The reaction came after the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook's interview with MSNBC, Mashable reported. The exact statement from Cook was, "We're not going to traffic, in your personal life."
There was no direct mention to whom or what Cook was allegedly referring to. The controversial statement was given out by the Apple CEO in response to the privacy concerns and issued raised back then in 2016, which coincided with the US Presidential Elections.
Zuckerberg Allegedly Bans iPhones
Facebook book's founder and current CEO Mark Zuckerberg, made no official statement as of writing regarding his reaction to Cook's statement. Facebook insiders leaked the information about Zuckerberg encourage the use of Android OS over Apple's. This immediately reached the media.
An Immature Move
This could be seen as a jealousy trip over the Social Media's value dipping in the markets, whereas, Apple made history in reaching $1trillion in revenue. Is Zuckerberg being a child and immature towards this?
Apple may have broken financial history with regards to its profit. However, should the Social Media company take their CEO's mandate seriously it could mean trouble for Apple.
Numbers Speak for Itself
Just last Wednesday, despite its recent financial peat its stock market value plummetted and took a dip. And just before that, the tech company declared earlier this month that it will no longer publish reports on their (iPhone) sales, according to Business Insider.
The decision came after iPhone sales showed no progress as compared to its sales last year. Speculations circulated that the situation may actually be worse.
A Huge Number of Android Converts
In the middle of this year back in June, information about switching from iPhone to Android became trending topics for almost the entire third quarter of 2018. This could serve as a huge evidence that a number of Apple fans have turned to the former's archrival, Android phones.
True to the adage, "One man's loss is another man's gain." Huawei is the obvious gainer as it's sales as of August this year surpassed Apple's in terms of units, Fortune reported.
Why is Android still better than iPhone?
Primarily due to varioius limitations of the iPhone, Android is still preferred by the majoriy. Mockplus tackled an in-dept comparison in detail, one of the notable mention was that, Android is customizable compared to iOS.
iPhone has become more of a status symbol rather than an actual functional device. A lot was disappointed during the launch of its iPhone X. It is seen as no different with its predecessors, its just that the lenses were now re-designed.
The iPhone X failed to impress according to 'Cult of Mac.'
The two tech companies have been observed shooting tirades against each other and this isn't new. However, stakeholders are on the lookout. This is the type of bickering that could hugely affect their finances
