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The answer to everything is ‘The Carriers.’
Every question, every conundrum.
Huawei showing phones at MWC in Barcelona, Spain
If you want to know why we DO have this, or DONT have that?
The answer is the US carriers: AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.
How hasApplemanaged to achieve monopoly power in the US and draw the ire of the Justice Department?
Huawei showing phones at MWC in Barcelona, Spain
The answer is the US carriers.
In the global market, Apples market share is much lower than in the US alone.
Why is there such a huge difference?
Huawei showing phones at MWC in Barcelona, Spain
Is it becauseSamsungis incredibly popular everywhere else in the world?
AreGooglePixel phones and Motorola Razr phones catching on like wildfire?
It also includes Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Huawei, and Realme.
Verizon will give you an Apple Watch for free right now
While Oppos subsidiary brand OnePlus sells phones in the US, none of those latter brands are available here.
Check your notes, you wrote down the answer.
Its because of the US carriers.
Is there a political motive, as all of these brands are Chinese?
That analyst wouldnt go on the record, so I take that possibility with a huge grain of salt.
The other possibility is that it is simply cost-prohibitive for a foreign manufacturer to sell phones here.
If you want to sell phones in a US carrier store, you better work with the carriers.
It means a lot more localization work for each phone.
It is very easy for US carriers to sell the iPhone.
Apple spends a lot of its own money on marketing, alongside whatever the carriers are spending.
There are rewards and incentives for selling more iPhones, especially with AppleCare attached.
Best of all, when you have a problem with your iPhone, you dont need to call Verizon.
you’re able to call Apple.
In fact, Apple would probably prefer you call them directly.
Most companies hate customer service calls because they cost a lot of money and dont result in more sales.
Carriers will refuse to stock phones if those phones are going to cause a lot of customer service calls.
Instead, blame its largest customers, the ones that buy so many iPhones that Apples dominance is inevitable.
Apples top customer isnt you or me.
Its the US carriers.
Apple sells millions of phones directly to US carriers, and they sell them to us.
Most people in the US still buy their phone directly from their mobile carrier.
After T-Mobile swallowed up Sprint, US customers were left with a much less competitive market.
The rest of the world has far more options, and the global market is more competitive.
