IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android

Re:IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android by volomike on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @11:27PM (#1396944)

When you add everything up, there's no way that Apple can maintain dominance here. I mean, Google's Android is going to kill Apple's mobile OS. It costs manufacturers virtually nothing to license and use it on their hardware. And China is going to keep on shipping the cheaper hardware.

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Re:IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android by mechanical_fish on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @11:35PM (#1396969)

Is Dell "dominant" over Apple, because they sell larger volumes of cheaper machines?

Consider: There have literally always been cheaper MP3 players than the iPod. At every single point in the product's history.

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Re:IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android by jarek on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @06:42AM (#1397592)

In terms of amount of customers worldwide they serve compared to the number of customers Apple serves with their equivalent products? I'd go with yes.

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Re:IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android by csomar on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @03:28AM (#1397360)

I think quite the opposite. When you build something expensive and sell it for higher prices, you are attracting wealthy people, who will spend more and more if they like your products.

This is why Apple launched iPod, iPhone, iPad. They have a small/wealthy audience, which makes them profitable more than the larger audience.

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Re:IPed Launches For $105 in China, Runs On Android by dan00 on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @06:00AM (#1397551)

It's not about technology or price, it's about image. And apple rocks in this regard.

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