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Will the X-E4 have IBIS?

Started Nov 21, 2020 | Polls thread
forest dream Senior Member • Posts: 2,796
Re: costs vs benefits

holashobby wrote:

John Gellings wrote:

Keithpictures wrote:

Judging by the success of the X-T4 (bigger than the T3 by some millimeters) and the S10 so far (bigger than the T30), seems like a safe bet they’ll sell more units to IBIS fans than they’ll lose to cheap/compact fans.

They risk upsetting X-Pro and X100 users if they add IBIS to this camera... they will stop selling those models while everyone waits for ibis.

Trying to protect your market by releasing sub-par products is not a good long term strategy, sooner or later someone will come along with the said features and walk away with your market, as Tim Cook famously said, Our core philosophy is to never fear cannibalization,” ... “If we don’t do it, someone else will.”

This is the major difference between smartphone and camera maker.

Camera maker create market segmentation via sub-bar product (less innovation) with reduce feature.

Smartphone maker always put some existing high-end features to next mid-range product (without increase price. E.g. iPhone SE 2020 $399); create new innovation for next high-end product. It is because they know each product must release with competitive feature otherwise consumer will switch to competitor product.

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