... competitors were identified by determining market shares. Since the strategic analyses deals primarily with the iPhone, in a first step smartphone vendors and their market shares are analyzed (see Exhibit 4). Samsung is market leader with a market share of 31.3%, followed by Apple with a market share of 15%. Other relevant competitors are Research in Motion (since January 2013 doing business as BlackBerry ... in comparison to it predecessor were a bigger screen, a slightly faster processor and the ability to use latest network technology LTE. This was seen as only marginal innovations. H...

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... will strengthen firm's competitive advantage. 13. iTV launch. iTV launch will support Apple TV sales and the products' ecosystem. 14. Emergence of the new provider of application processors. Samsung, the main Apple's competitor, is also the only provider of application processors for Apple's products. Apple has to find a new source for the component but could not find a ... others - Operating system and computer software differentiates Apple - iPod - Rio, iRiver, Sandisk, Sony, Philips and many others - Louder - Hard-drive based Complementary Products - iPhone - Blackberry, LG, Samsung,...

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... imitations in both the designs and function ability of the tablets and the smart phones a point that can be confirmed by the common counter accusation against Samsung by Apple and accusations against Apple by Samsung. Key players in the sector are based from different parts of the world meaning that it would be hard to really monitor every move of the players ... the biggest percentage of the stores been in the US. Apple needs to follow its competitors and establish more retail outlets in middle income countries as well as developing countries. Samsung which is fiercely competing with A...

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