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  > Why does every new phone have to be a fucking revolution?
I completely agree.

But Apple has a habit of making it seem like everything they do is revolutionary. It's very good marketing.

  > Apple reinvents the phone [1]

  > This changes everything. Again.

  > The biggest thing to happen to iPhone since iPhone

  > A magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price

  > Resolutionary
Again, I agree with you. But what I'm getting at is that Apple's brand of marketing creates a lot of hype and I'm sure they like it that way.

[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20070113215301/http://apple.com




Dear Mister Obvious,

Every marketing team ever has created hype. Ever.


Right. And when Apple creates hype, people for some reason buy into it. In droves.

I don't understand why so many people blame Apple for this.


  > people for some reason buy into it
It's not just "some" reason. They have one of the best marketing departments in the world who do an excellent job.

  > I don't understand why so many people blame Apple for this.
I'm blaming Apple for doing a damn good job of marketing their products.


What I don't get is why the comments of "meh" are getting attacked with so much vitriol.




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