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Can you name a major market where the majority of users own the same exact product? People like different cars, different appliances, different houses, etc. How
by martythemaniak 16y ago
Can you name a major market where the majority of users own the same exact product? People like different cars, different appliances, different houses, etc. How do you expect the phones to be different?
- webwright 16y agoI can think of a major market: operating systems. Phones aren't like cars, they are more like computers (and becoming more so).
- jamesbritt 16y agoRight. People own a variety of computers. Different models of Dell, HP, sony, apple., etc.
- Retric 16y agoAlso known as: Windows, Windows, Windows, or OS X.
- jamesbritt 16y agoOr Intel, Intel, Intel ... You can pick the abstraction level to suit the argument.
- revaaron 16y agoI'd argue that phones are becoming a lot less like computers and more like cars. At least the iPhone as an example, phones are becoming more and more an information appliance, taken for granted to "just work." They might be able to do a lot of the things that a "real" computer does but you don't have the power to treat them like regular computers. You can't easily put a new OS on them, write software for them without going through a central market place, etc. Apple obviously has this vision, but it's becoming clear that Microsoft shares it, at least for Windows Phone 7.
- hboon 16y agoNot exact product, but same range of products: portable mp3 players.
- martythemaniak 16y agoWhat excatly is "same" between the teeny shuffle and an iPod touch? This only underscores my point that you need a fair amount of diversity in your products o dominated a market.