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Smartphone makers plan to mirror Apple's approach with fewer models each year
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The sudden shift in strategy shortly after the success (which some have thought unlikely or lukewarm) of the iPhone 4S, and Samsung's achievements (http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/09/samsung-google?newsfeed=true) - who have also been following Apple closely - gives away the rest of the smartphone OEMs' hand.
You're still wrong though. They're "mirroring" Samsung. Hey aren't going to release one phone, they're going to release one line of phones, like the Galaxy series, of which there are several models per year.
Who has been mirroring Apple for over a year now. Apparently, far too closely to go unnoticed.
Apple is at the bottom of this entire shift.
From a manufacturing point of view? Yes, I don't have to re-tool for ear new device /update. Now let me let this one fly:
Who would like to see Apple release 6 phones, 3 iPads per year?
Exclusivity... Is what the competition are after here. One of these and one of those....Let's see.
Who would like to see Apple release 6 phones, 3 iPads per year?
Exclusivity... Is what the competition are after here. One of these and one of those....Let's see.
Samsung has changed their business practices in response to Apple, but they aren't mirroring them in terms of product lines and releases. Google more closely follows that model with the Nexus line, but other companies? No.
I am still trying to figure out how Apple had control of CES.
CES seem to be a pretty big Android play ground and all the big stuff was Android and dealt with Android.
Some how I think LTD missed that little fact that Apple add ons from 3rd parties were not that big. They had some things but all the big stuff was Android based.
MWC is in about a month and that will be yet another huge Android event as well. Apple will be at most a minor player there at all.
Just out of curiosity where you at CES this year? Or are you getting this facts from sources?
Apple didn't have control of CES, however there was a huge influence and there was a "presence" if you will. Yes there was Android but they were not nearly as prevalent in any of the halls as was Apple.
Having said that there was a lot that didn't have the feel or look. Don't get me wrong they were not at every single booth or stand or display. They were not in every single category, but they were there and yes they feel was all over the place.
I can see this happening and why.
I mean all the R&D being spent to produce a flag ship phone, only to see it leaped frogged within a month by a new model. Its crazy.
Add in the cost of supporting all those phones, needing to upgrade all of them to android, or risk alienating your customer base.
While the number of models could decrease (which does decrease choice) there's still sufficient manufacturers available to provide consumers with a wide range of phone options.
I mean all the R&D being spent to produce a flag ship phone, only to see it leaped frogged within a month by a new model. Its crazy.
Add in the cost of supporting all those phones, needing to upgrade all of them to android, or risk alienating your customer base.
While the number of models could decrease (which does decrease choice) there's still sufficient manufacturers available to provide consumers with a wide range of phone options.
DigiTimes posts anything to boost their page views. Where is the 4-inch iPhone 5 that should have been launched last year? Or iPad with retina display and USB port? Seriously, DigiTimes has pretty much zero credibility.