smartphone wars

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Evans: VR hardware is the peace dividend of the smartphone wars
“VR is the peace dividend of the smartphone wars. Not that it's peace, but, you know, it's the dividend of the smartphone wars is all these components.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:37 a16z Podcast | For Google, Android is a Tactic and Cloud is a Strategy
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Evans: Apple, Google, and Facebook Won Initial Mobile and Messaging Wars
“The smartphone wars are now over, or at least the first smartphone war is over, and Apple and Google both won in different ways, and the kind of the first messaging app wars are now mostly over, and Facebook mostly won in sort of various ways”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:33 a16z Podcast | The Year Mobile Began to Truly Dominate Tech
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