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Speculation is one thing, but knowing exactly what your competitor will be selling two months before it hits the market is worth a lot more than $10k to the rig
by gamble 17y ago
Speculation is one thing, but knowing exactly what your competitor will be selling two months before it hits the market is worth a lot more than $10k to the right people.
- jmtulloss 17y agoI don't think that's true. The mobile industry is a pretty incestuous place, everybody kind of knows what everybody else is doing. All the companies buy parts from the same suppliers, trade employees, and see the same market trends. Two months isn't enough time for anybody to do anything significant, except perhaps for the chinese knockoffs to make it to market faster.
- CamperBob 17y agoTwo months isn't enough time for anybody to do anything significant, except perhaps for the chinese knockoffs to make it to market faster. Two months is more than enough time, though, to plot a "leak" that buries your competitor's marketing in the noise floor. I wonder if any other major phone manufacturers were planning to announce anything this week?
- ZachPruckowski 17y agoWhile I don't disagree with you in general, I'd be hard pressed to imagine an announcement that drowns out Apple's product launch PR short of "hey, we found aliens, and we're selling their communicators".