Course: Planning Marketing Programs Group Project: iPhone 5s‚ September 2014 Table of Contents: 1. Executive Summary ……………………………………………… 2 2. Situational Analysis ……………………………………………… 3 3. SWOT Analysis …………………………………………………...7 4. Objectives ……………………………………………… ………...8 5. Strategy (segmentation‚ targeting and positioning) ……………… 9 6. Action Program (the operational marketing plan itself for the period
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General Purpose: to inform Specific Purpose: to explain the newer features of the iPhone 5 Central Idea: The iPhone 5 comes equipped with new physical features‚ the iOS 6‚ the A6 chip‚ LTE networking‚ etc. I. Introduction: Number of iPhones sold and predicted to sell to grab attention with the outlandish numbers. ( USA Today) a. Take a poll of the class to see how many people are infatuated by the iPhone b. Introduce the idea of the new features to inform the class of what this phone
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main pricing decisions for its range of iPhones. The first one is a skimming price decision and the second one is a penetration pricing decision. 1. Skimming price decision When Apple first launched the new iPhone 3GS‚ it made a skimming price decision which means it aims to sell to the top of the market and focuses on maximizing profits in short term so it could recover the research and development costs. 2. Penetration pricing decision As the iPhones have moved through their product life
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1. TOPIC OF REPORT A Report on Why Most People Prefer iPhone? 1.1 Introduction iPhone is a line of smart phones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The key person of the invention is Steve Jobs (Chairman‚ 1976-1985‚ 2011; CEO‚ 1997–2011). iPhone was released on 29 of June‚ 2007. There are 5 generation of iPhone and the latest model that release on 4 of October‚ 2011 is known as iPhone 4s. 1.2 Problem/Issues that called for investigation Nowadays‚ people had spend more time on their phone
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Study “Apple introduced the original iPhone back in 2007‚ instantly obsoleting every other smartphone on the planet in every way that mattered” (Ritchie‚ 2013‚ p.1). Within the next two years Apple came out with the iPhone 3G and 3GS which they were able to increase the functionality while simultaneously lowering the price‚ this allowed Apple to take the smartphone fully out of the niche and make them mainstream (Ritchie‚ 2013). Apple was able to bring the iPhone to broader carriers and faster speeds
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iPhone 6 Apple working on 4.7-and-5.7-inch iPhones for 2014 Reuters cites ‘four people with knowledge of the matter’ and as well as claiming the larger display models under consideration they also point to cheaper variants being considered too. Again‚ we have heard whispers of a budget iPhone for a very long time. Apple is said to be considering such products for the usually cited reason: Samsung. The report suggests Apple is starting to think it needs a broader product portfolio to compete
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Apple iPhone Business Strategy MBA 648 Prepared by: Dima Hage Hassan 111300363 Nisrin Naamo 111300394 Tasneem AlMajidi 112300103 Table of Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………….. 3 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….….. 4 SWOT Analysis ……………………………………………………………………… 5 Michael Porter’s five forces model …………………………………………………... 8 Differentiation ………………………………………………………………………..11 Conclusion and Recommendations…..………………………………………………14 References ……………………………………………………………………………15
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possibilities curve for the iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5s‚ I expected the cost benefit analysis would favor towards the iPhone 5c. However‚ I underestimated the utility of iPhone manufacturing and how much it actually cost to build‚ sell and profit from the iPhone 5c. Apple Inc. also has to consider their marketing as well‚ to insure their product sells across the globe to receive marginal benefit. According to the information on the production possibilities curve‚ the iPhone 5s marginal cost is about
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The company was located in Cupertino‚ California. It was the first company that has released a graphical user interface (GUI) for the operating system. Apple was preparing a lot of surprises for people all the time. From the first GUI to the last iPhone‚ Apple has always been a symbol of the start signal of new developments in the their industry. Until the nineties‚ Apple released one of the most anticipated and best personal computers. But after the products went on sale Apple has failed‚ because
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Conclusion and Recommendation Pg 10-11 INTRODUCTION Apple is an American multinational organization that plans and makes buyer hardware and PC programming items. The organization ’s best-known equipment items incorporate Mac PCs‚ the iPod and the iPhone. Apple programming incorporates the Macintosh OS X working framework‚ the iTunes media program‚ the iLife suite of sight and sound and inventiveness programming‚ the iWork suite of benefit programming‚ refined product Studio‚ a suite of expert sound
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