'iPhone' Edges Out 'Apple' in Brand Survey

[Saladinos]

Coca-Cola is the strongest brand in the world. I can't believe it didn't make the list.

EDIT: Interbrand have a much better list (http://www.interbrand.com/best_global_brands.aspx?langid=1000)

Apple is 24th place, with a 24% y-o-y increase. Some of the standings are debatable, though - such as Gilette being above Nike, Ferrari and Adidas down near the bottom, and Toyota above McDonalds.

 

[Eric5h5]

Coca-Cola is the strongest brand in the world. I can't believe it didn't make the list.

Probably because this list is about being cool. Microsoft is also a strong brand, but even with the Xbox you're not going to find it anywhere near a list of "cool" brands.

--Eric

 

[Marky_Mark]

Well, this thread has proved one thing: outside the UK, the millions Aston Martin's spent on product placement in the Bond films has amounted to squat-diddily

 

[pdxflint]

Well, this thread has proved one thing: outside the UK, the millions Aston Martin's spent on product placement in the Bond films has amounted to squat-diddily

Had to stifle a bit of a chuckle at that... (it's late, and I don't want the wife to catch me playing online at this hour... )

Well, maybe the next film where Bond takes on Bin Laden and the Taliban (now that the cold war's over, and Bond is 90 going on 35) by parachuting the newest Aston Martin from 35,000 feet right into Osama's personal cave... will do the trick. That might get the factor percolating for a couple weeks.

 

[pacohaas]

how come Vista didn't make the list?

 

[infowarfare]

Who's Aston Martin?

With the entire world's information now at our finger tips it is simply amazing to me how people are actually becoming more ignorant and more misinformed than ever before.

I truly weep for our future generations...

Thank you for your pity. Sadly, I didn't find the time to Google until after I was answered with such a wise and informative response. I'm glad that there are people to look down upon people who don't give a rat's ass about luxury cars. Truly, there are not more important things in this world.

Heard of. Not a fan.

You don't need to be a 'fan' to at least be cognescent of one of the most famous and well-known brands of car in the world.

No implication made that you were, or should be, a fan of Bond either; most people are aware of the long and extremely profitable link between the two. Don't get so shirty.

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I was more turned off by infowarfare's condescending generalization of "our future generations" following my initial question. Didn't intend to start any shirt.

The point I was trying to make (which you have proved even further) is that this twenty-something generation of today are so lazy and so wanting to be spoon-fed information by others rather than taking a whole 10 seconds to do their own research, that they wind up posting their ignorance first (i.e., "Who's Aston Martin") instead of just simply Googling it for a little self-education.

So yes, you may be turned off by my condescension, but I was way more turned off by your complete lack of initiative, your ignorance and now your follow up whining to make excuses for your own laziness. Grow up, get educated and move on...

 

[GrannySmith_G5]

The point I was trying to make (which you have proved even further) is that this twenty-something generation of today are so lazy and so wanting to be spoon-fed information by others rather than taking a whole 10 seconds to do their own research, that they wind up posting their ignorance first (i.e., "Who's Aston Martin") instead of just simply Googling it for a little self-education.

So yes, you may be turned off by my condescension, but I was way more turned off by your complete lack of initiative, your ignorance and now your follow up whining to make excuses for your own laziness. Grow up, get educated and move on...

Oh please. Today's generation is so lazy that instead of typing up a question on the Google website from their computer, they type a question on an online forum from their computer. That's your complaint? Showing ignorance through asking a trivial question? Who cares? I sure don't.

Plus, I myself recognized the car name but couldn't place it as car. I learned what it was in this very thread. Amazing how this all works isn't it.

 

[Ryox]

How did Playstation 1 get 15th place? A little behind the times.

Yeah I found that odd too...

 

[zombitronic]

The point I was trying to make (which you have proved even further) is that this twenty-something generation of today are so lazy and so wanting to be spoon-fed information by others rather than taking a whole 10 seconds to do their own research, that they wind up posting their ignorance first (i.e., "Who's Aston Martin") instead of just simply Googling it for a little self-education.

So yes, you may be turned off by my condescension, but I was way more turned off by your complete lack of initiative, your ignorance and now your follow up whining to make excuses for your own laziness. Grow up, get educated and move on...

A follow up post about moving on... Oh well, I'll bite.

You've got some pent up anger, man. How's your blood pressure? Of course, I'm going to judge your entire personality on a few paragraphs of yours that I read online. Asking a question on a website shows my ignorance? If I knew I was going to get chewed out for not bringing my A-game to this thread I would've looked it up first. Silly me, expecting to learn something by depending on the input others in a public forum. I must have misunderstood the purpose of this site.

It's okay, though. Maybe we can still be friends. I still love you. But I love Granny more.

Oh please. Today's generation is so lazy that instead of typing up a question on the Google website from their computer, they type a question on an online forum from their computer. That's your complaint? Showing ignorance through asking a trivial question? Who cares? I sure don't.

Plus, I myself recognized the car name but couldn't place it as car. I learned what it was in this very thread. Amazing how this all works isn't it.

 

[nbs2]

So yes, you may be turned off by my condescension, but I was way more turned off by your complete lack of initiative, your ignorance and now your follow up whining to make excuses for your own laziness. Grow up, get educated and move on...

Just because I can, I'm going to question your need to answer all questions. It is entirely possible that the person just didn't care enough about AM to look it up. It is possible that the question was posed to evidence that AM is not as large a brand worldwide as it is in the UK, and that the questioner looked it up afterwards. It could be that the questioner just flat out doesn't like AM and posed the question to mock the AM brand.

So many options.

Apple is 24th place, with a 24% y-o-y increase. Some of the standings are debatable, though - such as Gilette being above Nike, Ferrari and Adidas down near the bottom, and Toyota above McDonalds.

Drifting further away from the original topic, it is understandable that Gilette would be so large. Their personal hygiene products are used by people all around the world, and they are priced to enter every market. I've been to small villages in third world nations, and the three world brands that I noticed were Coke, Pepsi, and Gilette. Plus, it doesn't hurt that in those countries, you can buy individual razors and such - makes the expensive affordable.

 

[flameup]

I would add several car brands as well as they are quite popular even in poor regions