価格競争で、apple社の製品は値下げ競争に突入
Apple, diez problemas y una única solución
Ante el avance de la competencia, Tim Cook entra en la guerra de precios de sus productos, un anatema en la era de Steve Jobs
Apple cae a niveles de 2011
Tim Cook presenta el iPhone 5
2010, Jobs presenta el iPad
Steve Jobs: "Hemos reinventado el teléfono"
In English
Javier Martín Madrid 22 ABR 2013 - 15:11 CET
Apple, ten problems and one solution
With the advance of the competition, Tim Cook enters the war of prices of their products, an anathema in the era of Steve Jobs
Apple falls to 2011 levels
Tim Cook introduces the iPhone 5
2010, Jobs introduced the iPad
Steve Jobs: "We have reinvented the phone"
in Inglés
Javier Martin Madrid 22 ABR 2013 - 15:11 CET
Suddenly the Apple store chain looks like Dia. For the old smartphone get $ 100 to buy an iPhone in penultimate generation. Its sales are tripled. The marketing campaign is in India, but it means a change in its strict trade policy: Apple entering the price war.
On Thursday, the bitten apple company had run out on 45% of its value in September. The action will be paid $ 385 when six months ago came to 705. So CEO Tim Cook presented the iPhone 5 and sold more than ever in a wonderful Christmas, but since then only appear bad news.
Your providers report reducing orders, the operator Verizon has the iPhone high in the first quarter down from 64% to 54%, the largest mobile retail chain reported a 35% drop in Apple phone sales , Cirrus, the manufacturer of your sound chips falls 15%, iTunes loses five points wins that Amazon ...
They sell less, rumors no longer handle them, they lose prominence in the media, build apologize, we grow competitors lack swift response and sharks seem to frolic with stock Apple stock as they once did with premium risk of Spain or Italy. Ten problems and, according to all investors, with a single solution: a product magical revolutionary, as were the iPod, the iPhone and iPad.
1. Lower prices is to lower profitability
Enter the price war seems an inexcusable to reverse the situation, but also a problem. In India places its iPhone 4-275 euros. Getting into a kind of war of coupons (Samsung has countered) was unthinkable in times of Jobs.
The iMac will give next year only 2% of their income
Apple's slogan Think different (think different) involved pay a premium for something exclusive. On that premise underlying its financial health. There is no other to win much with so little: a 16-gigabyte iPad to another of 32, whose cost grows in $ 17, $ 100 charged to the buyer. For every iPhone it sells, get to earn up to 53%, and an iPad Mini margin is reduced to "only" 40%. So it's logical resistance into price wars, but there is no choice. By all indications, Apple never talks about projects-will release a cheaper iPhone to Asia. The Piper Jaffray investment and calculates the million units sold in 2014: 75 million ... if your price drops to $ 300.
Two. A more devices, more fronts
The dispersion of products can not be attributed to Cook. It opened the way founder Steve Jobs when in 2007 removed the word "Computer" from the company name. It is a company of consumer electronic products, but only five and where the computer is not important. The iMac will give next year only 2% of their income. Sooner than later will launch other models of tablets and phones, in different sizes, capacities and prices, and a clock-iPod. Something will have to also revitalize your TV tuner, as a TV as such seems to not come.
Three. Changes, too many changes
The cadence of news is accelerating by consumer demand and, above all, a fierce competition. Stop it requires changes, which generate some discomfort in his own clientele, without doubt the most faithful in the face of the earth ... A product presented as revolutionary, ceases to be in three months because they have a better (went with the iPad 3), frustrating to the buyer. Maps are changed, changed the plug, change operating systems, which cease to understand apparatuses with others, advertise products outside its traditional dates (an iPad with 128 gigabytes for Valentine's Day). With all this, the image of company stability cracks and looks like what they criticize: the fragmentation of systems.
