Apple's '5' event on 12th september

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Re: Apple’s ‘5’ event on 12th september

@Lucid_Chaotic

we keep circling this debate every few months on this forum. No one is denying the superior quality of apple products… but quality to some is “quality of conformance” while to others it is “quality of performance”. In Apple’s case, it’s the former - they’re concerned with providing reliable products which meet the threshold of required functionality and features that is deemed necessary by its customers. Other manufacturers also realize Apple’s stronghold in this area and consequently focus on providing new functions, tailorability etc.

A case in point is the missing NFC capability in the iPhone5. I don’t think it’s going to hurt Apple all that much. They must have done their research and figured out that the functionality still is too novel for the mass-market and Apple’s market share won’t hurt by not offering this… on the other hand, they were already playing catch-up with other manufacturers in the areas of meeting people’s bandwidth expectations (LTE etc.) and screen sizes… and it was imperative for them to meet these expectations and they did.

Apple isn’t necessarily selling more simply because it has a better product… it’s also due to the charismatic marketing efforts of Steve Jobs and their first-mover advantage in this marketplace… both these factors may be subject to erosion in the upcoming years - Let’s see.

Yep, word for word! I won’t say anything further as it will only be a repetition of your post.