Apple

Apple in the East

Hrishikesh Choudhari

Oct 28, 2008 — 1 min read

I dont understand why Steve Jobs wants to limit his Apple to the US only. Why isnt he focusing more on India and Hong Kong and Korea and Japan and Europe…

The thing is…products like the iPod and the Ipod Touch and the iPhone havent taken off in the above regions as they should…And the reason is the people from these areas do not see why they should buy from Apple…

Apple could a lot more better if it focuses its marketing here…

And another thing is…non-innovative companies like Microsoft and Nokia and Samsung have gripped the Indian market…teenage college students sing praises of Vista..aarrgh…Yuck !!…The people around here need to be told of the real thing…Who the real leader is…

And finally, since Apple products arent successfull here…no one else can adopt the same way that they have gone through without eschewing a hundred patents in the process…Only the fake cheapstake China products make the money here…Not because of innovation..Not because of clever marketing or brand positioning…But because they are flooded in the market…and are dirt cheap…

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