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which is very stupid of them. It's akin to Porsche cutting prices on 911 because market (i.e. market analysts should be the term) demands it. I don't want cheap

which is very stupid of them. It's akin to Porsche cutting prices on 911 because market (i.e. market analysts should be the term) demands it. I don't want cheap phone from Apple or a cheap car from Porsche. I want a smartphone from Apple that has the best design, the best build quality, the best user interface, the best customer service. Samsung and others are just assembly plants and they don't seem to "get" value added portion of the products. Switching from iPhone to S3 was for me what switching from Mac OS X to Win Vista/7/8 could have been. A disaster. I don't want cheap Mac OS X. I want one that doesn't suck like the competition does. And hell yeah, I'm going to spend more on it. The earnings are lower because Apple started to be more like everybody else - a commodities manufacturer where the cost is everything. Anybody resurrect Steve, please?

SupremumLimit 14y ago
And yet that's exactly what Porsche did with the Boxster. It's exactly what BMW did with expanding their product line with the 1 series. I guess if you want continued growth, eventually you might have to expand into lower margin products. It's not so black and white between expensive products and commodities, by the way. Both Boxster and 1 Series are still relatively expensive.
- LekkoscPiwa 14y ago
  >> Both Boxster and 1 Series are still relatively expensive. Right, spot on, $50k for a 6-cylinder two-seater while American counterparts are half the price with 8-cylinder engines. And who says Porsche/BMW are in trouble because of that? And who says GM has a great business model because of that? Nobody! But in the tech it is somehow backwards. Who cares about Porsche market share in their right mind? Porsche makes about $20k on average on every vehicle they sell in Europe. And they have maybe 0.5% of the market share. GM losses nearly $2k on every vehicle they sell in Europe. And has about 20% of the market. I don't think that "commodity model" makes sense for Apple. They should stay away from it.

SupremumLimit 14y ago

And yet that's exactly what Porsche did with the Boxster. It's exactly what BMW did with expanding their product line with the 1 series. I guess if you want continued growth, eventually you might have to expand into lower margin products. It's not so black and white between expensive products and commodities, by the way. Both Boxster and 1 Series are still relatively expensive.

LekkoscPiwa 14y ago
>> Both Boxster and 1 Series are still relatively expensive. Right, spot on, $50k for a 6-cylinder two-seater while American counterparts are half the price with 8-cylinder engines. And who says Porsche/BMW are in trouble because of that? And who says GM has a great business model because of that? Nobody! But in the tech it is somehow backwards. Who cares about Porsche market share in their right mind? Porsche makes about $20k on average on every vehicle they sell in Europe. And they have maybe 0.5% of the market share. GM losses nearly $2k on every vehicle they sell in Europe. And has about 20% of the market. I don't think that "commodity model" makes sense for Apple. They should stay away from it.