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To: mylife

The Apple Iphones and IPads are very smooth, the games almost always work as advertised. Pricey but works well.

Android does what most people need though. Cheaply.


11 posted on 12/26/2014 10:28:44 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Like I said, products for people with money falling out of their pockets.

I want one.


19 posted on 12/26/2014 10:36:00 AM PST by mylife
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To: GeronL
Android does what most people need though. Cheaply.

Good enough usually wins in the end.

26 posted on 12/26/2014 10:52:23 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
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Android does what most people need though. Cheaply.

Herein lies one of the basic lessons of technology: the mass market is not concerned with "best" but with "good enough." Produce "good enough" at the optimal price to cover costs and gain some profit, and you will obtain the bulk of market share.

The problem lies in "good enough" being usually quickly copyable. Sony lost its shirt on Betamax 30 years ago because VHS was good enough, but VHS was so easily copyable that within a few years its manufacture became both mass-marketed and unprofitable. The same thing happened to RGB color televisions 50 years ago, and is happening to 'droid phones now. The curve from rising star to cash cow to unprofitable dog is steep on both sides.

31 posted on 12/26/2014 10:59:42 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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