Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham
Without disagreeing with the rest of your post, it could be observed that it's precisely because it doesn't target the low end with cheaper devices that it tops the satisfaction tables.
|
It tops when devices like the GSIII are compared as well. But, point taken. Apple doesn't compete in markets it doesn't believe it can produce a quality product. That's why Apple never put out a netbook. To quote Jobs "Netbooks aren't better at anything".
Apple also isn't buying commodity parts, slapping them together and putting their name on it and selling them at the least margin possible.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham
Other manufacturers results are spread across a range that extends down to devices that deliver a less satisfying experience. It would be interesting to see the satisfaction results if it was possible to separate them into price bands. I'm not saying that Apple wouldn't still win, but it would be a more balanced survey.
|
Such comparisons do exist. However, the fact that other manufacturers are WILLING to put out clunky garbage to meet low price points...kinda makes the point about Apple.
Take the 7" tablets. They are too big for phone apps to look good. They were too small to justify special apps being built ala the iPad. Unfortunately, they didn't sell enough of the 10" Android tablets to make a market big enough to entice all the app developers the way the iPad did.
Apple didn't put out a small tablet right away. When Apple did, they did it in such a way that the iPad apps run just fine on them. It won't be phone apps running on the iPad mini, but iPad apps. They waited until they could make such a device, and sell it at a price between the Touch and the iPad, and do so profitably. That's Apple.