So you're arguing that the PC market, in which they are unbelievably profitable is, er, not a mature market? How about MP3 music players, which is so mature it's withering and dying and yet is still basically an iPod market? I don't think you've quite thought that argument through very far.
And still with this 'lost them the desktop market'. If Apple's market defining desktop business, which dictate the shape of the computer market by denying the profitable high ground for $1,000+ systems to their competitors, count as losing then you and I have very different ideas of what that word means.
If the iPhone's sales numbers last year and the year before that were high enough to sustain a highly profitable premium business, then bearing in mind their sales are still skyrocketing I just don't see where the risk is. Why is having a minority market share in desktop PCs a problem for Apple? What harm has it done them? How has it hindered their ability to prosper over the last 15 years? If it's not been a problem for them in PCs, why should it be a problem for them in mobile? bear in mind that their minority stake in the mobile market is a region thing. In the single most valuable market, the US, they have more market share than Android.
> The iPhone 5C actually increases Apple's profit margin over the 5. ...
I know, I don't know what the Andorid camp are going to do about it. I mean how can they compete when.... oh... hold on a minute. You're saying that's a problems for _Apple_. Er. Ok.
And still with this 'lost them the desktop market'. If Apple's market defining desktop business, which dictate the shape of the computer market by denying the profitable high ground for $1,000+ systems to their competitors, count as losing then you and I have very different ideas of what that word means.
If the iPhone's sales numbers last year and the year before that were high enough to sustain a highly profitable premium business, then bearing in mind their sales are still skyrocketing I just don't see where the risk is. Why is having a minority market share in desktop PCs a problem for Apple? What harm has it done them? How has it hindered their ability to prosper over the last 15 years? If it's not been a problem for them in PCs, why should it be a problem for them in mobile? bear in mind that their minority stake in the mobile market is a region thing. In the single most valuable market, the US, they have more market share than Android.
> The iPhone 5C actually increases Apple's profit margin over the 5. ...
I know, I don't know what the Andorid camp are going to do about it. I mean how can they compete when.... oh... hold on a minute. You're saying that's a problems for _Apple_. Er. Ok.
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