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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
As long as they can keep their stranglehold on mobile service providers (and their insane profit margins on the iPhone), I'm thinking yeah. 
I'm not sure how long they can continue Jobs' legacy, though. We all saw what happened to Apple when Jobs left. Whether current management can maintain Apple's success, we'll know soon enough. As it is, I think Apple has lost some of its marketing flair. People might call Jobs a jerk and all but there's no question, love him or hate him, he does have a certain presence that get people to pay attention and is great at spinning things to his advantage. |
I tend to agree -- with Steve Jobs gone and Samsung gearing up, Apple's best days are behind them. New products are just incremental upgrades of old ones. No new designs or ideas.
Also, slowly buyers come of age and "it just works" may not be good enough for those who grew up with technology. They are not fazed by little issues they can easily work around if a product offers more flexibility. If you watch closely, Apple's list of new features usually are just things that others had as much as a year earlier.