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Originally Posted by frahse
Apple's "Pony" is out of tricks.
They used to say a 3.5" screen iPhone was all you needed, now they sell about twice that large a screen.
The iPad was to be a new era for computers. Now it appears to be not much at all.
The iWatch was a new "coming." Now not so much.
Apple TV has been kicked around for a while now. Anyone have one?
iTunes makes people mad.
... Apple needs not only new tricks, they need a new "pony."
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No.
The thing I criticize them for the most, and which keeps me from buying them will also keep them afloat for a long time.
Their decline will be gradual, not sudden in the way Sony ' s has been.
Part of their business plan on the consumer electronics side of the house is to sell stripped down models and convince people to do without features that detract from reliability. This enables them to offer long warranties.
Now, I have never wanted and device without removable storage, or a replaceable battery, and a device has to be either cheap or the only game in town to get be to buy without those things. I need whatever device I use for music to work in unairconditioned workspaces while getting knocked around. But all of the market is not me.
Apple phones have generally not had a very good transciever. That matters to me because I live in a rural area and do contract work in big metal buidings and hospitals. It doesn't matter at all to people in major metropolitan areas.
I think that even without Steve Jobs, they can convince the people who have always bought Apple to live with less features. They will lure them in with styling and high resolution screens and they will retain most of the people who have been their regular customer base.