Monday, 30 September 2013

Microsoft Vs Apple

Microsoft launched Windows surface launched in June 2013 competitor for Apple I-Pad.  Recently Microsoft came out with  ads which was directly attacking I-Pad. In Advertising terms we call it as Comparative advertising. In such advertisement, competitors are directly attacked with a appeal known as Competitive advantage appeal.

In Competitive advantage appeal advertisement, it is a practice of either directly or indirectly naming/ displaying competitors in an ad and comparing one or more specific attributes. Here in the ads shown below, Microsoft compares various attributes of Windows surface with I- Pad.

Price of Microsoft Surface &  I-Pad

  • I- Pad - Rs. 45900 (32Gb)
  • Microsoft  - Rs. 42875 (32Gb)

* For the price of different specifications visit Apple & Microsoft site

In Ads below it is shown that Windows Surface has the competitive advantage over I-Pad in terms of attributes like USB port, External keyboard, Multitasking and many other features.

Microsoft Surface commercial 

Surface RT Vs I- Pad

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