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<blockquote data-quote="manu1991" data-source="post: 1715430" data-attributes="member: 17008"><p>How? If iPhone sales slump in only the month preceding the launch of a new one and then pick up again, does that show that people's perceptions are changing?</p><p></p><p>You say that very few people buy without contract abroad. And you say that Apple is successful only because of the contract subsidized system. Don't those two statements together imply that the iPhone 5 would be successful as well.</p><p></p><p>And there are a lot of high income countries like Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong where unlocked phones are pretty popular as well. </p><p></p><p></p><p>No. because when Apple launched the iPhone, their competition was Windows Mobile 6 - which was a laughable excuse for an operating system and Symbian with their resistive screens and ugly UI's. When Windows Phone was launched in end 2010, both Android and iOS had matured quite a lot. So Microsoft didn't have the luxury Apple did. Isnt this a failure on Microsoft's part that only after Apple's success in the Mobile market did they realize that they needed to focus on the consumer segment and not the enterprise one, where Blackberry was already beating them hollow.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. Specs/Build Quality/Features matter for very little when it comes to sales. Desirability/Marketing/Brand Appeal are more important factors. Which is where Apple edges out Nokia. That's all i was trying to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="manu1991, post: 1715430, member: 17008"] How? If iPhone sales slump in only the month preceding the launch of a new one and then pick up again, does that show that people's perceptions are changing? You say that very few people buy without contract abroad. And you say that Apple is successful only because of the contract subsidized system. Don't those two statements together imply that the iPhone 5 would be successful as well. And there are a lot of high income countries like Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong where unlocked phones are pretty popular as well. No. because when Apple launched the iPhone, their competition was Windows Mobile 6 - which was a laughable excuse for an operating system and Symbian with their resistive screens and ugly UI's. When Windows Phone was launched in end 2010, both Android and iOS had matured quite a lot. So Microsoft didn't have the luxury Apple did. Isnt this a failure on Microsoft's part that only after Apple's success in the Mobile market did they realize that they needed to focus on the consumer segment and not the enterprise one, where Blackberry was already beating them hollow. Yes. Specs/Build Quality/Features matter for very little when it comes to sales. Desirability/Marketing/Brand Appeal are more important factors. Which is where Apple edges out Nokia. That's all i was trying to say. [/QUOTE]
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