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It's a luxury brand. You don't sell cheap and risk losing the people that are happy to pay $1400 for a new iPhone.

by joezydeco 8mo ago

NetMageSCW 8mo ago
It’s not a luxury brand, it is a quality brand. There is a difference.
- joezydeco 8mo ago
  So is Mercedes-Benz. But they don't sell a $20,000 commuter car.
  - NetMageSCW 8mo ago
    No, Mercedes Benz is definitely a luxury brand. They don’t want to sell to everyone. Apple (Steve Jobs) has explicitly stated that as one of their goals.
  - lotsofpulp 8mo ago
    Toyota is a quality brand, Mercedes is a luxury brand.
  - tencentshill 8mo ago
    It’s not a quality brand, it is a luxury brand. There is a difference.
  - slaw 8mo ago
    Mercedes-Benz sells commuter cars in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_A-Class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_A-Class
    - orangepanda 8mo ago
      And this is the Mercedes-Benz commuter car I want to see more of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro
    - kube-system 8mo ago
      > The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is a car manufactured by German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz "luxury" is more of a marketing and product positioning term, it doesn't really have anything to do with engineering or quality practicalities
    - FuriouslyAdrift 8mo ago
      Last time I was in the Ruhr (okay 20 years ago), C-classes were used as taxi cabs. So basically equivalent to a caprice classic in the US.
  - cromka 8mo ago
    Oh but they do: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Automobile https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Automobile
    - charcircuit 8mo ago
      >aimed at producing Smart-badged cars The brand is "Smart".
- AmbroseBierce 8mo ago
  The keyboard-doesn't-trigger-the-tapped-key-sometimes brand, just awestruck at their quality https://ios-countdown.win/ https://ios-countdown.win/
- alwillis 8mo ago
  > It’s not a luxury brand, it is a quality brand. There is a difference. It’s an attainable luxury brand. There aren’t many products that a high school kid has in common with billionaires, superstar athletes and movie stars—the iPhone is such a product.

It's a luxury brand. You don't sell cheap and risk losing the people that are happy to pay $1400 for a new iPhone.

NetMageSCW 8mo ago

It’s not a luxury brand, it is a quality brand. There is a difference.

joezydeco 8mo ago
So is Mercedes-Benz. But they don't sell a $20,000 commuter car.
- NetMageSCW 8mo ago
  No, Mercedes Benz is definitely a luxury brand. They don’t want to sell to everyone. Apple (Steve Jobs) has explicitly stated that as one of their goals.
- lotsofpulp 8mo ago
  Toyota is a quality brand, Mercedes is a luxury brand.
- tencentshill 8mo ago
  It’s not a quality brand, it is a luxury brand. There is a difference.
- slaw 8mo ago
  Mercedes-Benz sells commuter cars in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_A-Class https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_A-Class
  - orangepanda 8mo ago
    And this is the Mercedes-Benz commuter car I want to see more of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Citaro
  - kube-system 8mo ago
    > The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is a car manufactured by German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz "luxury" is more of a marketing and product positioning term, it doesn't really have anything to do with engineering or quality practicalities
  - FuriouslyAdrift 8mo ago
    Last time I was in the Ruhr (okay 20 years ago), C-classes were used as taxi cabs. So basically equivalent to a caprice classic in the US.
- cromka 8mo ago
  Oh but they do: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Automobile https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Automobile
  - charcircuit 8mo ago
    >aimed at producing Smart-badged cars The brand is "Smart".
AmbroseBierce 8mo ago
The keyboard-doesn't-trigger-the-tapped-key-sometimes brand, just awestruck at their quality https://ios-countdown.win/ https://ios-countdown.win/
alwillis 8mo ago
> It’s not a luxury brand, it is a quality brand. There is a difference. It’s an attainable luxury brand. There aren’t many products that a high school kid has in common with billionaires, superstar athletes and movie stars—the iPhone is such a product.