Yes. Because there are billions of people who can't afford Apple device. China sells smartphones for about $40 that look like iPhones. Running Android. Marketshare does not matter at all to me. Nokia's CEO kept trying to brag that he had all the market share even after
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Apple’s AI Hardware and Exclusive Content Strategy Dominance
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Far better screens.
Infrastructure in wireless and AI silicon that others can't match.
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Apple AR Glasses Price Decline Trajectory Over Four Years
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That's just the first product. By four years from now the glasses will come down in price to where even the average Apple user can get them. Agreed that it is expensive now. But that's not the point of this device.
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Apple’s Premium Pricing Strategy vs Mass Market Competition
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All digital tech gets cheaper over time and more capable. Price and lifetime of Apple is certainly much higher than, say, a Huawei phone. Agreed. I don't disagree that there's a huge amount of marketshare that Apple doesn't get. It's just that the masses are NEVER where new
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Apple’s Vision for Immersive Computing Beyond Traditional Screens
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This is why Apple first showed us a lot of 2D screens. To show that there will be plenty to do in a way that you can't in the real world (you can use a bunch of monitors while sitting in a Starbucks, for instance).
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iPhone dominance at tech conferences despite alternatives
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Hahahah. Meanwhile everyone I meet has iPhones. I just was at quite a few conferences. 90% iPhones. So keep on keeping on.
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Apple Glasses Inequality: Premium Tech Versus Knockoffs Globally
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My brother owns a bar in backwaters of Virginia. His staff all have iPhones. His staff will all have Apple glasses in seven years or less. The poor in India or Africa or elsewhere? Yeah, they will have a cheap Chinese knockoff. They will not be nearly as useful or as
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Technology costs decline rapidly unlike other products
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Technology is different. Woz showed me his first color printer. Cost $45,000. Today a $70 printer is way way better. None of the products you listed come down in cost rapidly. None. That's what you don't get because of your very obvious bias.
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Apple’s AR Strategy: $3,500 Device Gateway to Lightweight Glasses
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You assume the $3,500 device is the only one they have planned and don't get what it is for. It is to get you to go to the Apple Store and get sold on augmented reality. Within 48 months Apple will have a lightweight pair of glasses that will be far more capable than what
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Technology adoption follows wealth: poor access comes later
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Technology revolutions always start with the money. Not with the poor. The poor will show up someday long after the first glasses appear and the costs come way down. And they will monetize at a far lower rate. And never bring the cool shit.