Has Apple Peaked?

There were plenty of disasters while Jobs was present... anyone remember the iPhone4 antenna disaster? Apple will reiterate and fix and all will be well again. I doubt they will ultimately lose many customers over this.

Re: Has Apple Peaked?

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Post by cooldeal » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:00 PM UTC

sil3ntmac wrote: post #4

You tell me? https://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NASDAQ:AAPL There were plenty of disasters while Jobs was present... anyone remember the iPhone4 antenna disaster? Apple will reiterate and fix and all will be well again. I doubt they will ultimately lose many customers over this.

Stock price is a lagging indicator of stagnation, if it's even an indicator.

Re: Has Apple Peaked?

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Post by recoiledsnake » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:01 PM UTC

mattparcher wrote: post #2

For the unfamiliar, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines[1]: "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'" [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines

Headline:

"Perhaps Betteridge's Law of Headlines is always true?"

Re: Has Apple Peaked?

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Post by mtrimpe » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:06 PM UTC

mikecane wrote: post #3

About two years ago, I thought the iPod had peaked and couldn't go anywhere. Yet look at the new iPod Nano.

Indeed; just wait for the iPhone Nano. If only that had been this year's one more thing...

Re: Has Apple Peaked?

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Post by pav3l » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:10 PM UTC

mattparcher wrote: post #2

For the unfamiliar, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines[1]: "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'" [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines

The unfamiliar? This article is referenced on HN at least once a week now

Re: Has Apple Peaked?

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Post by steve19 » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:12 PM UTC

mikecane wrote: post #3

About two years ago, I thought the iPod had peaked and couldn't go anywhere. Yet look at the new iPod Nano.

The problem is not that apples new products aren't improving, but that they are no longer miles ahead of their smartphone competitors. Android is now a compelling alternative. Apple will eventually release a iPhone nano, but Samsung will release a galaxy micro before or soon after.

Has any company in history been so large and yet so reliant on a single product? Because of this I am fat to nervous to invest in apple, despite loving their products.

Re: Has Apple Peaked?

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Post by marshallp » Sat, Sep 22, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

If it reshifted to data science from hardware, it has the most cash of any tech company and could grow even larger. Steve Wozniak recently talked about smartphones having AI so this might be already in the works (focus on improving siri rather than stylishness).