On Preferring A to B, while also preferring B to A

Re:On Preferring A to B, while also preferring B to A by mamurphy on Sunday July 15, 2018 @02:15PM (#17536312)

>Sellers could take advantage of the bias of joint evaluation by emphasizing information that consumers might think is important but actually isn’t–our computer screen has 1.073 billion color combinations while our competitors only has 16.7 million–while making less salient 6 hours of battery life versus 8 which may in practice be more important.

Is there a specific computer manufacturer that this is taking a shot at? Apple maybe?

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Re:On Preferring A to B, while also preferring B to A by twiceaday on Sunday July 15, 2018 @02:23PM (#17536353)

Top two things that come to mind are camera megapixels and 4k screens on phones. Apple always used a smaller number of megapixels but ultimately a better sensor, while other manufacturers touted the raw count. Similarly there were some 4k phones with an unnecessary dpi. I think Samsung had one and although the screen was 4k the OS resolution was defaulted lower to save battery life.

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