Posts by ruel24

Keep in mind that there were plenty of people that waited out the Verizon iPhone 4 because a new iPhone was just around the corner. I'm sure some pent up demand helped. Besides, personally, i think the iPhone 4S was a pretty good...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eriamjh In 1986, the board thought they knew better than Steve how to run Apple. They canned him because he was, in their opinion, out of control. When they got Steve came after acquiring NeXT, Steve was 10...

Quote: Originally Posted by izacmann What better young visionary is out there who could continue the innovation that Steve Jobs has started? How about this guy? http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work...thrown-ive-wsj

Steve understood one thing: Companies need to be more product-centric and less shareholder-centric. What I mean by that is that great products sell and sales means better shareholder return. Too many companies are focused on shareholder...

Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit .. but I wouldn't put the 4S (or anything Apple makes for that matter) in the same class as some of MS's junk. Neither would I. I've used Apple II's and Macs over the years, and have an...

Quote: Originally Posted by tt92618 MS sells because it essentially has a monopoly in the business segment, and pretty much is a member of a duopoly for OS's. Comparing this to a market that is full to the brim with competitors is...

Quote: Originally Posted by saarek There does seem to be quite a bit of disappointment over this, I know that three of my friends will not be upgrading based on the announcement. Had Apple released the iPhone 4S back in June not many...

Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit ... and you wouldn't have sales records unless it was a great product. Sure you would. Just ask Microsoft. They've been selling junk for years and making money hand over fist.

Quote: Originally Posted by ClemyNX http://images.frandroid.com/wp-conte...1-16.07.32.jpg Do you really find this picture to be lower quality? And it's not even from the best phones out there, and it was taken on June! iPhone:...

It's the typical PC-like ploy: They tout this and that, but they don't tell you about all the corner cutting and cost saving. You know, 17" laptop, but screen resolution is only 1366x768... Samsung has lower screen resolution,...