And it very clearly shows that most consumers have no clue what they want and what they are looking for.
Now to the question of whether or not Apple Phones are expensive-The answer is most definitely a Yes.
Lets not forget that we are still in the middle of the worst recession of our lifetimes[Anyone who was born after 1952 this is the worst recession they have been through] and so consumers continue to search for Value for Money products and if they are getting exactly the same product which delivers exactly the same functionality (with a slightly different brand name);Who cares???
After all Apple,Nokia and Samsung are all made in the same place today-China.
So many of their components get shared across phones so it really does'nt make much difference.
But what will really surprise most people is the major reason Consumers are staying away from Apple is the lack of Flash.I was amazed when I heard this but its true.
I read in some other article I can't remember exactly where that Apple consumers are switching to Samsung or Nokia because they believe that Apple products are expensive and Apple has lost innovation with the death of Steve Jobs. Do you think it's true?
Honestly I believe Nokia has more than a fighting chance with these phones.Let's not forget the enormous Goodwill the Nokia Brand has all over Europe and Asia today.
All that needs to happen is for Consumers to try these phones once and I am more than positive that a significant number of of existing Apple/Samsung fans will switch.
Ha! I have been thinking about trying out a Macbook... I have to admit, I have never used one but I have been told many times that the OS is far superior to MS products. I believe what has kept me with the good ol' PC is the difference in pricing compared to Apple's Mac products.
I used to have windows XP but after windows 7 came out, I switched. I never really liked windows vista. I wonder whether I will find windows 8 appealing or not.
A company I worked for recently had a couple PC's still using Vista and I did not care for it at all. Most of the PC's in the company were still using Windows XP, and everyone in the office liked it well. I was surprised to see the variance in OS throughout the company. I think there were a few company laptops that used Windows 7, these were used in the recording studio. A few of my co workers "hated" using them because they were used to using Windows XP. I can completely understand the challenge of switching to a new OS, simply because of the resistance many people have toward change.
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