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by mbesto 5082 days ago
> This strategy follows Christensen's disruptive innovation to the letter.

Really?

They offered a different package of attributes valued only in emerging markets remote from, and unimportant to, the mainstream.[1]

So basically it's the same exact device but cheaper. That doesn't represent "different package of attributes". Sorry, but I'd barely call that "to the letter".

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation#The_theor...