- Share price drops.
- The ban is only on legacy products. Galaxy S3 unaffected.
- $1b fine is too cheap to secure #2 position and #1 in China & Asia-Pacific.
- $1b fine is too cheap compared to $25b profit from copying since 2007.
- Good publicity: Samsung is set in consumers’ mind as #2 smart phone maker.
Chart from Reuters
Finance
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Product
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- Smart phone vendors including Samsung, Sony, HTC, Motorola, LG, Dell, Asus, Acer, ZTE, Huawei compete on price, desperately trying to win market share from Apple. They leave the feature phone to the sole Nokia (plus some Asian brands)
- A smart phone is of high(er) value => buyers have the incentive to compare prices before buying. I am assuming an elastic demand market, and one in which buyers are less restricted to carriers.
- Smart phones are attracting attention and coverage of mass and social media => buyers are better informed of prices. For example, I visit at least 5 websites to compare prices and asked numerous times on Facebook before buying my Samsung Galaxy Note.
- It’s not that feature phone buyers lack the money for smart phones, but they simply do not want the complexity of smart phones. This group is willing to pay $25-50 more for convenience (next-door shop) and guarantee (retail brand). Note that big retail brands like TheGioiDiDong.com sells at premium compared to other chains.
- In fact, the feature phone buyers don’t even know or care that they are paying a premium. The common behavior is for a buyer to go to a shop and ask "I want a nice simple phone with camera and music player". The salesperson then guess the budget from the appearance of the buyer and start recommending ones that are most inline with with the retail’s inventory.
Photo: Nokia 6230i, my first feature phone
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iPad 2 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 |
Winner |
| Read & Edit Microsoft Office 2010 files by default |
No |
Yes
|
Tab |
| Processor |
1GHz |
1GHz |
Draw |
| Memory |
512Mb |
1Gb |
Tab |
| Screen size |
9.7″ |
10.1″ |
Tab |
| Resolution |
1024×768
132dpi |
1280×800
149dpi |
Tab |
| Cameras |
Front 0.3mp
Rear 0.7mp, no flash |
Front 2mp
Rear 3mp, LED flash, autofocus, geotagging |
Tab |
| Speaker |
Mono |
Stereo |
Tab |
| Weight |
607g |
565g |
Tab |
| Icon per screen |
25 |
35 |
Tab |
| Operating system |
iOS 4.3.3
Apps work better in higher resolution
Upgradable to iOS 5 |
Android Honeycomb 3.1
with TouchWiz UX
Upgradable to Honeycomb 3.2 |
Pad |
| Battery |
7 hours Netflix streaming |
5 hours Netflix streaming |
Pad |
| Apps |
More apps |
Cheaper apps |
Tab |
| Adobe Flash |
No |
Yes |
Tab |
| Touch screen |
Smoother |
Smooth |
Pad |
| Bluetooth |
2.1 |
3.0 |
Tab |
| Case |
Aluminum |
Rubber back |
Pad |
| hnammobile.com |
14m1 |
12m59 |
Tab |
| atmobile.vn |
14m1 |
12m |
|
| thegioididong.com |
15m599 |
13m999 |
|
Verdict
As for me personally one single feature – compatibility with Microsoft Office 2010 by default – dwarves all other aspects. If I didn’t have a Samsung Galaxy Note I would definitely go for Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1!
Reference
http://deviceguru.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-vs-ipad2-smackdown/
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/397372/apple_ipad_2_vs_samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1_tablet_showdown/
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-10.1-vs-Apple-iPad-2_id2765
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