02-21-2014, 01:29 PM | #1 |
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"Apple is the next Microsoft"
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"Apple is the next Microsoft", analyst says Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes says he just doesn't see growth in Cupertino's future, whether it's from a watch or a TV. by Chris Matyszczyk February 21, 2014 9:37 AM PST" I guess Apple is now just another old "staid" under-performer, just hanging on like Sony, MS, AOL, and Yahoo. See more at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57...-analyst-says/ |
02-21-2014, 02:06 PM | #2 |
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And I guess you can always ignore the last line of the article - One analyst says "perhaps." Another says "perhaps not." - after all we can always get another anti-Apple thread going Time for more popcorn folks... and... go!
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02-21-2014, 02:19 PM | #3 |
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Well, their growth has certainly stalled, at the current rate, this year they should expect flat or maybe even negative growth.
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02-21-2014, 02:58 PM | #4 |
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02-21-2014, 03:41 PM | #5 |
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02-21-2014, 03:50 PM | #6 |
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I am not worried for Apple. They are NOT the next Microsoft.
iPad sales have slowed, but so has the Kindle Fire. The difference is that the majority of iPads that were bought are still being used, while the majority of Kindle Fires ended up on eBay and/or broke and people upgraded to the Nexus 7, Galaxy Tabs, and others. For every person that still owns and uses an iPad 1, there are probably 10 who have bought two or more Android tablets since then. The same can be said for Macs and iPhones. There are more people with 2007/8 MacBook Pros than with Dell laptops from that same year. There are more people with the iPhone 4 (not 4S) than there are those still using a Samsung Galaxy S2. And the same thing with iPods, which is why Apple recalled the Nano five years after the fact, and if anything else came up with the others, would probably be doing the same procedure now. iOS 7 has received a lot of negative press, but at the end of the day, it's nowhere near the amount of hate Windows 8 has received. Android guys don't complain about KitKat, but the majority of them probably haven't even seen Jelly Bean. |
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http://developer.android.com/about/d...e=ausdroid.net Good point about KitKat though. Very limited market penetration as yet. Graham |
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02-21-2014, 04:01 PM | #8 |
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Maybe the reason no one is upgrading their iPhone 4 is because they can't justify the expense? It is cheaper to buy a new Android than a new iPhone.
Same with PC/MacBook, a new PC costs $400-$600 but how many people are going to spend $1000+ on a new laptop until they have milked every last day out of the previous $1000+ purchase? |
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02-21-2014, 04:13 PM | #10 |
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But Microsoft is still profitable and growing despite their recent mistakes in mobile and the PC downturn. This is because they are a highly diversified company.
If Apple ever sees the kind of downturn in mobile that Microsoft did, they will be done. Any "analyst" who tries to make a connection between the two is not an analyst, they are a know-nothing blogger desperate for page hits. |
02-21-2014, 05:11 PM | #11 |
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Just soze I understand: "negative growth" is what many might refer to as "shrinking," right?
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02-21-2014, 05:21 PM | #12 |
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You all are right about Jelly Bean. A lot of the low end phones still ship with ICS though.
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02-21-2014, 05:22 PM | #14 |
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02-21-2014, 05:25 PM | #15 |
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