What used to be true a few years back, not sure about now:
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- Apple has fewer models, makes stuff cheaper
- They locked up the cheap sources of certain components years ahead, so others have a structural disadvantage
- No discount programs
- Higher retail prices, $70 - $100
- Lots of insane margins on accessories
- Own app store (Android is google play) - is that counted?
- Apple product mix is more expensive. Samsung has really cheap low-end models.
I still have one more question. What is a smartphone? My phone cost $15. That sounded pretty smart to me, but I may have missed something. It "talks" and texts (sort of - if you are very patient and your thumbs still work - big assumption at my age.) That's all I need. Naturally, YMMV.
They're using the latest in lithography, battery chemistries, etc. so every year, those $700 phones bring the latest refinements and often, good jumps in performance.
There are perfectly fine $200-300 smart phones too, just not with the latest components.
Plus, how much of what Apple sells goes directly through their B&M stores or their online stores? Eliminating a middle-man could be a large % of profits. I dunno, but I'm not familiar with too many people going direct to the Samsung store to buy a smart phone, and I haven't noticed Samsung B&M stores like I have Apple stores.
They're using the latest in lithography, battery chemistries, etc. so every year, those $700 phones bring the latest refinements and often, good jumps in performance.
They're using the latest in lithography, battery chemistries, etc. so every year, those $700 phones bring the latest refinements and often, good jumps in performance.
There are perfectly fine $200-300 smart phones too, just not with the latest components.
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I've noticed the newest Google phones have moved up in price, closer to the Apple Iphone numbers. I guess they want those margins too.
I refused to pay the Apple margins on phones and computers.
+1
I refuse to be a lemming.
If Apple buyers are lemmings, Android/Google buyers are dupes. Choose wisely.+1
I refuse to be a lemming.Everyone who buys Apple products is a lemming?
Hmmmm.........
God, I remember when we were considered the ones way out there, the freaks difficult to understand, the minority by far.
I started out with a Samsung Android. When I upgraded to an iPhone, I found that a lot of stuff was done for me automatically. If that makes me a lemming, bring it on!If Apple buyers are lemmings, Android/Google buyers are dupes. Choose wisely.
If Apple buyers are lemmings, Android/Google buyers are dupes. Choose wisely.
Has anyone compared Apple stocks with Samsung stocks? When I looked at Samsung, it was a conglomerate and poorly-performing stock.
Has anyone compared Apple stocks with Samsung stocks? When I looked at Samsung, it was a conglomerate and poorly-performing stock.