This is my first post of the 2018 April AtoZ Blogging challenge and its my fifth attempt. For those who missed it, here is the link to my Theme Reveal post. Do the alphabets still stand for the same things we learnt about in Nursery school?
Without much ado lets plunge right in.
A is for Apple.
This time tested phrase still holds the exception being that one is not necessarily referring to the fruit.
As you may have guessed this post is about Apple products- rather what they seem to symbolise ...
In India, Apple products - be they the iPhone or Macbook or the Apple Watch - do more that everything they are meant to do. They proclaim to the all and sundry that the device-owner has 'arrived'! So one finds that these folks invariably talk with their hands - extensively wave their hands (that happen to hold the iPhone X) to stress the points they make. Often words are sufficient to make a point which makes me sure, they just want to make sure we dont miss seeing the famous half eaten apple logo.
I am told, that the email signature is also set to 'sent from my iPhone'...
Apparently once an Apple owner - always an Apple owner. Rarely have I seen people switch brands when changing their devices. So every time there is a new Apple on the market, these folks are seen queuing up. I dont think any other brand must have such fierce brand loyalty- at least in India! Its definitely an aspirational brand, something to be coveted. The company website itself has a list of Apple Authorised Resellers.
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| Full front-page advertisement in the newspaper obviously indicates the iconic status and popularity of the brand |
Do I own a iPhone you may well ask...
Well, not a phone but yes I do have an iPad and its a gift from our daughter! So I proudly do show it off!
;-)
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| My iPad |
I would love to hear your thoughts!
:-)
4 comments:
The only apples I ever owned were edible ones! A great start to this year's challenge.
My Friend Rosey - A
When I met my now husband in 2008, he had an iPod and an early iPhone. I was an Android user and determined not to switch, but I did own a smaller iPod Shuffle. A year later, I switched to an iPhone and he went back to Android. He hated it and within 6 months, was back to an iPhone.
We have an iPhone 6 (his) and and SE (mine), plus he has an early iPad Air and I have an iPad Mini. When we moved to Ecuador, I still had my Kindle Fire as well as the iPad. That didn't last long....I fell in love with the iPad and sold the Fire.
I was in IT for over 30 years and always in the Windows environment. Win10 came and after struggling for over 6 months, we switched to MacBooks and we've never looked back. LOL!
Donna B. McNicol|Author and Traveler
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@Keith - I guess the edible ones are the best!! Thanks for stopping by :-)
@Donna Wow! Thats a great Apple history! I too was a Windows fan but had to change to Android after the company stopped support for windows phones. Thanks for stopping by Donna :-)
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