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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: People ask if the overpriced underpowered iPhone SE can compete
 with Android
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:02:40 -0700
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On 2024-07-10 10:52, badgolferman wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> 
>> On 2024-07-09 17:20, Andrew wrote:
>>> badgolferman wrote on Tue, 9 Jul 2024 23:43:37 -0000 (UTC) :
>>>
>>>> What the iPhone SE has that the Nothing phone doesn�t is iOS.
>>>> That alone is worth it to many people.
>>>
>>> Hi badgolferman,
>>>
>>> You'll never hear me disagree with a sensibly logical statement.
>>>
>>> So thanks for pointing that out, which, as you're likely aware, is
>>> almost completely due to pure marketing spending (not R&D spending)
>>> by Apple.
>>>
>>> As you're likely aware, Apple's R&D spend has always been the
>>> lowest in high tech - while Apple's marketing spend is one of the
>>> highest on earth.
>>>
>>> Marketing alone, e.g., convincing people to believe that the Apple
>>> ecosystem is safer and more secure, is what drives that high demand.
>>>
>>> Not functionality. Not performance. Not capabilities.
>>> Marketing alone.
>>
>> Note the response you got, BGM....
> 
> 
> What specifically in his response do you object to?
> 

All of his utterly baseless claims.

Do you really need them pointed out?