End of Apple

#1

Post by matteodepalo » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 8:10 PM UTC

Re: End of Apple

#2

Post by GiorgioG » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 8:35 PM UTC

Apple's stuff just works (mostly) - but at this point any iPhone that's come out since the 5S does the its job pretty well (mail, navigation, social media, browsing & gaming.) Apple has let off the gas pedal. It's far from dead, but I don't see myself upgrading my iPhone X for several years because there's nothing on the horizon that would make me shell out $1000+. A foldable phone? No thanks, I have a tablet for that. Augmented reality? Another gimmick like 3D Touch, etc.

Re: End of Apple

#3

Post by nishantvyas » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 8:45 PM UTC

Smart phone industry will soon enter its adolescent and will show the sign of maturity. Also, smart phones became (or sold as) fashion device compared to computing devices (like computers, laptops etc) in previous decade, which were more like utility. Fashion changes every year, utility does not; may be the market is getting to that maturity too.

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#4

Post by thallavajhula » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC

5 months ago: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/dantedisparte/2018/08/06/apple-...

1 day ago: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenmcbride1/2019/01/21/the-...

It seems a bit ridiculous how, in a span of 5 months, Forbes decided to publish an article about the "End" of the most valuable company in the world.

Re: End of Apple

#5

Post by leoh » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 9:10 PM UTC

thallavajhula wrote: post #4

5 months ago: [ https://www.forbes.com/sites/dantedisparte/2018/08/06/apple-... 1 day ago: [ https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenmcbride1/2019/01/21/the-... It seems a bit ridiculous how, in a span of 5 months, Forbes decided to publish an article about the "End" of the most valuable company in the world.

Build them up, tear them down. Same thing happened to Theranos, but on a much bigger scale.

Re: End of Apple

#6

Post by stfuuuuu » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 9:32 PM UTC

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#7

Post by draw_down » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 9:33 PM UTC

My iPhone cost $750. Come on.

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#8

Post by jqt » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 9:35 PM UTC

Symbian was crap and Windows Phone fell really short. On the other hand, iOS is arguably good. Also, Nokia was very, very mismanaged.

Re: End of Apple

#9

Post by taylodl » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 10:17 PM UTC

GiorgioG wrote: post #2

Apple's stuff just works (mostly) - but at this point any iPhone that's come out since the 5S does the its job pretty well (mail, navigation, social media, browsing & gaming.) Apple has let off the gas pedal. It's far from dead, but I don't see myself upgrading my iPhone X for several years because there's nothing on the horizon that would make me shell out $1000+. A foldable phone? No thanks, I have a tablet for tha…

Exactly. The smartphone market has matured. The tablet market is maturing, but still has a ways to go. The laptop market has matured now that processors aren't getting appreciably faster anymore. Heretofore everything in computing has been about specs, but now that Moore's Law has taken a hiatus it's becoming more about fashion now.

Re: End of Apple

#10

Post by ganeshkrishnan » Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 10:31 PM UTC

The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain

The end of Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Bitcoin etc but for every startup that grows, they spend 40% of their revenues in ads on Ms/fb/Amazon