[HN Gopher] Microsoft poised to overtake Apple as most valuable ...
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Microsoft poised to overtake Apple as most valuable company
Author : ortusdux
Score : 21 points
Date : 2024-01-07 20:25 UTC (2 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (appleinsider.com)
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| _> analysts expectation of slowing iPhone demand_
|
| Has Apple considered making decent phones at budget prices for a
| change?
|
| Something in the Samsung A34-A54 ~EUR300 price range.
|
| There's only so many people willing to spend EUR1k+ on a phone
| these days.
| notyourwork wrote:
| Fewer skus seems like a massive simplifier to me. The SE and
| the mini seem to me like their "cheaper" line. I love my iPhone
| 13 mini for form factor.
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| Have you ever compared the low-res dim IPS display of a
| EUR400+ SE to the much cheaper Samsung A34/A54 that ship with
| bright 1080p OLED high refresh displays with 128GB to boot?
| It's not even a competition.
|
| And yes the display matters the most to most consumers as
| that's the primary interface the user has to the phone. A
| small dim 720p IPS display doesn't cut it anymore in 2024
| especially at EUR400+ price point where Android competition
| eats it.
|
| _> Fewer skus seems like a massive simplifier to me_
|
| What use is fewer SKUs if nobody is buying them?
|
| Nobody in my country(not USA where iPhone is king due to
| iMessage lock-in and high income) is buying the SE because at
| that price it's terrible value for money compared to the
| competition. Everyone is buying mid priced Androids and those
| with money buy the Pro iPhone but never the SE because it's
| just shit value.
|
| Apple needs to replace the SE with something more modern with
| bigger OLED and then it will sell.
| notyourwork wrote:
| Not sure Apple is targeting your market segment then.
| Clearly they are doing something right considering their
| revenue, value and performance. The 13 mini has an oled
| display, not sure what you're disagreeing with.
| timeon wrote:
| I'm not from US but I bought SE. Not sure about situation
| now as it was ~5 years ago and it still works.
| yftsui wrote:
| SE 3rd gen is a great small phone, not sure why you say its
| screen is dim. Glad Samsung worked out for you, that's the
| benefit of competition. It's good that Apple wasn't able to
| grip all segments of the market.
| 1over137 wrote:
| >Has Apple considered making decent phones at budget prices for
| a change?
|
| No. In their entire history, they've hardly ever cared about
| the low end.
| KRAKRISMOTT wrote:
| iPads are cheap and provides great value
| notyourwork wrote:
| Not surprised, where Apple has concentrated brand and product
| line value, Microsoft has breadth of business.
|
| Apple has the i-line of products, MacBooks and "services".
| Microsoft has desktop, devices, games, cloud. It's no surprise to
| me.
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| If Apple disappears tomorrow, the world will be at a loss.
|
| If Microsoft disappears tomorrow, no one will bat an eyelid.
| lwhi wrote:
| How do you figure this?
| voiceblue wrote:
| [delayed]
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