[Skunkleton]

A very large number of non-apple cell phones are sold in the US. This doesn't seem like a well founded fear.

[dstaley]

That's definitely true, but I suspect that when you filter down to postpaid unlimited data plans (likely the customers with the highest margins), the iPhone's share of the market increases considerably.

[SpaceRaccoon]

That's true, but there is the perspective that iPhone users are more valuable, as they typically spend more money.

[scarface74]

Not a large number of high end non Apple phones....

[nradov]

Samsung sells huge volumes of high end phones.

[scarface74]

The average selling price of Samsung’s phones is $235. (https://www.sammobile.com/2017/08/02/average-selling-price-s...). Most of their phones are low end.

[pessimizer]

An average selling price doesn't speak to whether they ship a huge number of high end phones, just that if they do, they ship far more low end phones.

[scarface74]

Samsung ships about twice the number of phones as Apple but has a third of the ASP. The conclusion that most Samsung phones are low end is not hard to reach.

[ineedasername]

But your contract with Verizon or whoever, minus monthly portion paid towards handset, is the same. Not only that, but iOS has a pretty decent install base of older handsets, a significant chunk of iOS's ~45% market share. So even if iOS users did represent higher revenue customers, it would be years and years before optimizing for new intel-derived 5g modems would impact more than a minority of users, while inconveniencing everyone else.

For a currently-possible comparison scenario, are there issues with providers optimizing their networks for qualcom to the detriment of Samsung?