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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
Pity this had to turn into an Apple vs Android debate. Anyway.
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A thread about whether Apple is losing sales to Android turned into a discussion of Apple vs. Android? Wow. Yeah, totally uncalled for. Can't people just discuss Apple vs. Android without resorting to discussing Apple vs. Android?
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That I believe is why people are not buying iPads. It's because they already have one that works.
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Apple made a mark by convincing their customers they needed to upgrade whether their current devices worked or not. Those people waiting in line at Apple Stores on product launch day are not all first time buyers, nor are they all people with broken devices.
I don't think that argument holds up to historical evidence.
If people are slowing down in upgrading because their old devices still work, then this is a radical new situation for Apple.
If people are slowing down buying iPads, it's either because Apple has failed to continue to convince their core customer base that each new version is a must-have,
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because of viable competition, which quite honestly, they did not have until recently.
I may think Apple is overpriced, too entrenched in it's fashion-branding, and too militant in it's walled-garden approach, but in terms of product quality, and OVERALL CONSUMER EXPERIENCE for the masses of non-technical users who want products that 'just work', the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad simply had very little real competition in their particular classes, until recently.
Now they do.
And as for 'saturation?' No, sorry, no such thing. There are new young people becoming first-time buyers everyday in every single market, except maybe the Vatican, and there are new markets developing all the time in today's world.