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This is Your Idea of a Good Retail Experience?
- thesis 15y agoThere are lots of other products in Best Buy you can't try as well. I think the authors beef should be with Best Buy, not the OS which resides on the phone. Edit: I guess he is talking about Best Buy... I just don't see how Best Buy can have everything they sell as a product demo. I don't frequent Apple stores, but I'm guessing I can count on 2 hands the amount of hardware products they sell in the stores.
- namank 15y agoWell...here, you can play with the cameras at Best Buy; and also with a limited number of phones. They use dummy models for the rest.
- alexknight 15y agoMy problem is not with Android. I was merely using Android phones as an example of how bad Best Buy was showcasing their smartphone lineup. If they had done the same with iPhone demo units, I would have lambasted them just the same.
- namank 15y agoSo why does Android have the largest market share? http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4ec273e4ecad04165200000b/gartner-smartphone-market-share-q3.jpg http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4ec273e4ecad0416520... This would suggest retail doesn't make two shits of a difference if your product doesn't cost over ~$150. Wouldn't it?
- ww520 15y agoDidn't Best Buy fire their senior people to save money couple years ago?
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- michaelcampbell 15y agoI'm baffled by the idea that someone actually thinks they go into a store with razor-thin margins and get the same experience they get from one known for incredibly high ones.
- herval 15y agoAlthouh the same rant COULD apply to other brands with high margins but sub-par retail experience...
- michaelcampbell 15y agoYou're right, of course. I don't know of any such stores (Bang & Olufsen, maybe?), but yeah. And honestly, I don't know the margin at Apple stores either, but I'm assuming they're higher than the big box stores.