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Apple's Company Philosophy

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Sloper

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Is it doomed for failure?

Steve Jobs has said multiple times that Apple is not concerned about market share. They are only concerned about making the BEST products, which would always command a high premium.

A high-premium-only company can never dominate a market completely.

It just seems so backwards for a company to continually push the technological frontier yet never be able to reap in the awards. And it all goes back to Apple's company philosophy.
 
I think their "true" philosophy is to make money, which they seem to be doing very well.
 
Look at premium car manufacturers, companies who have only high-end cars (not simply high-end badges and regular badges). They are still alive, and will remain alive.

If a company can promise to always have that "quality" appeal, and maintain a stance in the market (though not a stance of dominance), they'll survive - and reap enough profits to keep their wallets lined.

That is Apple's approach, and it works for them. They don't get the full market, but they get enough to feed themselves quite happily.
 
If you make the best product that does something desireable at a price that isn't completely nuts people will always buy it.

They seem to be very good at making something that people feel is worth the premium over their competitors.
 
So long as there are people who want to be trendy and be thought of as such by their peers Apple will exist... 🙂
 
You obviously haven't followed the company's history and stock price.

Sloper said:
It just seems so backwards for a company to continually push the technological frontier yet never be able to reap in the awards. And it all goes back to Apple's company philosophy.
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And you're joking about the bolded part?
 
Sloper said:
Is it doomed for failure?

Steve Jobs has said multiple times that Apple is not concerned about market share. They are only concerned about making the BEST products, which would always command a high premium.

A high-premium-only company can never dominate a market completely.

It just seems so backwards for a company to continually push the technological frontier yet never be able to reap in the awards. And it all goes back to Apple's company philosophy.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-worth-more-than-microsoft-2010-5
 
Sloper said:
Is it doomed for failure?

Steve Jobs has said multiple times that Apple is not concerned about market share. They are only concerned about making the BEST products, which would always command a high premium.

A high-premium-only company can never dominate a market completely.

It just seems so backwards for a company to continually push the technological frontier yet never be able to reap in the awards. And it all goes back to Apple's company philosophy.
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This troll op is almost as good as theflyingpig's posts on the same subject. 9/10, you brought a great smile to my face.
 
hahaha okay guys,

Yes, Apple's stock is only high because people speculate iOS will continue to dominate.
Android will catch up and reach a critical mass, and as soon as iOS growth stagnates, watch that ticker drop.

As for the comment on pushing the frontier, I don't see why I have to argue this.
Apple changed the computer, music, and phone industry. They may not have done it alone, but they deserve the biggest credit. Fortune CEO of the decade, c'mon.
 
Sloper said:
hahaha okay guys,

Yes, Apple's stock is only high because people speculate iOS will continue to dominate.
Android will catch up and reach a critical mass, and as soon as iOS growth stagnates, watch that ticker drop.
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lololol
 
if you don't understand how Apple's strategy is the greatest business plan ever designed, you're probably holding it wrong
 
They'll do fine as long as they continue to make pretty baubles. They can't compete in the serious computing market, so they have to stay with boutique computers, and gadgets.
 
destrekor said:
Look at premium car manufacturers, companies who have only high-end cars (not simply high-end badges and regular badges). They are still alive, and will remain alive.

If a company can promise to always have that "quality" appeal, and maintain a stance in the market (though not a stance of dominance), they'll survive - and reap enough profits to keep their wallets lined.

That is Apple's approach, and it works for them. They don't get the full market, but they get enough to feed themselves quite happily.
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Very true. Porsche hasn't seen a bad year in quite a while. And they are thriving in a crappy economy.
Premium products, great marketing and good design will always be right if management isn't bad.
BTW- I am not an Apple product owner, nor a fan. Just sayin'.
 
lxskllr said:
They'll do fine as long as they continue to make pretty baubles. They can't compete in the serious computing market, so they have to stay with boutique computers, and gadgets.
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Seriously if it wasn't for the douchiness of Steve Jobs and the Apple religious you'd probably never hear me say anything bad about an Apple product. But when you have Steve Jobs being a total douche in pretty much everything he does, then add to the fact that the Apple religious are almost as bad as other fanatical religious nuts it makes it really hard to bite my tongue.
 
bfdd said:
Seriously if it wasn't for the douchiness of Steve Jobs and the Apple religious you'd probably never hear me say anything bad about an Apple product. But when you have Steve Jobs being a total douche in pretty much everything he does, then add to the fact that the Apple religious are almost as bad as other fanatical religious nuts it makes it really hard to bite my tongue.
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I don't have much good to say about Apple, and it gives me a special feeling hating on them, but their industrial design is first rate. Even the packaging is impeccable. The only Apple product I own is a first gen Shuffle I got with a credit card application. When I first opened it, I marveled over how well it was packaged, and even considered saving the packaging :^D The player was alright, nothing special tbh, but it was sleek in a time when most players were kind of chunky.

Their products are beautiful, sometimes at the expense of usability, but there's a market for that. I'm not that market, but it's out there.
 
Sloper said:
Is it doomed for failure?

Steve Jobs has said multiple times that Apple is not concerned about market share. They are only concerned about making the BEST products, which would always command a high premium.

A high-premium-only company can never dominate a market completely.

It just seems so backwards for a company to continually push the technological frontier yet never be able to reap in the awards. And it all goes back to Apple's company philosophy.
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where did you get this idea? apple now sells 91% of premium pc's. you make profit by selling premium products, you make little by selling low end race to the bottom products. apple does dominate the market, even iwth less market share they have an impact that is disproportionate. sure nokia sells a lot of cheap phones, but so what. just look at the tablet, people were saying that apple was stupid and that in months or weeks there would be android competition beating their ass everywhere because it was "overpriced". now we see that all the decent android tablets announced recently all have list prices at or above apples tablet😛
 
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