Can Jeff Bezos become the next Steve Jobs?

14 years ago

“Strong holiday sales and the introduction of the new Kindle Fire will help Amazon beat conservative revenue expectations, but cost pressures given shipping deals, rising ad spend, and the unknown impact of its new tablet will squeeze margins in coming quarters. Jeff Bezos‘ company is going all-in on growth in order to consolidate its dominance,” Agustino Fontevecchia writes for Forbes. “‘Multiple third party sources have confirmed Amazon’s strength thus far in Q4,’ read the first line of Caris & Company’s research note on Amazon, released Friday. Kindle Fire sales could hit 10 million this quarter, making up 8% of revenues. For comparison’s sake, Apple sold 11.1 million iPads in Q3 (which isn’t a holiday quarter).”

MacDailyNews Take: In other words, Fontevecchia compares two dissimilar things in order to arrive at his tardclusion.

“Jeff Bezos is making an all-out bet on expansion given the company’s dominant market position. Added to the tablet push via the Kindle Fire, Amazon is reportedly working smartphone which should be ready around Christmas next year, Citi’s analysts said,” Fontevecchia writes. “Beyond challenging Apple on the tablet front, Bezos would be taking them on, along with Google, on the mobile front.”

MacDailyNews Take: “Working on a smartphone?” Whatever. Good luck with those reviews.

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MacDailyNews Take: Be it Fontevecchia, a new college intern, or an Amazon’s PR flack, one thing’s for sure: The poor soul who wrote Forbes’ headline, “Can Bezos Become The Next Jobs?” consumed way, way too many paint chips as a child.

One of the many differences between Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs is exemplified in the collection of reviews below.

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Wired reviews Amazon’s tiny-screen Kindle Fire: Web browsing sucks, emotionally draining, makes reading a chore – November 14, 2011
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The Verge reviews Amazon’s tiny-screen Kindle Fire: Uninspired, confusing, incredibly unoriginal – November 14, 2011
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