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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Apple has stated numerous times that they aren't market share oriented. When a company releases a new version of a product annually, and always increases volume of sales, what would be the attraction to moving into a low priced market?
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The attraction would be to keep with the times; instead of holding onto a business model that worked 5 years ago. As I said earlier, if I was in the market for a phone today it likely wouldn't be another iPhone. I don't think I'm alone. So very quickly we could go from being a 3 iPhone household to zero.
The pricing is outdated. Would you spend the same on an LCD TV today as 5 years ago? What about a laptop? Sure, the new version would be ahead of the old one in many different resects. But generally the price for electronics comes down over time. So rather than staying ahead of things, they are looking like they will wait to see if the market will flop on them.