With almost a third of the global mobile market, it is still way ahead of its rivals - though the competition is intense.
Because the competition is so intense and the buyer so selective, that the wise niche players are the ones who thrive.
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There are a few professions, like acting or studio art, where the competition is so intense that even extremely talented and hard-working people never get a break.
The problem for DPS with the first option is the intense competition in NCBs in North America.
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Only one team will prevail, and the competition is expected to be intense since the Army plans very few new program starts in the years ahead.
Rarely has this been more true than at the present time, when the defense budget is shrinking and the competition for federal resources is becoming more intense than ever.
The biggest challenge that foreign investors will face when entering the China market in 2012 is the intense competition that exists for good deals.
"Conditions on the High Street are difficult, competition is intense and there is nothing to suggest this will change in the coming months, " said Richard Baker, chief executive of Boots.
Since researchers, administrators and grant-awarding bodies all take note of which work has got through this filtering mechanism, the competition to publish in the best journals is intense, and the system becomes self-reinforcing, increasing the value of those journals still further.
With all three of the big console-makers getting into the motion-control game, the competition is going to be intense.
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Cricket at the highest level is great because of the intense competition between patriotic and highly skilled performers who proudly represent their countries.
Competition for shelf space in the supermarket is already as intense as any hot war, but it will pale in comparison to competition for the actual shelf space in the home kitchen.
Another factor is the intense competition for observing time on the world's largest telescopes.
When markets shift the first sign is intense competition, driving down margins.
Competition is intense in the dollar store segment, with Dollar Tree ( DLTR) competing directly with FDO.
The best way to improve returns on capital nowadays is to expand outside the mature markets in North America and Europe, where competition is most intense.
As you would expect, competition for a place in the course is intense.
The question, of course, is how the device will fare in the face of intense competition from the Apple (AAPL) iPad 2 and an assortment of other rivals.
The wine and liquor industry is fiercely competitive, and Constellation faces intense competition from other established companies in the industry, including Beam (BEAM) and Diageo (DEO), as well as other regional and local firms in various markets.
While this type of approach is being increasingly adopted by nonprofits, the fact that it is being embraced is making competition among various nonprofits more intense.
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The Bundesliga may lack the catalog of international stars England's Premier League has, and the artistry of Spain's top teams, but if the measure of a league is its ability to produce world-class teams and intense weekly competition, the Bundesliga can't be topped.
The phone company's first ethnic Chinese chief executive is also confronted by intense competition as Hong Kong's telecommunications market liberalizes in line with the rest of Asia.
The second option is also lucrative, but intense competition exists here as well.
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Within the North American market, Coach is facing intense competition from smaller players such as Michael Kors, Kate Spade and Tory Burch.
The Bottom Line: In a free enterprise system, the customer is the ultimate boss of each and every capitalist enterprise, especially in the high tech industry where competition from imitators and innovators is intense.
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The bad news is that the competition for one of the four Champions League spots in England seems to be growing more intense each season.
However, the competition to provide gateway and application software to wireless carriers is intense.
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