No matter how dire Motorola's situation may be, it's still been able to cling to one last title keeping it firmly entrenched in the ranks of the world's mobile manufacturing elite: US phone sales. For years, Motorola has ridden the RAZR gravy train to
success on its home turf more than any other, keeping more globally relevant rivals like Nokia and LG at bay. No longer, though -- Samsung has finally dethroned Moto, upping its share of the US market to 22.4 percent from 16.2 percent a year ago. That leaves Motorola in number two with 21.1 percent, a shocking fall from 32.7 percent in 2007. LG's knocking on the door at 20.5 percent, so unless the boys and girls in Chicago can get their
Android-supportin' butts in gear on the double, we could see a drop to number three within a quarter or two.
posted Nov 7th 2008 1:11AM
the sad Moto logo would've been appropriate here.
I think Motorola's been watching the American automobile industry too long...starting to adopt some of the same bad habits and finding itself in a similarly bad spot.
Sad, but true. Here's hoping that this increase in sales might finally get us some of Samsung's high end phones though...
I still love my MOTO Q9h, solid performance at an equally great price.
Then you should have try other brand of smartphones, so you can tell the difference and see how inferior motorola products are.
I like samsung. Their phones are stylish and easy to use. However, their customer support is mediocre. My phone broke, and Samsung wanted me to send it to them to get it repaired, which would have taken about a month (while I was paying for service!). Luckily, I called Sprint and they were able to replace it for me via 2-day air for free (cross-shipped).
Yeah... cuz there's no way you could screw them over if they sent you a brand new phone without you sending in the broken one.
I think you are missing the point.... Samsung takes way too long to repair their phones, and will refuse to send a replacement out until they have "confirmed" that there is a problem, even when it is a widespread samsung issue.
I had a friend who was duped by a support guy into thinking that a bug on her phone was caused by a phone virus spreading through mms (which the phone didn't even support!), and had no phone for over 40 days, plus still had to pay her contract during that time. She got it back and they concluded there was nothing wrong.
Samsung make great, high quality phone's, and this definitely reflects that.
motorola should be happy for being able to keep 21.1% share with those outdated set of phones.
Samsung deserves it.
How could Motorola have been so stupid to rest on their laurels like how Palm did?
What's a Motorola? They are dead in Europe, simply out of fashion because of their tech and designs. Remember, Nokia, is the world's number one cellphone maker. And the US market is an oddity with your phone companies and their practices. Other markets are far larger like Europe, China, Korea, Japan etc.
Indeed - I'm honestly more shocked to learn that they were even still a player in the market, let alone (previously) #1 in the US.
Samsung: below me.
Motorola: below me?
Samsung: exactly.
Samsung: How's the view down there?
Moto: It's a bloody jungle out here and it frickin stinks!
Samsung: "How's the view down there?"
Motorola: "Great! I can see you guys eating dogs while still simmering in bitterness and hate towards the Japanese!"
Thats stupid,
Not all Koreans eat dogs and there are other countries that eat dogs,
Also plus every country are jealous of each other like Korea is jealous of Japan cause they are world leaders in the Automotive Industry and Japan is jealous of Korea cause they are a world leader in the Electronics Industry
last time i checked, japanese ate whales which is far worse since whales are nearly extinct.
dogs? well, they're not known as "man's best friend" in asia as opposed to western countries.
cultural sensitivities wouldve been nice but noticing the origin of your name, i shouldn't get my hopes high.
ALSO
is it so hard to give Samsung a pat on the back for a good effort? their efforts certainly paid off and japanese mobile phone makers should learn something from the korean brand.
*sensitivity
I have seen this coming for a while now.
Goodbye Moto.