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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (166411)	2/25/2014 10:49:52 AM
From: slacker711	1 Recommendation Recommended By Ryan Bartholomew Respond to of 213176

Pricing will be key. If cutting the fluff allows them to price it at least $100 less than the iPhone 6, it could be a re-run of late 2012 with the S3's impact. Yes, absolutely. Conversely, if Samsung doesnt cut the price of the S5, then the competitive environment is going to be substantially better than I would have expected. Personally, I like what Samsung has done with the S5, but it is going to be difficult to overcome the initial disappointment of many customers. The iPhone 5C received reasonably good reviews but it never overcame the initial reaction from consumers that it was too expensive. It appears the S5 will run faster than the iPhone 6 and beat in a number of other areas, too. The chip is a slightly faster version of the Snapdragon 800 that shipped last summer. The 801 looks basically like a stopgap to the 805 which will is supposed to ship later in the 1st half. That's a bit odd since I considered the 805 to basically be a holdover until Qualcomm announced/shipped a 20nm application processor with a new architecture. Slacker

To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (166411)	2/25/2014 10:51:31 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Apple will likely face the same type of reaction as they did with the past two releases True, unless they actually release a large screen iPhone. Screen size matters. Slacker

To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (166411)	2/25/2014 7:05:44 PM
From: MGV	Respond to of 213176

Apple will likely face the same type of reaction as they did with the past two releases ... The last two launches were successive record launches. On that basis, I think you are right in spite of yourself without intending to be.