QUOTE(ic3joker @ May 10 2011, 05:43 PM)
until now i still cant get it why so many people like iphone4 even there are a few serious problem with that phone? for me 3gs is good.
That is called "
branding power". It is the same why people prefer Nike more than NB. And the americans are very good at that...
QUOTE(lightning69 @ May 10 2011, 06:05 PM)
Some people might hate the iPhone 4, but the sales is telling a different story.
Apple closing in on Nokia as smartphone leader...
LinkApple is also the world most valuable now.
Rank Brand Worth ($ billion) Change 2011 vs. 2010
1 Apple $153.3 84%
2 Google $111.5 -2%
3 IBM $100.9 17%
4 McDonald’s $81.0 23%
5 Microsoft $78.2 2%
6 Coca-Cola $73.8 8%
7 AT&T $69.9 N/A
8 Marlboro $67.5 18%
9 China Mobile $57.3 9%
10 General Electric $50.3 12%
11 ICBC(Asia) $44.4 1%
12 Vodafone $43.6 -2%
13 Verizon $42.8 N/A
14 Amazon.com $37.6 37%
15 Walmart $37.3 -5%
16 Wells Fargo $36.9 97%
17 UPS $35.7 35%
18 Hewlett-Packard $35.4 -11%
19 Deutsche Telekom $29.8 N/A
20 Visa $28.6 15%
22 Oracle $26.9 9%
23 SAP $26.1 7%
25 BlackBerry $24.6 -20%
29 Baidu $22.6 141%
35 Facebook $19.1 246%
44 Cisco $16.3 -2%
49 Accenture $15.4 5%
57 Nike $13.9 10%
58 Intel $13.9 -2%
67 Samsung $12.2 7%
68 Chase $12.1 -3%
72 Starbucks $11.9 40%
79 Nintendo $11.1 -37%
81 Nokia $10.7 -28%
82 eBay $10.7 15%
85 Sony
What goes up will goes down after. This is how the industry evolve and get better. Google search has seen its heyday and now continuously being pip in between microsoft bing, twitter and facebook. Luckily it discovers Android and this could be its counter-attack.
My opinion is that Apple is reaching its peak form in iphone innovation and will face serious cornering by Moto, Sammy and HTC. Maybe ipad will save it for awhile longer.
Well, I could be wrong, and maybe 10 years later we could be seeing names like Huawei, ZTE and other China brands in the top 10 list above..