Apple Misses IPhone Customers as Global Carriers Balk

Apple Misses IPhone Customers as Global Carriers Balk | Bloomberg

“The narrative has been focused on the consumer demand, and the narrative needs to shift to the operator,” said Dediu, a former in-house analyst for Nokia Oyj. “Apple has run out of the kinds of operators that will say yes to them.”

Recruiting new iPhone carriers may be harder than adding individual users | GigaOM

iPhone sales growth stalls internationally as carriers balk at subsidies | The Loop

Appleのキャリアに対する要求が28億ものユーザーがiPhoneを手に入れられない要因!? | Linkman

米アップル、ｉＰｈｏｎｅ新規顧客の獲得機会逃す （Bloomberg） | Yahoo!ニュース

Pentagon says DoD can start using Knox-enabled Samsung Galaxy S4

Pentagon says DoD can start using Knox-enabled Samsung Galaxy S4 | VentureBeat

Samsung vs. Google

Samsung vs. Google: an Interview with Rafael Barbosa Barifouse of Redacao Epoca | asymco

Why is Samsung the most successful company between the Android devices makers?

In my opinion it’s due to three reasons:

Samsung vs. Google: an Interview with Rafael Barbosa Barifouse of Redacao Epoca | asymco

なぜサムスンはアンドロイドメーカーとして成功しているのか：Horace Dediu | maclalala2

サムスン製品責任者「”Androidの父”はやりにくい人物だった」

サムスン製品責任者「”Androidの父”はやりにくい人物だった」 | ガジェット速報

Samsung’s Kevin Packingham On Andy Rubin | Business Insider

Samsung vs. Google

Samsung vs. Google: an Interview with Rafael Barbosa Barifouse of Redacao Epoca | asymco

背水のシャープ

過去のAppleによるシャープ出資話まとめ [2013.3.20] | 蹴茶

「裏切り者が」 サムスン提携に怒る鴻海　背水のシャープ(1) | 日本経済新聞

「液晶帝国」に列強の租借地、綱渡りの提携戦略　背水のシャープ（２） | 日本経済新聞

焦点：サムスンのシャープ出資、ディスプレー事業出遅れの焦りを反映 （ロイター） | Yahoo!ニュース

iPhone 5 のインセル型液晶パネルはApple自身が設計？ [11.21] | 蹴茶

「インセル」型液晶パネルに秘められたアップルの仕掛け：日経ビジネスオンライン

Everything Else

There’s iPhone. Then there’s everything else. | Apple – iPhone 5

Following Samsung Galaxy S4 launch, Apple debuts ‘Why iPhone’ webpage to tout why people love iPhone, slam Android | 9to5Mac

Apple, Samsung Go at Each Other in Marketing, Business | AllThingsD

Everything Else | Daring Fireball

ゴジラ対メガゴジラ | maclalala2

Google’s penetration of Android

Google’s penetration of Android | Benedict Evans

ほんとのところ純正 Android の割合はどの程度か・・・

Google’s Penetration of Android | Daring Fireball

The Verge Live: Samsung Galaxy S4 event | YouTube

イベントのハイライトは 32:00 ごろから。その直後の Nilay Patel のコメントが辛辣・・・

GALAXY S4発表会のウラ by 山根博士 | ASCII MEDIA WORKS

グーグルはどこまでアンドロイドを支配しているか | maclalala2

Ceding the Crown

Ceding the Crown | Daring Fireball

But that’s how news reporters increasingly are treating the state of the industry. The desire for the “Oh, how the mighty Apple has fallen” narrative is so strong that the narrative is simply being stated as fact, evidence to the contrary be damned. It’s reported as true simply because they want it to be true. They’re declaring “The King is dead; long live the King” not because the king has actually died or abdicated the throne, but because they’re bored with the king and want to write a new coronation story.

‘Ceding the Crown’ | The Loop

Apple’s Schiller blasts Android, Samsung on Galaxy’s eve | Reuters

The marketing chief’s rare attack on a rival, on the eve of the Galaxy S4′s global premier in New York, underscores the extent of the pressure piled upon a company that once stood the undisputed leader of the smartphone arena, but ceded its crown to Samsung in 2012.

An Unforced Error | Daring Fireball

Apple is Losing The War – Of Words | Monday Note

Mat Honan: ‘The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring’

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring | Wired.com

ほかならぬ Mat Honan ・・・

Mat Honan: ‘The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring’ | Daring Fireball

Samsung has run into the same perceptual problem that Apple did several years ago: at a certain point, each generation of your device is an evolution, not revolution — but the critics crave constant revolution.