Apple Competitive Advantage

• • The apple watch has popularised the market of smartwatches which is something companies like Samsung could not do. This is due to the clever marketing strategies of apple, and in turn gives them an upper hand in the smartwatch market as they are the centre of attention. • Apple can use its advantages in the smart watches in order to shift towards a new market of bio-technological gadgets. The development of the bio-sensors in the apple watch could provide a gateway for development into another market. Weaknesses

Executive Summary Apple has always surprised the world with its innovation starting from the invention of computer circuit board of Apple I in 1976 to world’s most successful personal computer and electronic device manufacturer. They brought revolutionary changes in user experiences in using personal computers and currently smart devices. The company was always under the supervision of visionary leaders and effective strategies applied by them made the Apple what it is today. The company faced several ups and downs during its operating timeline and remained successful in sustaining their position in the market as a leader. The Harvard Business School Case study of Apple Inc. focuses on the growth and strategic management of the company accordingly.

Some facts of its success can be calculated from its sales is 21.7% in the year 2014. (Apple Inc. 10-k 2014). This essay will be covering how the apple Inc. accomplishes the global competitive advantage based on the Star Analysis frame work. HOME COUNTRY ADVANTAGE Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 in USA and since then Apple Inc. has been leading the way in innovating new products, however it has encountered numerous ups and downs since they started. As co-founder Stephen G. Wozniak opinion the location “Silicon Valley” also helped apple Inc. growth.

This multi-billion dollar company models, develops, and sells high-tech electronics, computer software, web-based services, and PCs. Founded in 1976, Apple’s products have since been desired by millions worldwide. From their mp3 players to their personal computers, and everything in between, Apple has proven itself number one in the technology market. According to NBCNews (2011), Apple is number one because they constantly improve products, have strong relationships with their distribution center, and have sleek product designs. Now, they are outdoing competitors like Samsung, Dell, and Microsoft (TodaysiPhone, 2012).

Despite Apple´s Apple Watch was introduced to an already existing market in which competitors had an advantage in the way they were better established upon the matter, statistics of sales and reviews have proven its current success at the level that it gradually dominated the market. According to the article published in the Forbes webpage which makes reference to the reports from Tractica, a market intelligence firm, “the Apple Watch’s share of the smartwatch market could hit 68 per cent by the end of the year.” (Forbes). Source: Forbes These statistics show the market presence of Apple and its competitors in terms of percentage which also resemble sales revenue Apple has from its product, sales revenue does not equate as profit, even though, Apple´s pricing strategies in the introduction stage enable the business to increase the income and perceive a significant difference from its cash outflow and therefore its previous estimated profits justified directly through the business annual report.

Introduction In this marketing assignment, we choose Apple as the company to analyze the marketing environment that affect the Apple Company’s ability to serve its consumer market and the major factors that influence consumer buyer behaviour. Apple became a computer company started in 1976. In the last decade, Apple had broaden into a complicated and intricate company.

1. INTRODUCTION Apple Inc. Official, a famous IT company in the world, began with a computer. They produce electronic gadgets with a good quality and attractive over the year. With their massive success, however, they are actually having problems, regardless internal or external problems.

“Craft, above all” (http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665375/the-6-pillars-of-steve-jobss-design-philosophy) His philosophy seemed to have worked a his design principles did affect how people perceived the product, slowly but surely the design shaped what consumers believed the product to be. Jobs stated that people do judge books by their covers and first impressions were everything. And this is proven by the success of the iPhone and the iPad “every iPhone is better than the last one. I doubt very many people are out there who are waiting for the reviews to come in before buying a new iPhone, and people who do fall inside that demographic are likely just going to wait for the next (print) issue of Consumer Reports.

Apple on the hand arguably is considered to be the mother of modern smartphones. On June 29, 2007, the cofounder of Apple Inc Steve Jobs announced the release of iPhone, a technology they had been working on for about five years. It was the first of its kind compared to the other players in the market like Blackberry, Motorola and Palm who were already making pocket personal computers. The new tech had a bigger screen, multi-touch interface and the mind-boggling on-screen keyboard was met with a lot of excitement. With these new ideas Apple dominated the phone market and during the Macworld Expo keynote speech, Jobs reported that the Apple iPhone had a 28% market share in Q4 2007 this represented significant growth in the second full quarter that iPhone has been on sale and translated to a

Apple Company. Is an American multinational firm that layout and manufactures shopper electronics and PC software products. Apple was founded on the first of April, 1976, at the hands of "Steve Jobs" and "Steve Wozniak" and "Ronald Wayne" for the sale of personal computers called "Apple. The company manages more than two hundred and fifty shop of retail stores in nine countries, and shop on the Internet sold by hardware and software products. The reason why I choose this organization is because it 's very successful and famous device everywhere in world.

Advertisements are everywhere around us. Wherever you go or whatever you do there will always be some kind of advertising nearby. Advertisements are produced by any company or organization to mainly sell their product or service. Each advertisement has its own specific target audience who they have designed the advertisement for. The following essay takes a look at rhetorical analysis on two commercials “Apple, 1984” and “Thai Life Insurance, Unsung Hero” by using rhetorical triangle as well as Aristotle’s theory to analyze different methods used in both advertisements to attract their audience’s attention.