Nobody said Apple is not innovator, but Apple is not the ONLY innovator. You guys try to come up ******** like Samsung or Android OEMs only copy not innovate. That is completely bull crap.
Past successes does not automtically mean future success, this is especially true for tech sector. There is no doubt that Apple is massively success company in the past few years and it is very successful right now.
Current Apple under Tim Cook is more like past Microsoft under Steve Balmer. Both companies had visionary founder, then successed by pure business man.
Apple under Tim is no longer the one under Steve. Can you honestly say Apple still has amount influence as before? When iPhone comes along, whole smartphone industry changed. When Apple started iPad, the way people use tablet changed. But few years on, Apple is no longer the leading force, it is lagging behind. Just look at Apple Music, iPad Pro and Apple Watch. Most of those are almost seems after thought than Apple really put deep though on those product. There is really no unquie factors with those products.
The worst part is Apple startd to appealing to wide crowed. When majority wants big screen, Apple had iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. When people wants small screen, Apple have a lazy creation iPhone SE. When people wants stylus, Apple did iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. When people wants cheap iPhone, you get iPhone SE. Current Apple is no longer the Apple under Steve Jobs.
Apple is just keeping its old monument and how long does this monument can last is up to see.
Steve Jobs took 35 years to reach $100 billion in annual sales.
Steve Jobs died.
Tim Cook took over and in FOUR YEARS reached $230 billion in annual sales.
In other words Tim Cook took FOURS YEARS to add $130 billion in sales while Jobs took THIRTY FIVE YEARS. Stop with the bullcrap that Apple has been struggling since Cook took over.
You said AppleWatch is a failure. LOL. The Watch will be the fastest selling new Apple product ever (first 12 months). AppleMusic has 12 million subscriptions already in about 6 months. Pandora/Spotify took FIVE YEARS to get 12 million subscriptions. So stop with the bullcrap that AppleMusic is struggling.
And iPad Pro? Way to early to say its a failure.
But go ahead. Keep living in a dream land where Apple is struggling and going down hill.
Maybe in YOUR MIND Apple is going downhill. And that's fine, that's your opinion. But looking at FACTS (sales, profits, growth, penetration in China and India, satisfaction ratings, 1 billion active devices, #1 brand name, #1 valued company) there is ZERO evidence that Apple is going downhill.
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Here is who (from Yahoo Finance):
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So in other words these reports are for companies. They are of ZERO benefit to consumers. Just like I said.
These reports only serve to mislead customers who don't have a basic understanding of product and company profitability.