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Tesla cars have poor build quality, average interiors and awful after-sales support. So there is definitely room for Apple to take the Tesla route but improve
by threeseed 3y ago
Tesla cars have poor build quality, average interiors and awful after-sales support.
So there is definitely room for Apple to take the Tesla route but improve in those areas.
- pokstad 3y agoHow is Apple going to have better quality? Apple specializes in making devices with almost no moving parts. Mechanical products are very different.
- EA-3167 3y agoApple can literally buy that expertise with petty cash.
- oldpersonintx 3y ago[dead]
- mensetmanusman 3y ago$1,000 monitor stands beg to differ!
- Smoosh 3y agoI think the more appropriate example would be the Mac Pro wheels. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-w...
- eps 3y ago$700 for 4 wheels. Jeeeezus!
- mensetmanusman 3y agoMore expensive than the corolla wheels.
- dylan604 3y agoAhhh, the true reasoning for the wheels experiment. Apple has always had a thing about round. Maybe Apple Wheels (TM) will have finally perfected round that all other manufactures have been unable to solve.
- 1-more 3y agoThat's when Jony Ive was still around.
- autoexecbat 3y agoApple could pick a car vendor and just buy them, slap their brand on it, and then focus on quality rather than cost
- oldpersonintx 3y ago[dead]
- astrange 3y agoMost Apple products contain moving parts - speakers and vibration motors.
- sharadov 3y agoBuild quality - that's not an issue anymore Interiors - yes they can improve Never had an issue with after-sales support. My 2nd Tesla in 5 years.
- stevage 3y agoYou are but one tiny datapoint. The internet is full of disaster stories from Tesla owners.
- modeless 3y agoThe Internet is full of disaster stories about everything. In the actual Consumer Reports ranking Tesla is far from the bottom. It's almost exactly in the middle, between Infiniti and Cadillac.
- FireBeyond 3y agoFor a car that is, as Tesla fans like to point out, "far simpler than an ICE, with a lot less that can possibly go wrong", being in the "middle of the pack" with ICEs is actually pretty damning.
- ajross 3y agoAnd the world is full of Teslas. You really think if even 20% of the hyperbole was true that they'd be shipping the volume they are? All those Tesla buyers are just deluded marks who'd be happier in a VW or whatever? Maybe... the situation is complicated and like all manufacturers they have some good points and some bad points and the market is in the process of deciding on what particular traits it values?
- stevage 3y agoOf the people I know personally who bought Tesla's I do know they weren't aware of the reputation for difficult servicing and parts availability.
- worksonmine 3y agoImprove? Every other iphone I see has a broken screen. Anecdata sure but I've never owned one as I value my money but it seems to break easily. The windshield will probably break from hitting bugs, but fret not, there's a windshield protector you can get from your authorized dealer.
- ethanbond 3y agoWell with data quality like that, I think you can be absolutely certain in your assessment!
- worksonmine 3y agoYou're right, the screen could just be too expensive to replace rather than break easily. The only data I need for my assessment is the price and lack of freedom. I once did an experiment with my friend who's a die-hard fan. We both turned on bluetooth on all our devices, his iphone and macbook and my android and Windows. I saw both of his, he saw none of mine. Disgusting, why would anyone pay for that? The rest should be taken as a joke.
- throwway120385 3y agoMine has a broken screen because it's the only part that's failed after 5 years.
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