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What amazes me is apple is that valuable. What do they have that you can't get much better for much cheaper elsewhere?
by throwaway456321 8y ago
What amazes me is apple is that valuable. What do they have that you can't get much better for much cheaper elsewhere?
- lnanek2 8y agoNormal, non-developer people prefer their experience, which is all that's needed to command a price premium like they do.
- starbeast 8y agoWhen they get it right, their design, finish and overall build quality are very very good. I think they could do a lot better, but nobody else really is, at least not at scale.
- zjaffee 8y agoApple makes their money by being the most successful fashion/luxury goods brand on all time, and in turn, makes nearly all of the profits in their core businesses while controlling a minorty of the market share. Computer hardware is normally a race to the bottom that only Apple has been able to get around.
- remir 8y agoApple has been extremely influential in consumer tech by refining technology to make it approachable by the common man, starting with the introduction of the Macintosh, and then the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, Macbook Air, etc. All of these products have been very successful, I'd say even game changer. Add to that strong marketing campaign, hype and huge margins and this is what you get.
- Steko 8y agoShow me a phone with much better silicon for much cheaper. I'll wait.
- e12e 8y agoHuawei?
- bunnycorn 8y agoIt's not cheaper and the silicon is much worse.
- e12e 8y agoLooks like the huawei p20 pro retails for about 0.6 the price of an iPhone x - and I'm not sure I'd describe it as much worse? Maybe the cpu? [ed: but I don't think the p20 qualifiés as "much better and much cheaper" either]
- bunnycorn 8y agohttps://i.imgur.com/O3tSaJO.png https://i.imgur.com/O3tSaJO.png The cheaper P20 comes with Kirin 970 (10nm), you'll have to pay $1000 for the Kirin 980 (7nm), which is worse than a iPhone 7 CPU.