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A comment on Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (2007) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (... by immibis on Thursday January 16, 2025 @09:30AM (#42725612)
It's all about marketing. You buy the thing that has the best marketing, not the best thing. That's how Apple replaced all these other smartphone vendors.
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Re:Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (... by mort96 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @09:33AM (#42725682)
This is a very narrow and simplistic view on the extremely complex topics of market dynamics and consumer behaviour.
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Re:Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (... by bombcar on Thursday January 16, 2025 @09:59AM (#42726115)
Marketing can get you a leap and a start, but if the product isn't at least usable, it'll die out.

Anyone should be able to bring to mind giant marketing blitz for products that died horribly.

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Re:Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was launched (... by spacedcowboy on Thursday January 16, 2025 @10:24AM (#42726491)
Also, utterly wrong. The iPhone is very good at being a phone + lots more.
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