision, you won't immediately have that much competition.

• by marshmallow_12 on 3/5/21, 3:44 AM

  Samsung hasn't won the droid war in UK. This article seems to be based on the mistaken premise that America is a microcosm of the West.

  I have spent time on the Tube here is my personal observation: roughly 40 percent of commuters have iphones. Androids all look similar, but i don't think more then 20 percent of Tubers have samsungs. This is based on dozens of separate observations. I will assume that Tube goers are representative of the whole uk to a large extent.