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paquer 1 year, 2 months ago.
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Apple users will deny it but Apple is more a luxury item than it is a tech company. I can’t remember the exact number but IIRC 80% of the people who waited in line to buy the iPhone 4 on the first day were existing customers, not first time buyers. Steve Jobs is good at marketing a product, not much debate there. However, do you necessarily need the product and is it the best product out there, I’d certainly have to wonder. I mean, for one, they come out with a new iPhone every year. Why not offer a complete product for once so I don’t have to buy a new one over and over…try, because Apple would lose money. And two, talk to some of the Apple users that you know, are they able to justifying buying Apple products no matter what price? Like I said great marketing, Apple has a customer base that will buy no matter what the price is. For the highest priced iPad, I could get a pretty decent ultra portable laptop or for $100 more, a Macbook. For $500 less, you could get an EeePC, no app for the internet needed
dshcpa1 said:
Apple users will deny it but Apple is more a luxury item than it is a tech company. I can’t remember the exact number but IIRC 80% of the people who waited in line to buy the iPhone 4 on the first day were existing customers, not first time buyers. Steve Jobs is good at marketing a product, not much debate there. However, do you necessarily need the product and is it the best product out there, I’d certainly have to wonder. I mean, for one, they come out with a new iPhone every year. Why not offer a complete product for once so I don’t have to buy a new one over and over…try, because Apple would lose money. And two, talk to some of the Apple users that you know, are they able to justifying buying Apple products no matter what price? Like I said great marketing, Apple has a customer base that will buy no matter what the price is. For the highest priced iPad, I could get a pretty decent ultra portable laptop or for $100 more, a Macbook. For $500 less, you could get an EeePC, no app for the internet needed
Yep, that’s what they call Sheeple.
And, whenever it’s pointed out that a current Apple product is missing a certain function, my Apple-enthusiast friends will always say, “Yeah, they’ll fix that in the next model. I’m getting it when the new one comes out in a few months.” Haha.
I have to agree with ronen on the msoft issue.
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