Re: People ask if the overpriced underpowered iPhone SE can compete with Android

On 2024-07-18 21:01, Andrew wrote:

Jolly Roger wrote on 17 Jul 2024 20:41:56 GMT :
 

Squirm, little worm!

 Despite the ignorant zealots' despreate attempts at deflection...
 And given the subject of this thread is clearly a phone comparison,
the only specifications that matter for this thread are those of
a. The iPhone SE
b. The Nothing CMF1
 To wit:
   The iPhone SE removable portable storage capability = 0 bytes
  The $200 Nothing CMF1 removable portable storage capability = 2TB
   The iPhone SE RAM capacity = 4GB
  The $200 Nothing CMF1 RAM capacity = 8GB
   The iPhone SE display = 4.7" LCD IPS
  The $200 Nothing CMF1 display = 6.67" Super AMOLED
   The iPhone SE display refresh = 60Hz
  The $200 Nothing CMF1 display refresh = 120Hz
   The iPhone SE battery capacity = 1642 mAh.
  The $200 Nothing CMF1 battery capacity = 5,000mAh
 It's not surprising that the uneducated low-IQ ignorant religious zealots
were & are completely unaware of how crappy the equivalent iPhone is.

The crux of this sub-thread was:
Your quotes:
'As you're likely aware, Apple's R&D spend has always been the lowest in high tech'
That is false.
Currently, Apple spends more on R&D than all but 3 companies: Amazon, Alphabet Inc., and Facebook (Meta).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_by_research_and_development_spending>
He justifies this falsehood, by looking at R&D as a percentage of revenue, but that is utterly specious.
'while Apple's marketing spend is one of the highest on earth.'
And suddenly, he switches to absolute values (if he even bothered to look the figures up at all).
Either way, he's completely bullshitting. In Apple's latest annual report, they list marketing expenses in with "Other corporate expenses" and that total comes to $6.672 billion.
<https://s2.q4cdn.com/470004039/files/doc_earnings/2023/q4/filing/_10-K-Q4-2023-As-Filed.pdf>
Compare this with Amazon who breaks out sales and marketing together is, and the figure is:
$42.238 billion.
<https://s2.q4cdn.com/299287126/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/Amazon-com-Inc-2023-Annual-Report.pdf>
How's that?