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Phone of the decade!!!!

As we draw near to the end of the 'noughties' i thought it would be interesting to see what everyone thought was the phone of the decade.
This decade has truely been amazing in the tech its brought us, could we have imagined 10 years agao the devices we could get hold of today???
This thread isn't just about the best spec phone but (that would obviously be won be the most recent devices) but should also be about inovation, cult status, tech breakthroughs etc.
I own a HTC hd2 which is simply an amazing phone!!! 1ghz under the hood, 4.2" capacitive screen, HTC sense etc. Saying that though i think the phone i loved the most was my tytn11. When i first got that phone it was like a car with its handbreak on! eventually the mechanics here on XDA lifted the hand break to create arguably one of the best devices of the decade?
Also as this decade cames to an end a massive thank you to all the devs here at XDA, we, HTC, and Microsoft wouldn't know what to do with out you!!! Heres to the Next 10 years, what will we have in our pockets then????????
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=599210
see post number 2

orb3000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=599210
see post number 2
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Like your thread mate, very well presented but its not the phone of the decade. seems like you jumped the gun in 2008???
Kovski - Sony Ericsson Xperia = HTC???
You are doing lots of polls but i want to know what people think? Its not a straight forward as one better than the other, its about (as i said in my first post) inovation, cult status, tech breakthroughs etc not just about people having the newest device so 'voting for that!'
I'm encouraging people to discuss their thoughts on this so this thread is b=very different to yours.
Oh and putting Please just vote do not post, even if your device is not on the list isn't the way to construct an accurate poll!!

Thanks for your constructive opinions, I got your point and you got mine
On that case I would say that the phone of the decade is HTC Universal
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Good thread!
P.d: quote:seems like you jumped the gun in 2008???quote.
Devices presented on that poll from 2008 are older (some from 2003)

Agreed, that is a cracking phone!
Thanks for the reply mate, like i said your threads are great really good work
DB

Y'know, technically there's still another year of the current decade left.

Mine is....
My phone of choice is the palm treo 700w. It was the first phone to get me hooked on wm. Since then i have had the tp, and now i have the tp2 and hoping to get one of my hands on that beautiful hd2. Happy almost Christmas.

HTC's Magician
phone of the decade= HTC's Magician
why= First phone that blew my mind, so small and powerfull (backthen ) 400 mhz, faster than my ipaq!!! I still have the orange m500 version as paper weight I believe the Magician is the true first mainstream smartphone.

For me it is the Apple Iphone due to it pushed mobility to the next decade.

Nokia N95.
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Seriously, 5MP camera, GPS, music, browser, email - it had it all before any other phone did. Some are still trying to catch up. It's a clear winner!

FloatingFatMan said:
Y'know, technically there's still another year of the current decade left.
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Hmmmm, end of the 'noughties' then.
Dogtag said:
phone of the decade= HTC's Magician
why= First phone that blew my mind, so small and powerfull (backthen ) 400 mhz, faster than my ipaq!!! I still have the orange m500 version as paper weight I believe the Magician is the true first mainstream smartphone.
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This was a great phone!
die_Leuchte said:
For me it is the Apple Iphone due to it pushed mobility to the next decade.
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Although i do hate it its impact on the mobile phone market is undoubted, coukld well go down as the most influential phone of the decade. However there were some serious smart phones out way before the iphone,
Ruudfood said:
Nokia N95.
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Seriously, 5MP camera, GPS, music, browser, email - it had it all before any other phone did. Some are still trying to catch up. It's a clear winner!
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This device was/is packed full of features but lacked......... class? again when this first came out it had a big impact. Issues let it down a bit i think like the fact that the gps was locked to Nokias own navigation software, not much software for it, and the build quality (to me) was terrible?

I have the HD2 but have to agree on the Nokia N95.
The camera is better than any other phone out there still, HD2 comes close though.
It's a bloody tough phone! My brother has dropped his millions of times, cracking the screen and everything and the thing still worked.

Lawsuit: Apple VS Galaxy S II

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/apple-files-another-german-lawsuit-against-samsung-targets-gala/
Apple has filed another lawsuit in Germany against Samsung targeting the GSII and 9 other smart phones for patent infringement. So the saga continues.
Someone answer me this, when did apple come through with a design patent called minimalist.
I'm getting tired of Apple trying to seriously monopolize the mobile market. Especially since the FTC just turns their heads every time Apple does anything. It's a bit beyond ridiculous now.
UPDATE:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/16/...inos-latest-complaint-alleges-17-device/#saga
That's the full saga of apple vs samsung. With new lawsuits claiming that at least 17 devices are infringing upon such patents as slide to unlock, among others.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/16/apple-granted-injunction-in-germany-patent-suit-motorola-phones/
Now Apple is beginning to target Motorola as well for infringement against intellectual property, this also concerning the slide to unlock patents and others of the like.
Not to mention the lawsuit filed against the BANKRUPT Kodak.
The saga of Apple V. The World needs to end. This is becoming far too disruptive for anyone to complete goals in sales and output of devices and ideas for consumers.
It seems they've lost all interest in the customers and just want to own everything now.
Apple, everyday I hate you more and more. You're making me hate my job in this Apple Specialist Store.

