Posted on 10/03/2017 3:37:14 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple is perceived by technology professionals to be the “most technologically advanced’’ company worldwide, according to a September survey by Decision Analyst, a leading marketing research and analytical consulting firm. Decision Analyst recently surveyed more than 1,000 technology professionals worldwide — a group that includes engineers, scientists, computer programmers, and other technology executives. Survey participants were shown a list of 68 leading technology companies and asked to choose the five ‘most technologically advanced’ companies. As the chart below shows, Apple was chosen by a higher percentage (46.9%) of technology professionals than any other company.
The perception of Apple as the top technology company was consistent across the technology professionals surveyed in the U.S., Canada, European Union, Russia, Asia, and Latin America. Other companies perceived as top technology leaders are Microsoft (40.4%), Samsung (36.9%), Google (34.3%) and Intel (24.4%).
“Apple is a great example of the power of consistent positioning and consistent execution of a strategy based on technically superior products, innovative design, high-quality manufacturing, premium pricing, and consistent advertising of its strategic positioning story,” said Jerry W. Thomas, President/CEO of Decision Analyst, in a statement. “Apple demonstrates the power of strategy, long-term thinking and planning, careful and thoughtful research, consistent execution, and consistent marketing. Through ups and downs, Apple has never blinked or taken its eye off of the long-term goal. This stands in stark contrast to the short-term focus and short-term thinking that characterizes most large U.S. corporations,” Thomas said. “Apple pursues a business model other companies might want to study and emulate.”
Below are the results for all 68 companies listed in the survey.
Based on secondary research and pilot studies, Decision Analyst compiled a list of 68 leading technology companies around the globe. The names of these technology companies were shown during the survey (randomized from respondent to respondent), and participants were asked to choose the top five “most technologically advanced” companies.
Multiple answers were specified because of the large number of companies listed. Apple was chosen by a higher percentage of respondents than any other company. The sample size for the survey was 1,086. The standard error is about 3 percent, plus or minus, at a 95-percent level of confidence. The source of the online sample was the Technology Advisory Board (www.technologyboard.com). The survey was conducted in September 2017.
Source: Decision Analyst
MacDailyNews Take: This survey would be a great honor were it not for the laughable outfits plopped at #2 and #3, both of which are best known for knocking off Apple products. And, aside from a search engine married to an ad network, #4’s biggest claim to fame is also an Apple knockoff.
That the second-, third-, and fourth-placed companies’ claims to fame rest precisely on copying Apple innovations only cements the fact that Apple is, by far, the world’s ‘most technologically advanced’ company!
Who cares? Profits are king. And if Apple ain’t got em...they ain’t king.
They are worth more than Disney, in fact there were those rumors that Apple would buy out Disney, which I don’t see happening, but they are worth a lot of money. I don’t see them falling anytime soon.
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Uh, Apple has the profits, too. It takes home the lion share of profits in cellular phones, tablets, and personal computers, music sales, app sales. . .
The way they stay there is being the most technologically advanced.
I am an elderly,non tech type old woman woman who had to call Apple customer service about 2 weeks ago.
I was DREADING it but the service was superb.
I’m a believer.
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Ahahahahahahahahahahaha.
This is laughable.
The world hasn’t seen advanced tech.
All we have currently is smaller and smaller microchips. That’s all.
There’s vastly superior tech out there under lock and key.
Apple's Market Cap= $ 797.92 Billion.
Disney's Market Cap = $ 155.57 Billion.
Apple has approximately $ 270 billion of available cash on hand. They could buy Disney if they want to.
It is laughable.
IPhone gripes:
(1) Multi-touch procedures to mute phone
(2) No direct way to maintain text message group lists
(3) Touch screen cannot hover like a mouse
... just off the top of my head.
“(1) Multi-touch procedures to mute phone”
When I go to sleep at night, it needs a multi-touch method to turn down the ring volume for alarm sounds.
Grrrrr.
Depends on what “most technologically advanced” means. If we are talking devices, sure Apple is a player. Their tech is anything but first to market or innovative. Not one thing they do now is revolutionary, from screen tech to facial recognition they are a “me too” company. The iPhone 8 is a major disappointment with most of the tech articles I have read. It’s warmed over 6-12 month old “innovations” in a poor crafted phone.
Now you have to see what Microsoft has been quietly doing. They own the world of software innovation right now. Cloud computing, geo-fencing, machine learning, business intelligence, petabyte data storage with faster access than your 10 year old SQL blade server. I have never seen such exciting times when it comes to real innovation. The iPhone is a nice gadget, but without the infrastructure and computing power to support 100’s of millions of concurrent users accessing Facebook in the cloud, it’s really just an iPod. Apple is to technology what Toyota and Honda were to cars in the 70’s through the 90’s , solid, dependable and marginally innovative. But an innovative giant...umm no they are not.
Cool!
I love my 6S+ and will be getting the iPhone X and Watch 3 LTE.
My Mac Pro is dangerously old, though, and I hope to high Heavens Apple will be updating it!
I can’t use the iMac...I need full peripherals, full internal storage and lots of ports, plus an upgradeable video card and motherboard.
Ed
I’m wondering if they have actual quantum computers. I know they use aspects of qbits, but I wonder if somewhere there’s a Cray or IBM or .gov build that uses a full-fledged quantum processor...wouldn’t that be cool?!
Ed
Use the manual switch on the left side of the iPhone. No direct way to maintain text message group lists.
Make a message with the group. Keep it around and message the same people on that message. . . the same people who received the first message will receive all subsequent messages.
(3) Touch screen cannot hover like a mouse
That's failing of the programer of the website. . . and it is a "touch" screen. . . but I've seen properly programed websites that hover with touch screens just fine. Amazon product viewing is a good example.
Pre-orders on October 27th, Pre-order deliveries and in-store sales on November 3rd.
It will work.
“Depends on what “most technologically advanced” means.”
Indeed!
I don’t see Lockheed or Raytheon even listed in this Apple PR drivel for the slack-jawed.
Take off your Microsoft employee badge and say that...
Do you go to sleep at close to the same time every night? Set the Do Not Disturb to go on and off on your schedule. Or set the Do Not Disturb for 9PM every night and allow calls from 8AM . . . and allow calls from your VIP list. Anyone that calls twice in a row can still get through the Do Not Disturb.
Want to set it Do Not Disturb at another time? Swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen, tap the moon button. Done. To turn it off, swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen, tap the moon again. Done.
If you want a quieter alarm, that's possible too. Select an alarm tone that is subdued, and keep a loud ring tone. Problem solved.
It's amazing how people keep telling us about things that irk them which THEY CLAIM IS IMPOSSIBLE or REQUIRE an extraordinary number of clicks to do something when it is actually super simple to do what they want to do.
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