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To: Elroy who wrote (150156)	2/12/2013 11:14:16 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	1 Recommendation Respond to of 213174

Based on my Samsung experience - I'll pay 9 times more for an Apple product and I have the money to do so. Samsung is Korean garbage

To: Elroy who wrote (150156)	2/12/2013 11:40:03 PM
From: yofal	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213174

(it's made by Cherry Mobile, who?) The Cherry Mobile Flare is a rebrand of a Karbonn A7 (India) phone. Karbonn is now selling a million smartphones a month, rivalling Samsung in their markets. Their phones are also made by Foxconn.

To: Elroy who wrote (150156)	2/13/2013 12:07:15 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213174

> Apple is basically a consumer gadget company I would disagree. Apple at its heart is a design company. People pay a premium for good design. Here is another company that sells design: dyson.com > Usually when the cheap standardized company catches up in technology to the high priced non-standardized product, the lower priced manufacturer wins. Perhaps. But mission critical tools sometimes win despite higher prices. Toyota is a good example. They've been winning for years. Can they or Apple continue? That is the question.

To: Elroy who wrote (150156)	2/13/2013 12:33:52 AM
From: pyslent	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213174

"I'm skeptical Apple will continue to be able to charge the prices it's asking for new products when competitors are making almost the same thing for 20% of the price." So the key word there is "almost." iPhone is differentiated from its competition, by brand, platform, and design. I think you are failing to appreciate how successful Apple had been following the same game plan in the PC space. The average Mac sells for $1400. The average PC sells for $450. There's always going to be a high end market, be it phones, PCs, TVs, etc. There's no guarantee that Apple will always dominate the high end, of course, but price erosion by the lowest cost provider isn't my most immediate concern.