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If Apple is driven by profit, then the main purpose of Mac, iPod, and even iPad these days is to sell more iPhones (brand halo and integration). Isn't that cra
by nilsbunger 15y ago
If Apple is driven by profit, then the main purpose of Mac, iPod, and even iPad these days is to sell more iPhones (brand halo and integration). Isn't that crazy?
Macs were only 14% of revenue last quarter ($6.6B/46.3B). By contrast, iPhones were 52% ($14.4B). And Macs have ~28% gross margin, while iPhones have ~60%, so they add even less than 14% to the profit picture.
While any other PC manufacturer would die to have Apple's Mac business, it's mouse-nuts to Apple.
- batista 15y agoIts also a stable base. The iPad might or the iPhone might die off to some competitive product, Andoid or whatever, but, as long as PC = Windows, there will be a large market for Macs (no, most people wont consider Linux)
- alperakgun 15y agoonce macs have died, and i was there an 18year old mac c++ programmer. believe me many things like that can happen again in tech world.