No. iPhones are not crap because they were designed to be high quality and to last. Samsung is crap because it's crap--cheap materials and designed to last a year a year or two. Apple is like Honda. Samsung is like Kia. After 3 years a Honda is still tight and you can feel the engineering quality. After 3 years, a Kia is still running but it's a bucket of squeaks and rattles and owners pray for someone to steal them. Fat chance.
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Angela Ahrendts to Bring a Personal Touch to Apple's Retail Operations This Week
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No. iPhones are not crap because they were designed to be high quality and to last. Samsung is crap because it's crap--cheap materials and designed to last a year a year or two. Apple is like Honda. Samsung is like Kia. After 3 years a Honda is still tight and you can feel the engineering quality. After 3 years, a Kia is still running but it's a bucket of squeaks and rattles and owners pray for someone to steal them. Fat chance.
You haven't used a samsung phone or driven a modern kia recently have you? Basically every review disagrees with you.
Your welcome to your fanboy opinion but don't state it as fact when 90% of people disagree.
My own knowledge being that I know she's done some pretty cool stuff.
Ever seen one of her TED talks?
Honda has had lots of misses btw, including the quickly-re-redesigned Honda Civic...
Kia has been improving dramatically and gained a lot of respect.
Samsung Flagship phones are not cheap. I still see people carrying around their S3 and it's working great.
Not being snide or trolling, but my local Apple stores suck compared to the one Microsoft store we have in the area.
The Microsoft store looks better, smells better, is more fun, and has a full multiplayer Xbox section. It just has more energy and flavor.
The Apple experience just seems kinda stale in comparison.
The Microsoft store looks better, smells better, is more fun, and has a full multiplayer Xbox section. It just has more energy and flavor.
The Apple experience just seems kinda stale in comparison.
That was a joke, right? The only, only, reason a msft store might possibly smell better is because absolutely no one ever goes there. Ever.
1 - Higher prices allow Apple to pay all of their employees well (even the assembly workers in China are well paid), as opposed to products by Amazon or Walmart or Samsung where some of their employees are paid minimum wage.
2 - Higher prices allow for competition. The same companies that sell products for near cost still make a profit because lower prices means they aren't directly competing with Apple. Apple avoids being labeled as a monopoly because of their higher prices. They level the playing field for all the other companies coming out with knockoffs.
Has Apple has been lacking in "human touch"?
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Originally Posted by ChrisCW11 View Post
I don't need a more personal touch to the Apple retail experience, what I would prefer if Apple reduced their prices so as to not grab 500% markup on all their devices, you know, make its a little less dehumanizing for people to buy Apple products.
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Originally Posted by ChrisCW11 View Post
I don't need a more personal touch to the Apple retail experience, what I would prefer if Apple reduced their prices so as to not grab 500% markup on all their devices, you know, make its a little less dehumanizing for people to buy Apple products.