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Ben Gilbert: evaluation

7 Mar 2022 Acquired SONY

“There's just been so much consolidation to the point where if you go buy the best phone, which is the top-of-the-line iPhone from Apple, that is the best one that humans can buy, and yet there are millions and millions of people buying that device.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
evaluation
Recorded
7 Mar 2022
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
SONY

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…No, at that point in time. It's so impressive on that front. But today, a quarter billion units is a year for Apple or something. Yeah, it's crazy. There's just been so much consolidation to the point where if you go buy the best phone, which is the top-of-the-line iPhone from Apple, that is the best one that humans can buy, and yet there are millions and millions of people buying that device. The Walkman, of course, eventually leads to the Discman also becoming hugely popular. I had so many of those growing up, and Walkmans too. Did you have Walkmans?…

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