[LuvULongTime]

I saw this in my news feed and thought I would share. Everyone believes Apple is unstoppable. But are they?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/30/bu...soft.html?_r=0

Can Apple continue to live by Mr. Jobs�s disruptive creed now that the company is as successful as Microsoft once was? Mr. Cihra noted that it was one thing for Apple to cannibalize its iPod or Mac businesses, but quite another to risk its iPhone juggernaut.

�It�s getting tougher for Apple,� Mr. Cihra said. �The question investors have is, what�s the next iPhone? There�s no obvious answer. It�s almost impossible to think of anything that will create a $140 billion business out of nothing.�

[kbz1960]

Apple overtook MS? In profits? Smartphone? They always have on smartphones after the first iPhone. They have not overtaken the desktop market at all.

[LuvULongTime]

Apple overtook MS? In profits? Smartphone? They always have on smartphones after the first iPhone. They have not overtaken the desktop market at all.

Market cap, earnings. Anything money related.

[Elephant_Canyon]

Apple overtook MS? In profits? Smartphone? They always have on smartphones after the first iPhone. They have not overtaken the desktop market at all.

And the desktop market is far less relevant than it was 5 years ago. Not irrelevant, to be sure, but certainly not where most of the interesting things are happening in the world of computers these days.

[kbz1960]

Well, yes. When you over charge for everything yet people pay it.

[Elephant_Canyon]

Well, yes. When you over charge for everything yet people pay it.

Nothing about any of this post makes any sense. Care to clarify?

[kbz1960]

It's easy to make big profits when you user base will pay more for your product just because.

[tchocky77]

If people (and a very great many of them, at that) are paying the price you ask for, then you're not over charging.