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Sales faltering...just wait until the margins dip. Hardware margins the size Apple has enjoyed are incredibly rare and never have lasted with any company, perio
by partiallypro 11y ago
Sales faltering...just wait until the margins dip. Hardware margins the size Apple has enjoyed are incredibly rare and never have lasted with any company, period. Their hardware margins are on par, or even above many software vendors, which is just unsustainable. It's a great product, but the upgrade cycle is lengthening, and margins are going to fall. Same happened to the PC, same started to happen with the tablet, and the same will happen to the phone market.
- adventured 11y ago> Hardware margins the size Apple has enjoyed are incredibly rare and never have lasted with any company, period Intel has routinely maintained gross profit margins of 60%+ for decades on its microprocessor sales. Their hardware margins put Apple to shame.
- john_reel 11y agoIsn’t it closer to 30% when you factor in the cost it takes to build a fab? I remember reading something about that.