(05-Feb-2018, 18:35)antilles Wrote: Apple is in decline. Halving production of its lacklustre flagship product within 3 months. Nowhere in the home network speaker space when they had tremendous first mover advantage. iPads receding both in relevance and in sales. Coming behind Microsoft (!) in desktop innovation with the Studio. Tying themselves to a bloated company resting on its laurels and seemingly unable to innovate would be a disaster (for Dev). Also, aside from aesthetics, I would contend that they don’t have a very similar ethos at all. Devialet is technically groundbreaking and offers from merely excellent to outstanding value, Apple is in fact entirely the opposite. Selling outdated technology in an attractive package for a massive markup IS their deal. It’s no coincidence that their first major foray into the audio space was a company proverbial for its marketing and branding, as well as atrocious technical quality. Are you really missing a Beats speaker in your life?
That’s a load of crap. Apple is in no way even remotely close to being in decline in any sense of the imagination.
They’re selling three current phones. Of course sales will distribute across all three instead of the ‘flagship’.
Different story if it were just iPhone X and no iPhone 8/8 Plus. They’ve also made considerably more profit from iPhone X than any other iPhone.
They’re not in decline. Regardless of product.
People have this idea that Apple isn’t doing well because they don’t like the products or company, then they hear a rumour or two and Apple is somehow failing.
Still many millions and millions and millions and millions of customers that love their Apple products or willingly choose to use them. If there weren’t the company wouldn’t be here year after year and exceeding every other years targets, profits, and revenue.
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