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I think if there is another segment for Apple to be as successful as the iPhone, it's not obvious yet, which product it is to be. Another challenge is that the
by itchyouch 8y ago
I think if there is another segment for Apple to be as successful as the iPhone, it's not obvious yet, which product it is to be.
Another challenge is that there are markets to be disrupted, but they may not necessarily be a 1 trillion dollar market like smartphones have been.
Apple could disrupt an industry that people may absolutely love and flock to, but if its size is 50 Billion dollars, but that would be less than 10% of their current market cap. What would be a 50B dollar successful stand-alone business doesn't necessarily serve as the product that can get Apple to say a 2T market cap.
And it isn't like Apple isn't trying to find a product (e.g. apple car, watch, homepods, etc).
- scarface74 8y agoThat’s the problem. If any other company had a new product that generated $10 billion in profit a year, everyone would be celebrating. If Apple does it, people yawn. Without realizing that most phone manufacturers can’t even break even consistently....