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    Apple wins because they do something others still can't seem to grasp: they approach personal tech industry as what it is: fashion industry.

    They sell hi-tech fashion accessories announced by their fashion dictator on hyped up seasonal fashion shows packed with fashion and gossip reporters. Then they have celebrities parade with their wares everywhere.

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    • Yup. No different to paying £2000 for a leather jacket from Gucci when you could buy an equally nice, if not nicer jacket, elsewhere for £200.set
    • ...and the £200 jacket will be perfectly stitched but its cheap zipper sliders and snaps will make it look cheap, as is the case with 95% of jackets out there.raf
    • ...the sleeves will be made from leather pieces stitched together at elbow because it's cheaper unlike the single-leather piece sleeve.raf
    • Utter nonsense.set
    • My point was that you can find something absolutely and utterly equal if not better, simply because it doesn't have the brand name and price attached.set
    • absolutly, can't believe people don't know that the €2000 gucci back isn't worth 2k, isn't even made by artisan anymore and will degrade at the same speedGeorgesIV
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    • as the €200 euro bag, but douche be douche, so they'll buy the 2k bag believing for status symbol.GeorgesIV
    • Yet somehow, 95% of leather jackets look cheapish and when you see a pricier one on someone, you instantly know it.raf
    • 2K example is entirely diff segment, Apple stuff isn't 10x pricier. Apple isn't luxury, they aim at the premium range: costlier, but accessible.raf
    • Well you're right the price comparison isn't exactly appropriate. Still, people pay more money for a lesser product simply because it's apple...set
    • I think we basically all agreeset
    • Only for iphones though. Macs are still the best out there and iPads, while not as nice as Sony tablets, imo, still have the best apps.set
    • I used to love the black ipad mini, just bought a new one (3) and it's tacky as fuck. It has a chrome border around the screen, looks cheap as shit.set
    • Well around the edge, not the screen, as seen here...
      https://cdn.shopify.…      set
    • Show me that lesser product. BTW, I couldn't find a Win equivalent of my MB Air for 2 years and available competition weren't any cheaper.raf
    • The more expensive lesser product is the iphone. As stated above macs are unfortunately still the best out there.set
    • They know ppl associate bling w/ value, hence the dreaded glossy iMacs. iPods had mirror-like backs, easily scratched, made you care for 'em. Fashion.raf
    • iPhone is top shelf. There's always a Sony with a better camera 10% less, or a HTC 25% less. It's not a spec chart race, it's a sales+loyalty(future sales) raceraf
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