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> It's easy: every time people had the chance to buy thinner or thicker products, they flocked to the thinner ones. You'll need to back up that statement with

> It's easy: every time people had the chance to buy thinner or thicker products, they flocked to the thinner ones. You'll need to back up that statement with factual sources, because clearly all Apple decisions aren't always backed by marketing studies because all their products are not always that successful. I personally don't believe what you just said. Counter example: bigger screens.

coldtea 8y ago
>You'll need to back up that statement with factual sources, because clearly all Apple decisions aren't always backed by marketing studies because all their products are not always that successful. What marketing studies? I'm talking about marketing results. Their ever thinner laptops remained at the top of best selling laptops in their price class -- selling several times more than the closest competitor ever since Jobs came back to Apple in 1999.
- nostalgeek 8y ago
  > What marketing studies? I'm talking about marketing results. Their ever thinner laptops remained at the top of best selling laptops in their price class -- selling several times more than the closest competitor ever since Jobs came back to Apple in 1999. we're talking about phones here, not laptops and correlation is not causation, you didn't demonstrate what you state as a fact.
  - pbh101 8y ago
    Apple going for bigger screens on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus resulted in significantly more sales.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    You seem confused. I'm not trying to establish a causal relationship between thin and sales. I'm stating (it's a fact) that people have flocked to thin products. We're also not "talking about phones here". The post is about the MacBook Pro keyboard. That's a laptop. You first brought up phones, when you mentioned "bigger screens". Besides, even in phones, the ever thinning models kept selling very well, whether they had bigger screens or not.
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coldtea 8y ago

>You'll need to back up that statement with factual sources, because clearly all Apple decisions aren't always backed by marketing studies because all their products are not always that successful. What marketing studies? I'm talking about marketing results. Their ever thinner laptops remained at the top of best selling laptops in their price class -- selling several times more than the closest competitor ever since Jobs came back to Apple in 1999.

nostalgeek 8y ago
> What marketing studies? I'm talking about marketing results. Their ever thinner laptops remained at the top of best selling laptops in their price class -- selling several times more than the closest competitor ever since Jobs came back to Apple in 1999. we're talking about phones here, not laptops and correlation is not causation, you didn't demonstrate what you state as a fact.
- pbh101 8y ago
  Apple going for bigger screens on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus resulted in significantly more sales.
- coldtea 8y ago
  You seem confused. I'm not trying to establish a causal relationship between thin and sales. I'm stating (it's a fact) that people have flocked to thin products. We're also not "talking about phones here". The post is about the MacBook Pro keyboard. That's a laptop. You first brought up phones, when you mentioned "bigger screens". Besides, even in phones, the ever thinning models kept selling very well, whether they had bigger screens or not.
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