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There was a story recently about how "83% of US teens have an iPhone, Android 9%" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19610357

So, they're certainly a monopoly in that market today and possibly in the general market in the near future. I have also read that you don't even need to have a higher than 50% market share to be considered a monopoly. You simply need to affect the entire market, which Apple certainly does with their 45% general market share in the US.



It's ridiculous to think that Apple will be a monopoly in the future.

The overwhelming trend is towards Apple losing share as Chinese phone manufacturers start to increasingly capture the middle market.


yet all it would take is Apple reducing prices to change that trend, which can happen at any unpredictable moment




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