[volomike]

When you add everything up, there's no way that Apple can maintain dominance here. I mean, Google's Android is going to kill Apple's mobile OS. It costs manufacturers virtually nothing to license and use it on their hardware. And China is going to keep on shipping the cheaper hardware.

[mechanical_fish]

Is Dell "dominant" over Apple, because they sell larger volumes of cheaper machines?

Consider: There have literally always been cheaper MP3 players than the iPod. At every single point in the product's history.

[jarek]

In terms of amount of customers worldwide they serve compared to the number of customers Apple serves with their equivalent products? I'd go with yes.

[csomar]

I think quite the opposite. When you build something expensive and sell it for higher prices, you are attracting wealthy people, who will spend more and more if they like your products.

This is why Apple launched iPod, iPhone, iPad. They have a small/wealthy audience, which makes them profitable more than the larger audience.

[dan00]

It's not about technology or price, it's about image. And apple rocks in this regard.