Something happened to Apple’s shares today. Suddenly, the price started to climb again. When I write this blog post, it’s about a ten-dollar increase since yesterday, and if you look back one year, it’s not such a big event – but if you look back to one week ago, it’s something in the economic debate climate that has changed.
Today, people laugh at Samsung. Poor Samsung, which just launched its new Big Galaxy S 4, and guess what, after a year of complaining about Apple not being innovative enough, it’s Samsung’s time to get the complaints. It seems Samsung tries to do what tech people have always done before Apple entered the scene: they invent technical features that the average customer or user doesn’t really care about. They do it just to add another feature to the list, not to make life better for the user.
This is what I read in today’s reviews, so I haven’t tried out a Samsung Big Galaxy S 4 myself.
Still, it’s kind of funny that this should be enough to drive Apple’s share price up. I guess we are a lot of people who have waited for the day when Apple starts climbing again, and we can’t yet be sure this is the turning point, but let’s hope so.
I read one interesting comment on Seeking Alpha, by ” Scott Trader”:
”maybe just maybe samclone doesn’t know where the puck is heading because of aapl using other new suppliers….”
Actually, this is exactly what is bound to happen at some point. It’s obvious that Samsung has not only been one of Apple’s suppliers but also a shameless copycat. Since Apple has started buying its parts from other suppliers, Samsung can’t get its usual sneak peek and inspiration from Apple’s innovations before the products are launched. Now they have to stand in line and wait for Apple to launch their products like the rest of the world…
If that’s why the Samsung Big Galaxy S 4 disappointed the market, then I think Samsung has a lot more disappointments to come. Because Apple creates products grounded in people, not in tech. Apple is about design and function, built to make a difference. Samsung can’t copy that.
And, by the way, it seems like Samsung shares dropped today…