To be honest, I think Samsung saw that one coming. That is why they want to the capacative buttons on the American versions.

They not gonna win. A GS2 is easily recognizable from an iphone, especially with its huge screen.

It's the bigger screen and if you look at the rounded corners it's like the GSII is a football player next to a ballerina. Very broad shoulders on that thing.

The bigger screen isn't going to be enough to save them. Either way...it won't matter. IF apple wins the lawsuit and gets shipments of the GSII halted, by that time the GSIII will be out!

Doesn't take away from the fact that we need every little victory we can get against Apple. Monopolization is bad. (insert demotivational poster here.)

Go Samsung go. Kick some butt
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Someone is a little butt hurt about the commercials. Lol.

Samsung is huge bigger than apple they'll figure it out.
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Again!?!?! lol
Interesting times we live in. We've had the horsepower wars in the car industry remaining strong for the last two decades, and now we have the gadget wars.
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lowandbehold said:
To be honest, I think Samsung saw that one coming. That is why they want to the capacative buttons on the American versions.
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754boy said:
They not gonna win. A GS2 is easily recognizable from an iphone, especially with its huge screen.
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Jesushaxyou said:
It's the bigger screen and if you look at the rounded corners it's like the GSII is a football player next to a ballerina. Very broad shoulders on that thing.
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IN their previous claim they manipulated pictures of the SGS so it looks like the 3GS.
Too be honest, I think Samsung took a very close look at what Apple is doing and based drew their lessons, after all: "Good artists copy, great artists steal"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
Apple doesn't realize it but they opened Pandora's box. Apple might have a few design patents, which is always nice, but the majority of the essential tech patents are in the hands of Motorola, Erricson, Nokia and Samsung.

Doesn't matter much about the tech patents because it's all about design. But like I said earlier, the FCC doesn't care who has what when apple is in the picture. I think they all use iPhones lol.

Jesushaxyou said:
Doesn't matter much about the tech patents because it's all about design. But like I said earlier, the FCC doesn't care who has what when apple is in the picture. I think they all use iPhones lol.
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The FCC doesn't deal with patents.

Thought they did. Mah b.

Jesushaxyou said:
Thought they did. Mah b.
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Easy mix up...FTC does it.

Lol kinda sucks that apple originally stole the candy bar phone design and touch screen from the LG Prada

IRASadPanda said:
Lol kinda sucks that apple originally stole the candy bar phone design and touch screen from the LG Prada
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That's a stupid argument. Touchscreens have been on smartphones before that phone. Palm and other windows CE based touch screen phones existed before that.

IRASadPanda said:
Lol kinda sucks that apple originally stole the candy bar phone design and touch screen from the LG Prada
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That doesn't come up much does it? Unless you're talking to a person in the know. The current iPhone4 design is basically the LG Prada. The capacitive touch and the UI design is basically Prada.
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Poor Apple.

This is very silly to me its like one LCD or Plasma screen tv manufacturer suing another.
Basically all LCD and Plasma tvs have overwhelmingly similarities. However, they all have a wealth of differences present so that consumers can discern one from the other.

