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Originally Posted by monkeyluis
I disagree. I think it seems lackluster or a let down only because of so much leaked information and rumors. I wasn't all that impressed by the announcement either, because I already knew the ending. *spoiler alert*. Lol. So its hard for a company, any company to compete with its own hype & upstage the leaked info & rumors. I don't see any other company making its products or upgrades so overwhelmingly new & wonderful either. It's actually quite the opposite, look at the different models of tablets that come out or are announced on an almost weekly or biweekly basis. Especially Samsung, I don't even know which phone or tablet (s) are current or which are released or which are soon to be released. Apple at least is consistent, maybe consistently "lackluster", lol, but consistent none the less. Same release schedule, only a few models of one product, etc. anyway, just looking at it from the other angle.
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Unlike Apple Samsung is trying to address the needs of everyone in the market (e.g. tablets in sizes of 7.0/7.7/8.9/10.1"). They are pushing the envelope with a 5.3" phone with Wacom (which is a raging success in Asia). And in the end, that is why I think Samsung will, sooner or later, overtake Apple. One size does not fit all, neither for phones nor for tablets. Now they are the ones taking bold steps with new designs (flexible displays coming up) and they make a lot of the components themselves.
Time will tell, Apple is in a great position now. Remember when the iPad 2 came out an the competition was scrambling to adjust their designs? Now tablets already announced and arriving shortly are even ahead of the iPad 3 in many ways. And they will upgrade again in 6 months, while Apple will take another 18 months. Things have changed, Apple will have to do more than just incremental upgrades every 12-18 months.
Apple fills the needs of many very well, but we are discussing long term market leadership here. They are far from number one in the PC and phone business, still many of you are very happy with Apple. That is great. But you can't stay number one for ever with just one device, and a software and eco system that caters just to a specific part of the market.