Thanks for the post Bolaji. Apple always came up with certain goals where they met with out mistake. There products Iphone, Ipad are still the hot cakes in the market. Eventhough they have competetion from Samsung, Blackberry,HP, Sony ericson they still top the smartphone and Ipad market. Nobody yet reached the quality of apple products.
Apple took style into account, as well as function, or at least I believe so. They were able to tap into demand for cool and ease of use. I'm not sure if that is always a repeatable formula. For example, a physician probably won't be looking for cool when he or she buys an ultrasound scanner for the practice. Ease of use, perhaps, but not style.
It seems obvious once it is pointed out, but Apple's creation of its ecosystem--the iStore--for its products remains a brilliant move. Everyone is left to play catch-up. Now it is the apps for the iPhone. I'm not sure what the next demand-creator will be, but you can be srue Apple is already figuring it out.
Markets for new innovation products do not exist, they have to be created and defined, that's what Apple does. The company has to be creating the product and defining its market at the same time in the same process. Apple has never been afraid of redefining its market, breaking through well-worn product convention, because it believes in creating and owning whole new markets, rather than competing in existing and crowded one.
The theory of Apple's operation is indeed theory of demand and supply. Their brand personality is knowing what people needs, it's about simplicity and removal of complexity from people's lives, and also people driven product design.
It's interesting how the Apple design paradigm has endured over a generation of products right from iPod to Ipod touch, iPhone and now iPad. Similar innovative paradigms with Motorola of the Razr legacy and RIM's blackberry have exhausted their draw and are in urgent need of a revival.
You're right. Apple's strategy has been different from just about any other device manufacturer. They certainly don't "leave it up to the consumer" either. Yet, how many times have we seen an Apple release that seemed to fit a need almost before it was expressed? That's what's always impressed me about the company's history.
Agreed, TaimooZ. What I wonder though is why it suddently became cool to own an Apple device. It was indeed smart combination of new features but I fail to understand how it turned into something of an exclusive club, which everyone wanted to be part of. Similar was the blackberry fad too.
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