If there's no innovation this stock will continue to nose dive.
I love my Apple products but I'm hatting AAPL as a stock right now
I'm glad I skipped the iPhone 5 beta release.
I went from the iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4S and I'll go for the 5S.
Quickly... Since Mr. Jobs sad passing, Apple seems to be on cruise control.
So... the range of devices a tech company can make is completely determined by the size of the screen on the device? Does this mean the Mac Mini and Mac Pro are non-products?But what new products would you expect?
Back in the day there were desktops and laptops.
Over a period of years Apple innovated with the iPod, then the iPhone and iPad.
Now, in 2013, they have a range of devices, covering a range of fairly specific uses on screens of the following sizes:
4"
7"
10"
13"
15"
21.5"
27"
30"
That's pretty much every niche covered, every gap in the market filled, with little room for new products in that ballpark.
And if they ever do an Apple television, that will extend that.
I also find it very irritating how, for example, Samsung advertise their Galaxy S III screen to be "true hd" and using it as an excuse to slam apple, completely ignoring the fact that the iPhone's retina display in ppi is superior.
If there's no innovation this stock will continue to nose dive.
I love my Apple products but I'm hatting AAPL as a stock right now
When they can sell 50 million Mac Pro's in one quarter, I'm sure they'll consider redirecting their efforts.Why can't Apple innovate anymore?
We get it, the iPhone was a big hit. Magnificent device! But it came out over 5 years ago and since then all we've had is slightly larger or tweaked versions of it since then. Sure, from the iPhone we've gotten the iPad, the iPad mini, the iPod Touch, and to a lesser extent the many iterations of iOS... but I really think Apple is pushing the limits of how long they can milk this thing.
Yeah, another iPhone. Lighter and faster than the last one. Big whop. How about a new Mac Pro?
So... the range of devices a tech company can make is completely determined by the size of the screen on the device? Does this mean the Mac Mini and Mac Pro are non-products?
I don't see how you can just lump an entire line of products together and say they cover a wide range of uses because they cover a wide range of screen sizes. My iPod Touch is a COMPLETELY different machine than my iMac, and they are used for totally different tasks.
4.8 inch display please.
yay...for the suckers who have iphone 5 and is planning to get iphone 5s....yay.
Go blow your lifesaving...yay.
4.8 inch display please.
The sPhones are always the best. The hold value longer.
Think about it. The 3G is too primitive to even consider, but the 3GS is still kind of cool. The 4? Bleh. But the 4S? Still a good phone.
Likely the i5 will meet the same fate as the other non-s phones: relegated to second class status. And it looks like it is going to happen sooner, rather than later.
I'm sorry, but on a very basic level, I have to disagree with you here.The point was that pretty much all the main Apple devices involve using a screen; the kind of task you use a particular device for is largely dependent on the size of the screen and that Apple now pretty much has every task, or niche covered.
I'm sorry, but on a very basic level, I have to disagree with you here.
This train of thinking may hold true for the mobile world... where one must at some point recognize that the screen on a smartphone is too large for it to be a practical smartphone anymore and must now be a tablet or a "phablet"... one does not hold an iPad up to the side of one's face and make calls with it.
But to suggest a desktop inherently has a larger screen than a laptop is not true.
Quickly... Since Mr. Jobs sad passing, Apple seems to be on cruise control. A company that has $150B in cash should be doing more. Where are updated Mac Pros? Why did the iMac update take so long? Why has iOS not seen any significant changes in the last 5 years? The newest iPhone looks stagnant compared to previous iterations of the same product, especially when compared with the competition... Apple needs to shake things up, there is a perception that their product development has slowed to a crawl.
The day Jobs passed was the day they introduced the iPhone 4S. Since then, we've seen the iPhone 5, two iterations of the iPad, and a smaller 7" iPad. Nothing new here - variations on the same theme. iOS still sports the same app grid it's had for seven years and is looking more and more outdated compared to Android offerings. Whether it's true or not, that seems to be the popular perception.