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0 pointsvannevar6y ago0 comments

The Echo.

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Category defining: yes

Successful: No. If you define success as “profitable”.

Apple has sold as many AirPods as the echo. The AirPod is more functional and revolutionary then the echo. Are you kidding me? Echo is selling at a loss and that's what you claim as being revolutionary? The skill gap between alexa and siri is not high. https://loupventures.com/annual-digital-assistant-iq-test-si...

vannevarOP6y ago

I don't think you can plausibly argue that the Echo is not a success for Amazon, I'm sorry. Apple would've loved to be in that market first, they just missed it.

scarface746y ago

You think Apple would have loved to sell a low margin $50-$150 product? Have you been following Apple for the last 40 years?

The only time Apple sold inexpensive electronics that I can remember were the iPod Shuffles and they were more expensive than other low end MP3 products.

vannevarOP6y ago

But Apple wouldn't have needed to sell them at $50-150. They're Apple. They could've sold them for $399. They couldn't make the Echo because they lacked either the market insight to see the opportunity, or the technology to pull it off.

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scarface746y ago

Category defining: yes

Successful: No. If you define success as “profitable”.

kaokien6y ago

vannevarOP6y ago

I don't think you can plausibly argue that the Echo is not a success for Amazon, I'm sorry. Apple would've loved to be in that market first, they just missed it.

scarface746y ago

You think Apple would have loved to sell a low margin $50-$150 product? Have you been following Apple for the last 40 years?

The only time Apple sold inexpensive electronics that I can remember were the iPod Shuffles and they were more expensive than other low end MP3 products.

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