Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
by DerekL on Thursday November 01, 2018 @05:14PM
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You mean “silicon”, not “silicone”. (Or maybe you do mean “silicone”?)
Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
by anthonybsd on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:56PM
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Right you are, silicon. Thank you. Not caulking material :)
Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
by Synaesthesia on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:19AM
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They do have the best silicone, and I was trying to explain why they get to set the price they do and get away with it.
It’s just that, for example in South Africa the new iPhone XS costs R22000-24000 which is $1500 - the Samsungs and especially the Huawei’s are much cheaper. You can get a P20 lite for like R5000 which is an outstanding phone. But again many South Africans can afford the iPhone.
Re:Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
by anthonybsd on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:54PM
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Well of course! Not everyone needs the best CPU. I recently got Huawei Mate for my mother in law for let's see 1/7th of what I paid for my IPhone XS Max. Some people do (I play a lot of 3D games and what not), but vast majority of the people do not. It's just that Huawei and Samsung have offerings that span the whole range of prices whereas Apple only covers ultra-premium segment. And if you venture into Apple prices are comparable to others (and command much better resale).
Explain to me how having the fastest silicone in the business is not "competitive" in price? I mean if you are the top dog, you kinda get to set the stage, no?