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Originally Posted by SeaKing
I don't see that as much of a mini-pad. But yes the "Loyal Apple Consumer" will gobble it up if it says "Apple." Never mind how perfect the 9.7" tablet was.
Still if Apple does this and also brings about a larger iPhone 5 then there will be a crack in the veneer and the "Loyal Apple Consumer" may start to doubt!
That doubt may mean the start of the end of the Jobs's Apple mystique and a further demise (oh shudder) in Apple's share of the market.
They will start to look like everyone else instead of "Leaders."
Some of the original "Loyal Apple Consumers" may well cringe!
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Originally Posted by SeaKing
Again the "Loyal Apple Consumer" will buy anything, but I wonder if the number of total buys won't start to diminish.
The problem I see is how do you price a 5.5" iPod and a 8" iPad.
The Ipad 3 is now $500, the Ipad 2 is now $400, and a 3.5" Ipod is about $250 so where does a mini Ipad and a maxi Ipod go.
That could be too confusing for the "Steadfast Apple Consumers." Their heads might explode if too many of the Job's mandates are destroyed. That was Jobs secret weapon. Keep it simple so the customers could "believe."
These beliefs were a 9.7" iPad that performed "magic" and a 3.5" iPod and iPhone that your thumb could easily totally traverse using only one hand.
Change these Axioms and the foundation of these "Fervent Apple Consumers" would be shaken down deep into the roots. They would think "nothing is sacred anymore" now that Steve Jobs is gone.
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Why can't you let people have a reasonable thread without the pollution of your anti-Apple diatribes... we've heard it all before...
Double yawn... change the record...