“I don’t think many consumers weigh the iPad vs. the Surface 2,” Bret Kenwell writes for TheStreet. “Why? Well, mostly because Apple has created an ecosystem that many of its customers stay loyal to. Most don’t own an iPhone and a Surface. Or a Mac and a Surface. Most probably don’t own a Samsung Galaxy and an iPad either.”
“Going out on a limb, I’m going to assume most people who are buying the Surface are not users of the iPhone and other Apple devices. They are more than likely using Android-based smartphones,” Kenwell writes. “So I think Microsoft should refocus its marketing efforts against Google, Samsung, and Amazon. Instead of making head-to-head commercials against Apple, why not show a similar comparison to all the other tablets?”
“A quarterback looking to be drafted into the National Football League or vying for a roster spot from free agency doesn’t need to claim he’s better than the Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning or the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady. No, he just needs to prove that he’s better than most of his competition — that he can still win against the vast majority of other players and still compete as a serious contender,” Kenwell writes. “Instead of launching these vendetta-like ad campaigns trying to make the iPad look dull and foolish — which, we all know is not true — Microsoft should be attacking the rest of the competition.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Beleaguered Microsoft is so flummoxed that they still haven’t even figured out who their competition is.
Hint: Your goal, just like all the rest of the also-rans, is to amass the biggest pile of Apple’s table scraps, dummies.