David, we agree on many posts. Apple did and does get rich on the iPhone. It was the "real" smartphone, but others caught up. So it needs something new. It was dragged down by restrictions. Cant do this cant do that, TC has released many of those, to the point where that issue is not really an issue. In short, many longstanding Android features, are now on iOS. So its much less of a drama to do stuff.
iPhone growth has steadied. It cant keep growing and growing. If the iPhone sales levelled fully so there was no growth, its still a great business.
From: "David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: David Smith <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 23 July 2016 10:00 AM
Subject: [iPad] winning the lottery
Kris just said something that lit a lightbulb for me, opened a new perspective on an old topic. I've deleted his note, alas, but the thought lingers.
Apple got rich on the iPhone, and Tim Cook is using the windfall to push the company into a very different place from the one in which it was when Steve Jobs died. I'm afraid that Tim is in the process of burning through all that cash pursuing a tawdry and unimaginative vision of pop-culture power - Sony on steroids, maybe - but I'm probably wrong. Anyway, the memory of the glory years, when the genuine enthusiasm of a small group of nerds was the driving force behind a small, cool company, are a nice memory.
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