Samsung's Master Plan

Warning: There might be two possible interpretations of this post, either Samsung is a company full of strategic masterminds, hell bent on sabotaging their competition and capturing the mobile market; or I am stark raving mad.
While going through the latest leaks regarding the expected top-end Android devices to be launched at this year’s Mobile World Congress, I was overwhelmed with conflicting emotions. Both HTC’s One X and LG’s Optimus 4X HD seemed like stellar devices, with huge high-def screens, blazing quad-core processors, amazing cameras - in short, the whole shebang! But, one thought kept gnawing at me the whole time. No consumer would ever consider buying these devices before seeing what Samsung had in its arsenal!
Suddenly, Samsung’s whole master plan unravelled right in front of me. They are going to let their competitors do their thing and let them be happy releasing their shiny new quad-core devices in peace. The whole tech-journalism community would be alight with praises about how mind-blowing HTC’s One X is or how blazingly fast the 4X HD is, but as soon as their honeymoon period ends, BAM! Here comes the SGS III and takes away all the press and consumer attention right from under their noses! No phone, save the iPhone 5 is as insanely anticipated as the successor to the wildly popular SGS II and you could expect excessive fanfare to follow its release.
See, the point is that if Samsung had launched the SGS III at MWC, no matter how good, it would still be considered a competitor to the One X and 4X HD. Every tech site would have posts like “Android Showdown: SGS III vs One X vs 4X HD”. It would become one of the many of quad-core smartphones released at MWC. That is not what Samsung wants. What they want is to make it rise above the competition. By launching the SGS III a few weeks later, they ensure that tech sites would be rife with posts like “The Galaxy S III is the best smartphone ever made. PERIOD.”
And it seems like they are successful in their plans.
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Supposed Specs Of SGS 3
Quad-Core [email protected] 1.5 GHz
4.8'' Super AMOLED Plus HD [email protected] 720x1280 pixels
4G Enabled
12 MP Rear Camera
Samsung knows that even HTC & LG announced their Quad-Core flagship at MWC, it will still take them months to come to market. They will just wait for the MWC buzz to die down, and as soon as it does, not only will they announce the SGS III, but they’ll pull a page out of Apple’s book and release the device within a week! So basically, even though it would be announced after its rivals, the SGS III will be available on the market before them, completely decimating the competition. Let’s face facts; no consumer would skip out on buying the Samsung Galaxy S III to wait for an HTC One X or an LG Optimus 4X HD. Even if it is a minutely inferior device, its brand recognition, market buzz and market availability would propel it forward by leaps and bounds.
I reiterate, I might be completely insane and Samsung might just be waiting to finish up the device and make sure it’s awesome enough. But the fact that Samsung already plans to introduce Ice Cream Sandwich devices like the Galaxy Note 10.1, makes me pause for thought. If both the software and hardware components are ready, then why are they delaying it? Shouldn’t the successor to the most popular device they’ve ever had be a much higher priority than those of less successful devices? One can only wonder, but if what I think is true, then Samsung is one clever company indeed. Check mate, HTC and LG, check mate!

Well, I think you are assuming that ti whole world is a savvy tech freak like the members of this forum but the general masses don't care if their phone says samsung, LG or HTC. The general masses will never root or even install a custom launcher. The gen public will never us the phones to their current capabilities.
IMO Apple is in a whole different boat. Marketing savants that tell people how easy to use and friendly their devices are. They have built in traffic that heard together like sheep. Animal Farm anyone?
We know samsung makes stellar products but if they keep marketing in the US like they currently are we will continue to see a lack of buzz. Hell the GNex is one badass phone but people go Ino Verizon for a RZR and not a GNex... Marketing people - its a simple formula!
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Brand matters for the masses, or they'll buy cheap chinese stuff. And believe me, the hot topic in the tech world is none other than the S 2's successor.

quite frankly , i think HTC (and hopefully LG ) will have a bit advantage as they would be kind of settled in the market (& possibly dropped their price by a bit) by the time SGS3 has been released. It will all depend on experience SGS3 really offers (other than the configuration on papers rite now), i have used both Samsung & HTC and i would select HTC anytime for best android experience, price is the strong factor keeping sammy ahead of others. So let’s wait & watch

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Well, I think you are assuming that ti whole world is a savvy tech freak like the members of this forum but the general masses don't care if their phone says samsung, LG or HTC. The general masses will never root or even install a custom launcher. The gen public will never us the phones to their current capabilities.
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The Galaxy S series does have good brand-name value, though, maybe second only to the iPhone. Samsung may have realized that and taken a leaf out of Apple's book: allow the hype to take over. It has nothing to do with rooting or custom launchers, or geekiness.
I find the OP's story plausible. (Albeit exaggerating at times: consumers would and have bought the HTC One X.)

I would hands down buy the SGS3 over the HTC ONe X if they were released together, but the fact of the matter is that I hate waiting on this ghost device with all these so called great specs and samsung's track record does not sit to well with me right now.

I have the feeling OUYA will be a huge failure.

