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It is also interesting in that they are doing it in a seemingly un-Jobs-like manner. For example, take a look at the current models they offer for the iPhone[1
by slg 6y ago
It is also interesting in that they are doing it in a seemingly un-Jobs-like manner. For example, take a look at the current models they offer for the iPhone[1]. Wikipedia lists 7 distinct models in production, that grows to 20 when factoring in storage size, and it likely balloons to over a hundred when considering different carriers and colors. Their approach is now basically "whatever your budget is, we have an iPhone for you". That seems antithetical to Jobs' traditional approach.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Models
- snowwrestler 6y agoJobs put that strategy in place. He did not want to leave price points unfilled with hit products. You saw it with the profusion of iPod models, colors, and storage. Jobs was also still the CEO when Apple decided to keep the iPhone 3Gs in production after launching the iPhone 4, in order to meet a lower price point.
- read_if_gay_ 6y ago3 out of those aren’t the most recent though. Of the 4 that are, the fact that they have several screen sizes is indeed unlike Jobs, but Jobs wasn’t infallible - he was insistent that people want small phones, however given the 12 Mini’s mediocre sales that doesn’t seem to be true save for a vocal minority here on HN.
- chongli 6y agoI love my 12 Mini and I’m really sad about the mediocre sales. I hope Apple keeps the product around for us nerds who love small phones. They’ve done the work to design the thing and build out the tooling for it so they might as well keep making them as long as they keep selling, even if it’s not their most popular version.