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immibis
5 months ago
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Nokia's internal presentation after iPhone was lau...
It's all about marketing. You buy the thing that has the best marketing, not the best thing. That's how Apple replaced all these other smartphone vendors.
mort96
5 months ago
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This is a very narrow and simplistic view on the extremely complex topics of market dynamics and consumer behaviour.
spacedcowboy
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Also, utterly wrong. The iPhone is very good at being a phone + lots more.
bombcar
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Marketing can get you a leap and a start, but if the product isn't at least usable, it'll die out.
Anyone should be able to bring to mind giant marketing blitz for products that died horribly.
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