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Google Beats Out Apple as World's Most Valuable Brand
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I think when Apple release the 4.7" and maybe the 5.5" iPhone 6 in September, this time next year when the 2015 world's most valuable brand list is released, it will be Apple at the top. iPhone 6 will dominate with the larger screen. It will have iOS 8 as well. iPhone 6 + iOS 8 = Apple back at the top again.
Do you honestly think it matters to them? It is only public perception that they produce great things as an underdog.
Exactly. Now I imagine the iPhone 6 will have a Retina+ Display. It's been 4 years since they've been using the Retina moniker and it seems time they increased the pixel density, clarity, color etc.
Bigger screen, a little more customization (maybe) and a BETTER screen and I think people will be sold.
True, but they'll still sell boatloads. I don't think Apple will ever have that "cheap/free" phone. The 4S being free is great. They're still selling a lot of those.
Either way, this is about to be another record launch for AAPL.
What has google copied from Apple.. pls be specific..
Or are you just jumping on the "everyone' copies from Apple bandwagon with nothing concrete to back it up..
Yikes no thanks. I don't hug trolls.
And no, you didn't 'got that right'. I said that because I think Apple needs to seriously step up their game with everyone catching up and passing them. There hasn't been anything that made people say "wow I really want that" in a long while.
Judging from your comment history maybe you should find something better to do than harass anyone who expresses an emotion towards Apple. Lighten up "fella"
Wait, so apple went down and analysts wonder if apple can keep redefining tech. What the hell has google done to redefine tech? They made a super popular mobile OS which is part of why they are making so much money but they haven't redefined anything. Why is apple held to a standard that no one else is?
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What does anyone else have that makes people say "wow I want that". Why does apple have to do it when no one else is?
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What does anyone else have that makes people say "wow I want that". Why does apple have to do it when no one else is?
Google Glass is not the future
Please. Google Glass has been "out" for years and not once have I seen anyone wearing/using it. FAIL.
Please. Google Glass has been "out" for years and not once have I seen anyone wearing/using it. FAIL.
Because that's not the deciding factor.
To me these studies are a bit like the current state of tv ratings. Ratings for TV look at a highly select group of folks as the answer to the countries tastes. Only now are they figuring out that there's a whole giant universe of viewers they have been ignoring who are yakking all over social media. So they are starting to look at that as well. In particular you'll notice that almost every show has a hashtag and they publish it on many forms of SM. This is to try to get folks to use it to make it easier to pin down that yakking.
On the brand side it would be the same, plus which names are dropped more for page hits. Apple and Apple related terms show up more than any other as page hit fodder. Even some diehard Android sites are guilty of dropping 'iPad Killer' in a headline to try to lure over Apple users. That's way bigger 'brand value' than a companies ads etc.
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I disagree about the whole Beats thing, but agree about the new products.
The Beats thing needs to be confirmed and we need to see what its about to say anything about its 'value'
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ummmm, Price?
And PC still dominates Macs by more than 9:1 in spite of not coming "close to Mac's fit and finish".
Part of what makes both dominate is price. The masses appear to like price more than "X mm thinner" or even the joys of OS X or iOS superiority. A bigger-screen iPhone launch is definitely going to appeal to a chunk of the masses who must have a bigger screen but would love to have iOS running on that bigger screen. However, to imply dominance is only a bigger screen away is ignoring that other variable that matters even more (most?) to the masses.
Or they don't, because the bulk of the world doesn't care about either of those.
What they care about is stability etc. Give us an iOS that doesn't have major bugs on day one like that wifi killer in iOS 6, doesn't have major battery drain issues like iOS 7 did because of the added background app refresh and so on. Give us a screen you can use outside. Give us repairable sleep wake and volume buttons so folks with out of warranty devices won't have to pay for a whole damn replacement. Give us an even better oleo phobic screen with better scratch resistance.
these are things that everyone can care about. Not whether you can skin the icons on iOS 8 to make it look like iOS 6 etc.
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I'm curious, how exactly did you contact this millions of people to determine definitely that this is why they switched to Android and that they would switch back if Apple makes a bigger iPhone. And were you able to determine just what size is 'bigger' in these folks eyes.
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We would have to understand the exact methodology of the folks that created the study to know that. And we'd also have the answer to why Google went up 40% when it seems like they haven't done much this past year
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Finally released Office for the iPad
I guess it doesn't. I've spent time asking a question that was totally irrelevant. You've just blown my mind sir! /s
I finally saw one in the wild. In an Apple Store. Guy looked stupid.
I rather like the notion of the Google Glass in a way. I can see value in things like walking directions or even historical notes about places if I'm doing the tourist thing. And I can see where say a museum could have interactive stuff going along with pieces or guide you on a tour based on being able to detect your location. Sure you can do it with a book etc but why not let folks keep eyes up and not stuck in a book or a phone.
My issue is that the devices are ugly and I am not keen on this whole zapping the image into my eye stuff. Give me something that is basically a pair of shades (with some kind of privacy coating so folks can't see the images I'm seeing) with the images going onto the lenses, perhaps optional ear buds for listening to audio. And yes a camera would be nice also, even if just a non recording one for things like Word Lens or even reading signs to the visually impaired. The main power would be in a phone or tablet connected via Bluetooth. Little solar strips for added power might be cool also. But keep it mainly to being a 'heads up' version of the Pebble. Not a FaceTime gig etc.
Do you think so? Honestly I don't know if my eyes are just receptive to AMOLED screens differently but I see them really weirdly. They also look low res with strange saturated colours. Ive tried S3 to S5 and other brands I just don't know why it looks so odd and un-natural to me, a bit like if a Mega Drive had a screen built in. Seen as everyone else likes them so much I figured it was just my eyes.
Thankfully for my eyes Apple will be sticking to LCD even in a bigger phone screen as they've got so much white in iOS7-8 that'll last about 2 hours with an AMOLED screen!
I think they see Google and similar companies as a safer bet long term. With Apple its more profit, but a lot more competition with consumers, analysts and investors expecting innovation at every turn. But thats the very nature of technology verses already established services and technology thats already in place.
Apple can fix this by simple paying those poor Chinese people even less to make the stuff. Solved.
And I don't think people realize how many people switch to Android because they genuinely like the OS better.
Lots? Take a look at this year's new flagships. Xperia Z2, HTC One M8, even One+ One and the new Surface 3. You can tell they're all trying and it shows. I'd still prefer iOS/OS X any day but I can't deny that they're all very well designed products with amazing specs.
Rumored products like the 'iWatch' everyone's been talking about the past 2-3 years, almost every tech company has their own version now because they thought that was Apple's next big thing. Ever since big products like the iPhone and iPad were first introduced all eyes have been on Apple, that's why they have to do it, and I really hope they do. Remember the days when Apple keynotes were actually fun and unpredictable, nobody knew what to expect. Now it seems to just be a keynote to confirm leaks and rumors.
The technical definition would be the net present value of the incremental discounted cash flow due to the brand itself. For example, if Apple made the exact same products, but they were "white box", they would generate $x in profits. Slap an Apple logo on these same units, and Apple generates $y in profits. Add up the projected difference between $x and $y over time and you get the brand value.
Of course, that's theory. Estimating that accurately in practice is impossible. So I'm sure these peple use a BS methodology.