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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by okibeogezi on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:30PM (#8956553)
Apple makes luxury products. People like luxury products. Luxury products have strong brand appeal so they can comfortably ask people to pay more for products. Any other company that sells like phones at Apple's price range will FAIL. You either make something extremely better for the same price or just as good at a lower price. Neither is a guaranty for success though.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by hyperbovine on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @05:54PM (#8956710)
They make luxury products and yet everyone owns one. That is the real genius.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by mrottenkolber on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @09:59PM (#8957769)
> They make luxury products and yet everyone owns one. That is the real genius.

Right. Everyone.

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by saryant on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @09:35PM (#8957676)
Selling opposites is a pretty basic marketing gambit. The exclusive must-have, the affordable luxury item, etc.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by dingaling on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @06:15PM (#8956835)
> Any other company that sells like phones at Apple's price range will FAIL.

Vivo and Oppo ( subsidiaries of the same parent ) dominate the high-end on China and maintain their image by selling at ' Apple Prices'. Their Western models are often more expensive...

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @11:56PM (#8958194)
No they don't. The apple of china is of course...apple. Vivo and oppo don't come close to iPhone market share in the high end PRC market.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by dingaling on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:23AM (#8958578)
November 2014 China smartphone marketshares: Vivo 6%, Apple 5%

Vivo don't do low-end models either.

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by jhou2 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:44AM (#8958628)
Weird. I've never even heard of Vivo. All the wealthy Chinese people I know have an iPhone. I genuinely believe that they would be embarrassed to have anything other than an iPhone. They shake their head when I tell them how great an Android is. Even on TV, in the dramas, the rich characters always use iPhone and Macs. I've never seen anyone use a Lenovo or Vivo phone on chinese TV drama.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:47AM (#8958636)
To be fair, Samsung is also considered kind of high end. They won't let you into starbucks unless you have an iPhone or Samsung something (just joking, sort of).
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:44AM (#8958627)
I've never seen a vivo in Beijing before. iPhones...plenty, but vivo?

Also, there phones look mighty affordable (none above 3K RMB):

http://search.jd.com/Search?keyword=vivo&enc=utf-8

Compare to iphones (all new models > 4K RMB):

http://search.jd.com/Search?keyword=iphone&enc=utf-8

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by okibeogezi on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:56PM (#8962142)
http://www.businessinsider.com/no-one-can-beat-the-iphone-20...
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by minthd on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @11:41PM (#8958152)
I agree. And what's more, in the ample discussions about Apple, this is rarely mentioned or analyzed.It's like people prefer not to burst the illusion, and continuing living in it, and enjoying the psychological value the illusion gives them.
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