I remember all the hype for this Android based console that was supposed to revolutionize the mobile gaming industry but I feel that they have waited far too long, you can already get similar spec'ed Android stick computers for basically the same price. The only thing I now can see going for the OUYA is maybe the controller aside from the good looking case but looks don't matter when the cards are on the table and the sad fact is that the Nexus 7 is just as powerful as the OUYA is going to be, not to mention the Nexus 7.7 will be announced soon this year which will most likely drop the price of the Nexus 7 which will make that $99 standpoint of the OUYA look not so good compared to the portability of a similar spec'ed tablet.
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Confirmed specs are,
Tegra3 Quad core
1GB of ram
8GB of internal ROM space
HDMI connector at 1080P
Wifi 802.11 B/G/N
ONE usb port
Android 4.0 ICS "NOT EVEN JELLY BEAN <.<" The community probably will quickly fix that though.
1 Wireless Controller
Compare that to the devices already announced "Nexus 5, Galaxy S4, Nexus 7.7, Galaxy Tab 3, HTC M7, Galaxy note 8.0... The list goes on.
And if you want to compare it to whats out now that will be price dropping this year "Nexus 7" Then the OUYA just doesn't fit in the "Good deal" Scene point of view. Lets not forget The Exynos 5 which will most likely find it sway into more tablets and phones alike and the Tegra4 which "If you have paid attention to what Nvidia has been saying" Is going to be their thinnest, most powerful mobile processor on the market which will be as much as 6X faster compared to previous Tegra based devices.
Source http://www.anandtech.com/show/6666/the-tegra-4-gpu-nvidia-claims-better-performance-than-ipad-4
I say why buy a console and stay at home when you can buy a Tablet and bring it with you anywhere.

I don't understand why so many people are worried about this being "underpowered" So what if the Tegra 3 comes out this year. New tech is always coming out! It's not like all the games that are released from now on will suddenly *need* a Tegra 4 to play them. And it was announced a long time ago it would have Jelly Bean, whatever press release you have may have the info wrong. Also, I highly highly doubt the Nexus 7 will drop in price. It will just be dropped completely when a new Nexus comes out. The Galaxy Nexus didn't drop in price when the Nexus 4 came out, it just stopped being sold by Google! And yes this is more powerful than the 7 anyway because it has a fan, and is overclocked as batteries not a concern.
People need to stop looking at this from the "what is the hardware" stand point, and look at it from the "what is the opportunity" stand point. It's a great spec'd android dedicated TV box, that should have a huge cult following! Isn't that awesome? Isn't that what this site is all about. XBMC, modding, emulators, homebrew games. Have a little sense of adventure man.

I would imagine it can be hard to predict how well a product will do, probably a lot of factors need to be analyzed..
I feel there is a market for it but not sure how large ....Im not sure how good nintendo ds devices specs are these days but seemed a few years ago they where crappy and similar to gameboy or gamegear in gfx look.....my point is people are still buying and using nintendo ds......
Oh and products kind of go viral too....if they come from something well known or similar.. im not sure the fact it's android based will be something that pushes people to buy it though.
I remember when the original xbox was about to come out everyone was such a sony playstation fanboy and a lot of people didn't really want an xbox...and people wheren't interested in specs it was all about playstation2/sony being a known brand so they will have a better product.
seems now miscrosoft has won over a lot of playstation fans from back then.
i won't go into depth about movie trailers and movie quality and video games.
I don't buy a mmo until atleast 6 months after its release any more and if i have any interest i just follow it those 6 month via video reviews and forums.
But um basically my point is i gave up on trying to predict or be an early adopter or having hope in products.. i just wait and see and try not to waste brain power or money guessing . so if i do guess i just go with my first gut instinct and wait and see....my gut says....
OUYA won't be a huge financial success but could lead to or inspire something better down the line but i think tablet gaming is the future...just hook up the tablet or phone to the tv and play if you want so i don't really see the point in OUYA.

Odp: I have the feeling OUYA will be a huge failure.
Its not important what OUYA will be... Its exciting what "ouya" gen2, gen3 will be. However i think better option is smartphone+tv+2 pads. OR nexus Q as a gaming center.... Just dreaming...

In my personal life I can't see it being useful at all. But I don't think it'll be a failure.
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failure? really don't think so.
it will be always cheaper due to no need have a screen and battery and rugged body.
there will be huge and on growing selection of games.
it could be used as a great media streamer with the right adjustments.
and all of that for 99$? it will be godlike device.