April. Rumors, from good to abysmal
Those were the days when an employee was left forgotten in a bar the prototype of the new gadget from Apple! Buzz campaigns always seemed programmed to create anticipation of the next show of Jobs. Today's environment is a madhouse impossible to control. Apple's legendary secrecy marked the calendar of their products and even their rumors. Not anymore. The increased reliance on external suppliers provide information leakage, which reveals new products, before impossible, and also figures, resulting in anxiety in the bag.
May. The agenda and not yours
Apple always descolocaba rival. Its first product "revolutionary", the iPod music player (2001), just had major reaction (Microsoft launched Zune in 2006), in the case of the second product "revolutionary", the iPhone (2007), took two years to copy him (Samsung Galaxy, 2009), but the third, iPad (2010), was unrivaled eight months later (Samsung Galaxy Tab). If you take the watch iWatch, Samsung has warned that having one prepared. Meanwhile, the rival (and not only) is announcing products by surprise, as the gigantic Galaxy Mega, which steals headlines previously reserved for the Cupertino company. Moreover, curdles image that other risk. Innovation is no longer patented by Apple.
June. In a connected world, behind
If the future is the internet of things, what role will play a system that only understands himself? Clearly, this requires an open system, that everything is connected to everything, you understand. Maybe brands like Sony, LG and Samsung that manufacture cameras, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions can try exclusivity, but Apple no appliances or cameras have a hard time. The Android has gotten out of hand.
July. Forgive me again
The mea culpa never spoke with Steve Jobs present. Not that there were no errors. If there was sound bugs, the client was to blame, not knowing fuck mobile, if the flash throwing a light lilac, was unsure of focus. Apple was infallible. Now it has been humanized, makes mistakes and apologizes, but that also entails a loss of aura of refinement and quality. In one year, Cook has had to apologize for the failures of the maps (certain), and for mistreating Chinese consumers (not both), at the suggestion of the Chinese Government. Conclusion: Apple is vulnerable.
August. Or popular or unique
Apple always made money. That's not the problem. Earned even when only sold a computer to 3% of the market. His triple revolution (iPod-iPhone-iPad) joined him to stardom technology, which already owned, the consumer. It was the first global company by its market value. Also achieved worldwide popularity, but a majority can never think differently, as its slogan. The difference, in principle, has to be a minority. You can not pretend to possess both popularity and uniqueness. O mass or elite. You must choose one of two paths. It is very difficult to handle the two lines at a time, as you try Armani and Armani Basic. Perhaps unwittingly, the investment bank JP Morgan has found the solution. The only one who has given a favorable report on Apple in recent weeks, said the company has so much money in the box could mount another Apple. Ummmm! Maybe an Apple Eco?
9. Competition tightens
Not that you have copied competition, yes, of course, is that Apple was the model. The problem arises when they stop. A Apple have copied designs, shopping, advertising, products and even wrapping boxes with the devices. That was a good sign. The bad is when they stop. And there are signs that others are inventing.
10. One by one, Apple beat all
But against all at once, impossible. That is the situation. If you have more products and different prices means more companies racing. And that's not used. Not ready. A Samsung you could win in the fight for the best selling phone, you actually earn, yet can not compete with quality phones or tablets very even 70% cheaper, which is what is forcing Amazon to your Kindle, or Google with its Nexus. It is factually impossible to compete in the high-end high-margin prices while selling the devices at a loss, which is Amazon's tactics. The habit of Apple was to sell some, but a large margin; Amazon prefers to sell a lot of losses in exchange for people to buy their content.
The solution, the revolutionary product
Each solution to one of the challenges it faces, Apple brings upon another. So too are all analysts agree that the only solution for Apple is to re-pull another rabbit out of the hat, another revolutionary and magical product. But the hat was Jobs, Tim Cook is a genius for logistics efficiency in the production, not the imagination. But certainly needs a revolutionary product. That would put Apple back to the forefront, with competition rising slipstream and action, but tomorrow, when Tim Cook present quarterly results, there will be more heat than light. The hope is called June.
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