Analyst Says Apple Will No Longer Be Cool in 2012

I for see a lot if people including myself and my wife eventually leaving apple...we have spent tons of money getting their stuff but the lack of innovation or something groundbreaking is becoming old fast and is boring. They need to do something big and soon

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How would you define "big" in this context?

 

The thing with competition is that you take your chances, and everyone can pick the biz model that they think will work. If everyone competed like Apple, many buyers would be shut out of owning tablets, because they couldn't afford them, or because they didn't want to spend as much. It's not bottom feeding to go for another demographic. It's an old model to offer razors and then charge for the razor blades. Consumers can choose what they want.

I'm not worried about companies making money (or not). That's their prob.

 

Apple is more polished and I like that my devices can all synch together. If I had to go android I would try the Asus tablet. Looks nice, one day I will take a look at best buy. I think android is winning mainly due to their price points; however, you get what you pay for. I don't like plastic devices. Apple's products are very well made. I am still on iPhone 4 and it feels brand new. I don't have a strong desire to upgrade as I don't use it that much, we get upgrades via iOS, and I have a new iPod touch - that's my iPhone 5 w o the voice capability

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I love my new iMac. I have not had a new computer since 2004 and it was a junky Dell. Poor people who bought their newest model were having problems with it right out if the box (was reading the reviews) and Dell was not very accommodating when it came to repairs or customer service. Apple has excellent customer service!!

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Like KayKayKay said they want Apple to fail because maybe they cannot afford to buy their products (or at least one of the reasons she pointed out).

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You argued against your own case. As you said, Google doesn't know how to treat customers. Deep pockets aren't magical. If you can't provide good service, you're not going to make it. That's the point of competition.

Tablets are becoming commodities. Content is where long-term profits will be, and it's available from more and more sources. Search for apps in news, books and movies; there are plenty of content choices. But how do companies like Amazon become giants? They deliver great service and innovation or someone else will come along and eat their lunch. For instance, Sony had plenty of money before Amazon ever existed, and they had content to sell. Note that they've failed miserably at selling their ebooks, even though Sony had ereaders and book rights long before Kindle emerged and changed the industry. Sony had tons of movie rights, too. Yet the company is struggling to compete effectively on multiple fronts.

Why would I worry about competition by rooting for companies that can't figure out how to survive? Customer service and innovation will win out (except in cases where the game has been fixed, as with carriers).

 

Apple moving production home to the US is pretty cool.

 

It's a drop in the bucket. More symbolism than anything else:

Apple's US Manufacturing: Meaningful Shift or PR Move? - Forbes

 

I was saying they need to do something big in regards to their phones, not their computers

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Okay, the one day per week my glass is half-full...

 

The only thing with a company making insane amounts of profit is that basically that says that they are charging too much for their stuff. That being said, people are still buying it so maybe they aren't charging too much? I dunno. It does make you wish they'd give people a little break on some of the hardware pricing. Maybe a little less jump for storage between models or something. Profit is good and makes the business world go around. But most companies operate with smaller margins than apple does. Good business model for apple, for sure!