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Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem

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From: SMS
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:44
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On 17/07/10 9:05 AM, John Slade wrote:

> The iPad, iPhone, iPod and iPod touch are brilliant moves by Apple. They
> make great devices despite this problem with the iPhone 4. As for their
> low end offerings, it's the Mini and iMac. They both have low-end
> performance but Apple can sell them at mid-range to high-end prices
> because they make them cute and small. Most people want practical and
> cheap over cute and small.

Most people feel that way, which is why the worldwide market share for 
Macs has not changed much, hovering between 3 and 4% for many years.

Apple realized that there were sufficient numbers of consumers that did 
not always buy the cheapest and most practical products to build a very 
profitable business around. As did Lexus, Acura, BMW, etc.
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:44:50 -0700
From: SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
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