Comments on: Apple vs. Samsung – Who’s the daddy now?

By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:12:18 +0000

I am not so sure,,,thats probably why Microsoft has failed to make it in phones for 16 years….I think phones are still a personal item and hence a statement about yourself and therefore coolness is probably still important….PC’s however is another case entirley

By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:08:28 +0000

I have seen it from at least two surveys and a couple of operators as well….and the anecdotes are flying aorund like crazy….agree though that surveys can be horribly nreliable…however its the delta that interests me…a year ago all the surverys were Apple Apple Apple ra ra ra!

By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:02:35 +0000

Coolness is an overrated factor for a maturing product line and technology sector. It attracts Early Adopters, so Microsoft needs it to get reestablished in phones and tablets, as does Blackberry to move beyond its email and messaging core. In the US, smartphones are already being taken up by the Late Majority, hence the demand for iPhone 4, and so perceived value and reliability of the mobile ecosystem will sell there many more iPhones and Android phones than coolness.

If this wasn’t so, Windows would have died years ago.

By: @samanjj

@samanjj — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:04:18 +0000

Great points but I agree that one and only one survey has shown apple losing its cool factor. It was from a so far unheard of company that also predicted MS tablets being cool; these have not been reflected in the numbers as yet nor any other surveys from reliable survey companies.