/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>51372982
What is wrong with you anon? He died a billionaire while you're here coping as a poorfag.

>>51372982
You say that but there is still not a well-designed, practical alternative to the iPhone that isn't a dumbphone. Long AAPL

>>51374546
You kidding me, right? Literally any ''smart phone'' under over 70$ has all the functionality an Iphone has
AAPL is a status symbol, nothing else

>>51372982
Monopolies are the moneymaker

>>51374632
48 mp camera

>>51374632
I’m using a 5 year old iPhone (bought used shortly after release). It looks and performs like day one and still gets updates. Name one android phone that matches this, I’ll wait

>>51374727
Android programs their phones get slower after 3 years, to force customers to upgrade. Pretty sure they were sued for it.

>>51374727
Any Oneplus

>>51374760
Apple does this too and they were sued also


There isnt one "android' anyway, one or multiple android phone manufactures may do this, others not

>>51374668
Iphones are peak consoomer

>>51374632
I used to buy refurbs/cheap smartphones and this is a massive cope lie.

>>51374668
>buy a chinkphone for $150
>Have still more than enough money left to buy a decent camera that will outperform the iphone if you care about good photo quality

>thread about business devolves into consumerism
lmao

>>51374799
>Apple does this too and they were sued also
Thing is what Applel did was gimp the phone as the battery got worse, when you replaced the battery to full capacity it went back to normal.
t. iPhone 7 battery change enjoyer.

I literally changed it just because of how scratched the screen and battery lens became and I don't ever use cases (aka design cuck cages).

>>51374799
I don't know if Apple does it but mine feels like new after six years, the battery just dies quickly, never had to repair it even though it fell a couple of times.

I actually like the phone being "dumb" since it wastes no time. I probably wouldn't buy a Macbook because in that case the price makes a difference for me, but 1+ year iphones are decent value for price

>>51374941
camera*

memewhile I changed my lagdroid because it fucking dies on me at the worst possible moment when I'm lost in the middle of nowhere in the night.

>>51374941
>unironic applefags shilling on biz
Shouldn't you be on reddit taking out student loans

>>51374957
>lagdroid
KEK

>>51374546
there are many, but none have the same cultural stranglehold that Apple does with the iPhone
which is exactly why they can raise profit margins

>>51374727
My previous Xiaomi phone lasted me for 5 years.
Amerimutts just have it too easy when they can spend $600 on something which can be bought for $100.

>>51374538
Yes, but he did die

>>51375025
Yeah right... all batteries degrade after 2-3 years. everyone ITT is lying, muh using phone for 5 years bro.. yeah hows that 20 minutes battery serving you?

>>51375025
fucking hate my piece of shit Xiaomi phone im getting a Nokia next

>>51375050
>all batteries degrade after 2-3 years
Correct. But they don't degrade to the point of being unusable, you just need to let it charge during the night. But after 5 years - yeah, it's better to either change the battery or the phone.
Anyway, with $100-$150 phones you can turn on full consoomer and buy a new model every year. Appleboys do it for $600 phones, which is beyond retarded.

>>51375083
>Appleboys do it for $600 phones
Wish that was still true in 2022, you should check the price for iphone 14 and iphone 14 pro right now. peak clown world

>>51374727
I just got a new phone this year.
I had my samsung s6 for like 7 years lol. No problems whatsoever, except the battery started draining super quickly, and it was annoying to have to recharge multiple times a day.

>>51374632
>>51374546
>>51372982
Been using Android for over a decade and even before then I had Maemo. This year I was like “You know what? Let me try out one of these iFruits these kids talk so much about”… why did I ever doubted Steve-San??
>Waaay faster
>Extremely smooth
>NEVER freezes and/or slows down
>Battery simply lasts
>UI is retard proof
>Gestures just work every time
>Takes security and privacy to a whole CP enthusiast level
Yeah I’m never going back to a clowndroid device

>>51375221
>>Takes security and privacy to a whole CP enthusiast level
Alright, here you just went into "too fat" territory. Even the normiest of normalfags remember iCloud leaks.

>>51375083
>Appleboys do it for $600 phones
it's not 2011 anymore, iphones are like $1200

>>51375250
>almost a stack for the cheapest one
Huh

>>51374538
he died early, had a bastard child he didn't acknowledge the existence of, appointed a gay successor then after his death immediately got cucked by his wife he started dating a chad

>>51375240
You don't store cp in icloud lmao

>>51375027
>Yes, but he did die
Death cucks btfo

>>51375240
When did they leak?

Depends on what you need I have a Poco F3 right now and I'm only interested in Oppo's foldable phone and Google Pixel which has the best camera software on the market right now.

