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The iPhone business sponsored Apple's chip development; and that business is bigger than the PC market.
by throwaway4good 4y ago
The iPhone business sponsored Apple's chip development; and that business is bigger than the PC market.
- chmod775 4y agoIf with "PC market" you're limiting that statement to pre-built personal computers, that's a misleading claim. If you meant to refer to the entire computer hardware market, you're wrong by an order of magnitude. iPhone Revenue 2021: $191.9 billion Computer Hardware Revenue 2021: $1,129.39 billion
- r00fus 4y agoComparing a market for devices to all of computer hardware (including peripherals/components) is what's ridiculous. The more apt analogy is computers (PCs) to iPhones.
- chmod775 4y agoThrowaway4good was using the comparison of iPhones to PCs to allude that Apple has more money available to develop silicon, yet the pre-built PC market is a tiny subset of where money is made using semiconductors. That's why it's a misleading claim. I didn't expect I would have to elaborate this beyond what I said. My bad.