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Who understands Olympus prices?

Started Feb 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
situman1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,285
Re: I Agree ...
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jwilliams wrote:

jwilliams wrote:

Soulhand wrote:

jwilliams wrote:

Soulhand wrote:

I don't buy iPhones because I think they are overpriced compared to devices that are alternatives (for me). Millions of people do, though.

Sorry but Olympus is no Apple. Not even close. Most profitable company on the planet vs almost bankrupt recently. Their products are no comparison either.

Apple may indeed be overpriced, but there is at least a high quality company behind the product.

One can take analogies too far.

I didn't intend to claim Olympus was like Apple. I did intend to claim the E-PL9 is designed to be an "fashionable" /design-led camera and will succeed or die on attracting buyers who want that sort of thing, and not buyers who decide based on a specifications sheet.

In this way (but not any more than that) it is like the iPhone

Paul

that both definitely have a fashion element attraction to their user base. I do think there is much more substance under the skin in the case of the iphone vs EPL9. iphone is not a device using 5+ year old parts. EPL9 unfortunately for us is.

Yup. Iphone uses new parts in a 10yr old design.  Then decided to charge 1000 for an old design with a chipped and broken screen on top.

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