>>51374632
Apple has more than 50% of the market, it's not a status symbol, it's a pleb tracker

>>51375221
>normal things that apply to every decent phone
>lie
Nice marketing sheckelberg

>>51377069
In 2014 or so, lots of celeb nudes, it was called the fappening. It's was kind of kino jerking off to Kate Upton or Jennifer Lawrence

>>51377291
But that was because of bad passwords on their end, not because of Apple

>>51377636
It was not about passwords at all, it was about Big Brother automatically uploading data from their phones into their servers.
These photos were never meant to be stored in cloud.

>>51376936
Apple automatically scans images on your own device now. They claim it's to prevent cp, but you know the technology is there to search for whatever they want and there's nothing stopping them from doing so.

>>51372982
most software that's still around today, like windows, had 80% net margins during the dot-com bubble.
and most software today, still gets started with 80% gross margins.

>>51374668
lmao 48MP is functionally the same as 6MP on a phone screen or for any important document
megapixels you aren't actually using = status symbol

>>51372982
The real lesson is that Apple was profitable from its very first order. This enabled the product risks and expensive design standards later.

>>51374727
Lol, have fun paying $100 a year just to run your own code on your own phone.

>>51372982
he's kinda right.

having worked both in an industry with low margins and fierce price competition and in another with margins at relatively the 40% level, from a wagie standpoint at least, stay away from the one's where the margins are slim. high stress, shit pay, no wiggle room.

>>51379077
They rolled that back

>>51374632
>AAPL is a status symbol
Exactly why Apple is going to continue making money.

>>51374727
I have an iPhone X that I use for everyday stuff and but have an iPhone 13 for business. iPhone X still works beautifully and is fast a fuck. I used to be an Android fag in college but switched as they're phones turned to dogshit after 1 year. I've been following and monitoring Android since I made the switch and they are so shittily made. It's no wonder is the platform of choice for poorfags and the third world.

>>51374632
Lol
Lmao even
Just like linugs can replace windows or mac, AMIrITe?
In reality you’ll be logged out randomly, freeze every 15 minutes, spend hours trying to install some driver (which causes the system to hard freeze anyway when it plays any sound)

I repeat, ‘kek’

>>51379171
Subhuman poorfag alert. I pay about $5k a year total for subscription services that help me automate and outsource a lot of the work my business does. We're talking productivity suites, automation tools, etc. Sure I could be a poorfag and do everything myself and maybe hack Google Drive and their productivity suite and come up with something janky that still "works". The $5k bill at the end of the year is peanuts compared to the gross revenue and net profits I'm able to bring now that my time is freed up to the the things that really matter. Lest we forget the easing of stress they provide. Computers are tools for productivity. Only mega autismo narrow minded retards are so into the meta of computers themselves that they forget you're actually supposed to use them to get things that actually matter. Lmao

>>51380553
I'll also add to this by saying that I have a degree in computer science and used to build mobile apps from scratch and come up with autismo level tools and fixes by myself. Now I just pay for things and call it a day.

>>51380106
How are Apple products a status symbol? This is literal poorfag cope. They have always just been piss easy to use that even a retard can use them. The "hurrr status symbol" is pure subhuman shitskin poorfag cope. You're paying the same amount for a flagship Android phone as you are for the Apple equivalent and the entry price level Android phones are just fucking dogshit garbage that stop working in 12 months.

>>51374632
Thanks for exposing all the blue haired sòy boys ITT scrambling to justify spending $1,000 on a portable web browser and music player.

>>51380553
>>51380582
>it's good when you need to pay for the exact same functionality you could get elsewhere for free because uhhhh productivity
iToddler cope is unreal.

>>51372982
He should have been alive to see the QAN team making the awesome quantum resistant blockchain. I'm sure he would have loved iPhones to run on the blockchain.
>>51375221
I know you lie because iPhone battery is shit. Doesn't last all day like Android phone batteries.

>>51372982
imagine paying a premium because you use a operating system that nobody gives a fuck about?
ahh yes these 1s and 0s are quite exquisite

my company has to be 80%... occasionally 75% if the product is an innovation driver but need strong ELT sign off

>goyim consoomercattle unironically argue about which brand of beast mark is better

>>51372982
He was a stealth Jew
“Lebanese” heh

telsa is the same way

retarded paypiggies just fork overrthe dough anyways, they have no concept of the cost to produce so these sociopaths make out like bandits

>>51374546

As an android user w/ friends: I feel like a fucking idiot. I am left out of every group chat now.

For the longest time iToddlers couldn't watch webms and they implemented that recently I think, afaik most iToddlers here don't have adblock I read them complaining when hiro implemented spammy ads a few years ago not sure about now.