Re:How Amazon Can Disrupt Smartphones and Take Apple & Googl...
by seiji on Friday July 13, 2012 @05:33PM
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Holy lack of reading comprehension, batman!
Chris says how it'll work in big bold letters:
So what is Amazon's secret weapon in the smartphone battle? I'm betting it will be Jeff Bezos' favorite play: miniscule margins + massive patience.
Summary of how he says it could work: by taking the device and carrier selection out of the equation, Apple is cut off at the knees (for everybody who doesn't care about their phone). It gobbles up anything non-Amazon Android related, because those people are just getting free or cheap phones anyway.
Chris says how it'll work in big bold letters: So what is Amazon's secret weapon in the smartphone battle? I'm betting it will be Jeff Bezos' favorite play: miniscule margins + massive patience.
Summary of how he says it could work: by taking the device and carrier selection out of the equation, Apple is cut off at the knees (for everybody who doesn't care about their phone). It gobbles up anything non-Amazon Android related, because those people are just getting free or cheap phones anyway.