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Re-up is staying on the same phone. Retention is staying on the same carrier. Performance is not a wash, even comparing flagship phones. My greater point is th
by jpxxx 14y ago
Re-up is staying on the same phone. Retention is staying on the same carrier. Performance is not a wash, even comparing flagship phones.
My greater point is that without excelling in all of those things I mentioned, people wouldn't be lining up. An iPhone launch would have all the public excitement of a crate of HTC Wonkadoodles being dumped out on the floor of some Verizon kiosk.
Nativist zealotry and jealousy is blinding a lot of otherwise thoughtful people to how well Apple is executing and just preposterously powerful they're becoming. I'm not cheering it, I'm just pointing it out.
Their products are competitive, they are desirable, and their current profit share and market share strongly argues that they're choosing the right areas to optimize.
- nwienert 14y agoI'd like to see some real-world metrics on performance. Apps or features that open/run significant more quickly in a side-by-side. From what I read here (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4530188 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4530188 see first two comments and http://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks http://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks) it seems like they are pretty identical. Software-wise perhaps the buttery scrolling is still a very slight advantage, but not to be a selling point anymore. But I do agree, as far as selling phones they win on key areas that other companies can't touch, mostly... brand, store experience, customer service in store, packaging, hardware design and tight software integration. Still doesn't rationalize waiting for 8 days or even 2 days for a phone!
- ghshephard 14y agoThe article made it clear that the people waiting in line had motivations other than a phone. They were leveraging the marketing opportunities associated with such a high profile event.