This Week In Mobile
The iPhone is Apple Doubling-Down On What It Does Best
The iPhone is Apple Doubling-Down On What It Does Best This piece from Ben Thompson pairs nicely with the one just posted from Horace Dediu. It argues the higher priced iPhone more from the consumer side, but a lot of it is the same basic thrust. The iPhone is not a single device purchase, it’s …
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S is for Service
S is for Service Excellent piece from Horace Dediu on just why the iPhone commands so high of a price, relative to alternatives. The short answer is that it is highly subsidized by operators because the iPhone is exceptionally gifted at moving users to higher data consumption and hence higher monthly fees. Remember all those …
Worth A Thousand Words — minimalmac.com
Worth A Thousand Words — minimalmac.com Patrick Rhone points out the feature that seems mostly overlooked in all the 5c and 5s announcements: the camera. His contention is that Apple has just shipped a ton of firsts in terms of real life camera features that will continue to disrupt the digital camera market – perhaps …
MediaPost Publications The CMO-CIO Disconnect: Stronger Collaboration Drives Digital Success
MediaPost Publications The CMO-CIO Disconnect: Stronger Collaboration Drives Digital Success Recent research shows that only one in every ten senior marketing and information technology executives believe that the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) – Chief Information Officer (CIO) relationship and collaboration is at the right level. The CMO and CIO – who together control significant portions of the …
C is for Cognitive Illusion
C is for Cognitive Illusion Horace Deidu breaks down the segmentation of the iPhone now that the 5s and 5c have been fully revealed. Apple’s positioning was a bit of a surprise for everyone – showing that they can still be unexpected even when their supply chain leaks almost every physical detail of the new …
Thinking about iPhone Pricing – stratēchery by Ben Thompson
Thinking about iPhone Pricing – stratēchery by Ben Thompson Ben Thompson with an Economics lesson and more thoughts around the pricing of the 5C. He points out that Apple might have waited too long in assessing “good enough” status – that the 4S and not the 5 should have been that mark. But Apple was …
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Android’s route to 1bn
Android’s route to 1bn Ben Evans analyzes Android’s big milestone of 1 Billion. The most interesting part is the 4th graph, overlaying the version data on the activations. It shows almost no updating of devices. On one sense, this is obvious data we all know – nearly every android device (outside of Google’s own Nexus …
What If Microsoft Had Bought BlackBerry In 2009 Instead?
What If Microsoft Had Bought BlackBerry In 2009 Instead? Dan Frommer with a thought exercise: What if Microsoft had bought Blackberry in 2009? That’s a compelling question and its made especially interesting by how tied into enterprise both companies were. However, we have to think that tie in would have been double the incentive to …
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