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Joe Stanganelli,
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9/21/2014 | 6:39:47 PM

Re: Luxury Upgrade Discussion

It's all about managing expectations. The cellphone industry has done a great job of building their models to not last -- and convincing us that we shouldn't expect them to.

The auto industry, however, is not quite the same. Certainly, "they don't build them like they used to," but there is still a residual expectation of cars lasting for quite a while. Plus, they rather have to because they're such big-ticket items. A big difference between a $200-800 phone and a $20,000-80,000 car.

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paul020,
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9/17/2014 | 10:16:32 AM

Luxury Upgrade Discussion

I don't understand why all the discussion of the upgrades on the iPhone. Consider what consumers do with cars and SUVs - I don't think most dealerships will even stock the low end models, and consumers gladly purchase the leather seats, sunroofs, expensive satelite radio, wifi, multiple infotainment screens - all important extras for driving the kids to the soccer game or picking up groceries.

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tjgkg,
User Rank: Ninja
9/16/2014 | 9:24:05 AM

Re: RAM difference

The Apple devices are nice but way too expensive-in my opinion only of course. Yes there are lots of folks using Mac Books - I see them in Starbucks every day! No doubt the devices are nice, well made, but they are expensive. But as long as there is market demand, they will sell. You are right about the lack of Android penetration in the market. Surprising considering how Chrome and Android are excellent systems and there are a lot of Galaxy and Notes out there.

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tjgkg,
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9/16/2014 | 9:20:42 AM

Re: RAM difference

Viewing that kind of data certainly takes a lot of bandwidth and processing power. That must tax the iPhone pretty hard. I think the new ones have a quad processor as does my iPad Air. Still, there is a performance issue at times.

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Joe Stanganelli,
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9/15/2014 | 10:30:28 PM

Re: RAM difference

Apple charges that much for its devices because there are enough people out there who will pay it -- period.

Besides, Apple's mobile devices have compatibility/integration capabilities with its laptops and desktops. Ditto for Microsoft and its Windows-based mobile devices. Google does not have enough market penetration with its Chromebooks to make an Android phone worthwhile for those seeking real integration.

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Joe Stanganelli,
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9/15/2014 | 10:26:15 PM

Re: RAM difference

They're already used for viewing such big data as medical imaging. The apps may lack size and/or sophistication, but there are still plenty of data out there that can be accessed and used on iPhones and iPads.

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tjgkg,
User Rank: Ninja
9/15/2014 | 9:47:30 AM

Re: RAM difference

Interesting. Of course if you had an Android, you could buy a micro sd card with your desired amount of space. Because of that flexibility, you could get a bigger card if necessary or stay as is. Same thing with a battery. You have that kind of flexibility away from Apple. I am still trying to figure out what value the Apple price premium brings.

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tjgkg,
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9/15/2014 | 9:42:49 AM

Re: RAM difference

The apps on a smartphone are not as large as those on a laptop. I can view spreadsheets and docs on a smartphone but i am not sure i could create a sophisticated pivot table or major database. So i am not sure how all that storage space will be used for big data. I will say that on my S4 i do have a number of videos and lots of songs that i can access on my commute and i use a 64g micro sd card. And i still have 25g of space left. Apple is just doing this to keep up with Android on the storage front.

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tjgkg,
User Rank: Ninja
9/15/2014 | 9:35:47 AM

Really?

Apple is really pushing the envelope with these prices. I cannot see paying that much money for these phones when you can get the same, if not better features on other premium smartphones on Android.

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Joe Stanganelli,
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9/14/2014 | 8:00:30 AM

Re: RAM difference

@Thomas: Personally, I find the numbers bafflingly huge for a smartphone. I don't even use 128 GB on my primary workstation!

And I find myself wondering: Who would want or need this much? On the one hand, it's easy to suggest that Apple is going for the market of hipsters who download five zillion songs and podcasts and apps.

But on the other hand, this suggests that Apple is even more fervently going after the highly-regulated (and thereby less cloud-friendly) mega-big data enterprises. Healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, financial services, etc..

Certainly, as laptops become desktop replacements, and mobile devices become laptop replacements, the market is becoming all about storage and screen size (and in the case of the latter, Apple is certainly accommodating with its iPhone 6 "Plus" model, in addition to word that the next iPad will have a double digit-inch screen to better compete with the Surface Pro).

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