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Apple to Lure Android Users to iPhone With New Trade-In Program
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Apple is going to grab more marketshare by selling devices to people who cannot afford them?
You cannot refer to the overall markertshare as apple does not have anything but premium handsets. Short of giving away phones to the poor android users
Just focus on the premium markertshare, apple dominates.
While anyone with half a brain might agree, anyone with a full brain probably would realize that it's not simply competition which has been pushing advancements in the iPhone. Even without competition, the iPhone today would be quite advanced.
Oh it's definitely not the laggy horrible mess it was during the froyo/gingerbread/ics days. Hilariously there were people who claimed they had zero lag then too
Lollipop is a huge improvement, but there's definitely lag. Same with ios. I don't take anyone who says android has no lag seriously.
And at this point I would wait until October if I were in your shoes. But once that time rolls around you gotta get in on Touch ID. Worth the price of admission in and of itself.
Dell streak says hello. Or do obscure unpopular products not count when we're not talking about apple?
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Am I the only one finding this a rather strange and unlike Apple strategy?
Tim Cook talked about how their products are premium and they don't care about commodities, yet here they are giving Apple voucher for trading in commodities to spend on premium.
It seems they want to be aggressive.
Tim Cook talked about how their products are premium and they don't care about commodities, yet here they are giving Apple voucher for trading in commodities to spend on premium.
It seems they want to be aggressive.
Why do people who defend Android (mostly with illogical arguments) always end their posts with a footnote listing their iDevices and how much they enjoy using them.
Hmmm...
Precisely. And I was replying to a user who is under the impression that Apple is simply re releasing every idea that Google comes up with.
But then again, he's on a 'time out' according to this forum so might be a troll, or otherwise not worth replying to.
It would have advanced yes, just not as much.
It's odd how Apple fans have benefitted so much over the years due to Apple needing to compete and not get left behind, and being overtaken too much by other big brand names.
And yet at the same time, these very same people say they want some of the biggest brand names to die and vanish.
Competition is what pushes us forward, and you only need to look at the now near glacier pace of Intel, and others when there is no need to compete as no one threatens your position.
I still am running Sandybridge after all these years
Doesn't matter. His post was accurate regardless. Most modern iOS features were on Android first.
Microsoft, etc offering trade in program to lure Apple customers = desperation.
Apple offering trade in program to lure Android users = great idea.
Am I right?
Apple offering trade in program to lure Android users = great idea.
Am I right?
One of Apple's clever moves is releasing the iPhone in September. Right now, most people consider the iPhone 6 brand new, and a new phone in September 2015 way off in the distance. As you know, we're half way between the iPhone 6 and the 6S.
You might as well wait. Either there will be a new feature you want (like force touch or a much faster processor) or there won't be. If there isn't, you will be able to get the iPhone 6 at a reduced price.
Hey any proof of the same people saying both of the above?
No?? Wow that's so unlike you to just say things...one day, man.
I checked the trade-in value of my iPhone 4 with my current carrier (Rogers Canada), and it was $14. No thanks! It's worth a lot more to me than that.
I can't imagine Apple would be giving much more value to Android devices.
I don't know if you guys had the same thing in Canada, but ATT had a promotion for the first few weeks or so of iphone 6/6plus launch where if you traded in an iphone you could get 200-300 credit. I traded in an iphone 4 and got $200 store credit to spend on a new iphone.
Oh no youre mistaken. I'm not the dell streak. The dell streak is the phablet you ignored when you mistakenly tried to say Samsung invented the phablet. Its ok...it happens
Not really. The idea isn't to pay what the phone is worth, but to pay the phone owner enough money to make them switch.
Excuse me, but I remember Samsung making adverts that were insulting Apple customers, and I'd say that backfired spectacularly. It's not the only reason, but it is one reason why Samsung's sales are dropping, because their own customers found it embarrassing, and it certainly didn't make anyone switch from Apple to Samsung phones.
The same would happen if Apple started insulting Android and Samsung customers. Telling them "you bought a rubbish phone" is just annoying; it isn't going to make anyone switch to the iPhone.
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It only makes good marketing sense for Apple to take this approach. Personally I'm very curious to see how they do, yet in typical fashion I'm sure Apple won't disclose numbers. Relying on articles from various web sites may give us a read on public response however.
There's a lot of variables presently since top of the line Androids as I've experienced them have never been better.
There's a lot of variables presently since top of the line Androids as I've experienced them have never been better.
With this trade-in program I'm sure some "analyst" will count how many smartphones Apple sold, and then subtract the number of smartphones that Apple purchased, and Samsung will be ahead again
Copied, inspired by, influenced by; as I also stated, why should I care?
In the end, this circle of borrowing, which Apple also does, is good for all of us who enjoy tech and the devices it spawns.
Now if you're implying that Apple was the first domino for everything that we're currently benefiting from then you're in dire need of a reality check. Of course I'm just making an assumption based on 6 words you typed.