Why Market Share Numbers Should Matter to Apple

Take a look at the Chart Below. It shows Marketshare by manufacturer. Going by that chart its easy to think Apple is Killing it. Actually they are killing it. (Have you seen the margins on an iphone sale?) They’ve got an incredible revenue stream and an abundance of cash in the coffers.
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So why should Apple be worried? Well, Apple and Google appear to compete in the same space but there is one huge difference. Apple is a Hardware company. Google is and advertising company. Apple, like most hardware manufacturers have to come up with innovative ways to keep those margins. They must do this even in the face of CRT’s (Cost Reduction Technologies) that reinforce the belief that new technology should be cheap while making old technology even cheaper. I’m not sure if cost cutting has happened in other areas of the process, but it should always be noted that if Verizon, Sprint or AT&T only sold iphones , they would operate at a loss. The carriers made this “deal with the devil” because at the time it was the device that brought in the most new subscribers. The reasoning was that the landscape would eventually change and the costs could be partially mitigated by subscription revenues. The reality is that we can now very easily breakdown exactly what it costs to build a mobile device. Thus providing us with the most important piece of the picture when determining Apple’s Margins. If component prices are falling and new technology is presented daily, how does Apple explain its rising profit margin while consistently delivering “less” technology in it’s offerings? They’ve decided you don’t need to worry about that.
Here is where the “evil empire” references begin to sound plausible….. Apple (not an ad company) is in fact the undisputed “King of Spin” in the tech world. This is not an opinion. The Cupertino company has provided us with more than enough factual proof of their fantastical abilities:
Jobs -”You’re Holding it Wrong”
Jobs – ”if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see a task manager… they blew it.”
People (read: isheep) used this rational in defense of their overpriced products with the zeal of religious pundits. If an Phandroid is literate enough to tell you why they love their device, you’re going to hear about some apps, some customization and probably an example of how it makes their life easier. Ask the most literate iphone user the same question. Most likely you’ll hear “I love how it just works.” Unfortunately the more information we are provided the more we find that Apple “Just isn’t working” as well as the other guys. Anyone who is familiar with Apples technology life-cycle is aware that since the success of the original “Droid” on Verizon and subsequent rise of Android, Apple has unsuccessfully attempted to duplicate android features like the Notification bar, “True Multitasking,” and Augmented Reality Mapping (Navigation). Google, in the meantime, has the most downloaded application on IOS (Google Maps). Additionally, Google’s voice assistant application which includes “Google Now” is described by most users as being a more advanced, intuitive and useful application than Siri which is Apple’s most advertised mobile application. This is hitting Apple where they Live.
If you really want to see an example of Android Just working while Apple fails compare Google Music to Itunes
Now, based the chart above the landscape still looks very positive for Apple. The chart below gives you a hint as to why Apple should absolutely ignore the chart above when thinking long term.
I can hear the ios enthusiasts already– “Shipments have nothing to do with actual sales” Right…..and perception has nothing to do with reality. Remember when the iphone held so much wait people wouldn’t switch to Verizon until they got it? Imagine if Verizon then decided –”You know what? We had the 4, but we’re gonna skip the 4s, and maybe we’ll carry the 5.” How many people at that time would have left Verizon for another carrier? Unfortunately for Apple the perception has changed. Who knows exactly when it started, or what the biggest nail in the coffin was. I think awareness of Samsung phones shot up ten fold when Apple called them a copycat. The problem with calling someone out is that everyone is gonna want to find out if your full of ****. I’m sure there were millions who would have never even picked up an Android phone before. Now every iphone buyer who is 95% sure about the purchase is gonna ask…..”What about that galaxy phone?” Have you seen an iphone screen next to a Galaxy S3? Its laughable. I can’t imagine the difference when comparing to the HTC One or Galaxy S4. Lets be honest, when you’re dealing with noobs and sheep a bigger brighter shinier object is usually going to win.
So back to the second chart vs the first one. Apple is doing its thing in the US. They’re even moving more units. Whats the problem?
Apple is a hardware manufacturer that has its own software. Google is an Advertising company. Not a hardware manufacturer with an advertising wing. Not a software designer with an advertising wing. Hell they aren’t even you’re average ad company as they don’t make ads for others. Google is an advertising company that makes things for you to advertise in, on and around. The perception is that it’s Apple vs Google. How many ios products are there on Android? How many Google products are there on ios? When people say that market share doesn’t matter they forget what business Google is in. The better Apple does….the better Google does. The more people that buy android phones the less people that are invariably buying iphones. It should also be pretty telling that Apple’s tactic of using high-profile litigation against its competitors did not include a lawsuit directly aimed at Google.
It is my opinion that the Android operating system has more to offer users than ios does. Whether or not this has lead to Android’s success is certainly up for discussion. What is painfully obvious is that if ios and Android are competitors then apple will constantly have to redefine its measure of success. They have effectively lost the worldwide smartphone market as it relays to market share. This only bolsters the perception that its competitor Google is delivering a better product, even if that product delivers a fraction of the revenue of Apple’s product. The part that should really scare Apple is that Google’s Primary product includes every iphone on the planet.