Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] Apple iPhone Announcement Wallpaper

In other words, somewhere the Apple management agreed that Jobs was not always right.

In true democratic fashion, they have bowed to what the customers want.

Best

PKS

On 12 Sep 2014, at 11:49, "Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

When mass market, or the masses is mentioned, that implies cheap. Quality and providing a high quality product that sells huge numbers are compatible. I don't get the comments I see here from time to time that want Apple to stay small, and be a niche product. In the modern world, that means its a failure.

Ok, lets focus on mass market. The implication from some posts is that the two larger screen models is Apple caving in to sell to the masses. Well, the pricing in NZ and probably everywhere is almost identical to every other year. They are not selling to the masses, they are selling to the same market they did before, those that are prepared to pay top dollar for a top product. If they had an extra two models selling for 60% the price of an iPhone 6 and one selling for 40%, then I would agree, but in fact little has changed. Same pricing, two iPhones instead of one, although last year they had two as well. Two iPads have been around a while.

By deduction, the masses must then be the larger screen populace. Of which there are MANY. IMHO Apple is merely meeting the demand for its product that has been proven to exist.

From: "'David H. Bailey' dhbailey52@comcast.net [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Apple iPhone Announcement Wallpaper

On 9/11/2014 7:04 PM, david smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] wrote:
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> Yes, it's important for today's Apple to please many millions of
> consumers. Alas.
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> If you want to keep innovating, to stay creatively alive, you need to
> stay small, or you need to focus only on a discriminating market.
>
> I wonder how long they can manage to straddle the
> high-quality/mass-market fence. The two things are really almost
> antithetical.
>

Antithetical? How long has Apple led the market in MP3 players? Most
rivals which sprang up after the initial iPods have fallen by the
wayside. Certainly MP3 players aren't aimed at the high-quality side of
that fence, and Apple has still managed to lead in that marketplace
while still maintaining the high-quality side of the fence in the
personal computer world.

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David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com