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Reasons Apple has peaked—for real, this time
- michaelpinto 14y agoYou known when Apple will have peaked? A bit after the "Apple has peaked" headline meme will have run its course.
- guiambros 14y agoThis article is full on opinions, light on new information. Horace, from Asymco, provided a [much better analysis](http://www.asymco.com/2012/10/29/the-iphone-and-apples-margins/ http://www.asymco.com/2012/10/29/the-iphone-and-apples-margi...) on why the recently announced lower margins are in line with Apple's historical performance during every product launch. Also, you can get a better perspective by reading [previous comments on HN](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714473 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4714473) of why Forstall and Browett leaving Apple is actually positive for the company.
- automaton 14y agoI don't think Apple is going down at present. I'm sure that they already have a couple of product ideas that they are working on. However 5 years down the line, this might change and we will know if they can continue to innovate and come up with something new which the industry hasn't capitalized on.
- taligent 14y agoMore rubbish designed to get page views. The fact is that Apple has a 2013/2014 roadmap of incremental updates that could all continue to sell very well. Retina iPad Mini. Retina MacBook Airs. New Mac Pro. NFC/Passbook iPhone. Not to mention that Johnny Ive's iOS 7 and OSX 11 could easily reinvigorate both platforms. And then from the business side Apple is only just starting to tap into India/China both of which see the iPhone as a status brand ala Louis Vuitton. Expect major growth here.