"potentially lowering the iPhone's market-share among smart-phones to well below 10%." I am continually amazed by people who quote these figures as if they say

"potentially lowering the iPhone's market-share among smart-phones to well below 10%." I am continually amazed by people who quote these figures as if they say anything meaningful. Apple doesn't compete in 2/3 of "the smartphone market" by their own choice. By choice. If Apple thought "global smartphone market share" was all important they would probably sell a phone that's cheaper than $400 pre-subsidy. They don't. By choice. Apple has made the radical decision to voluntarily take a 0% market share of the extremely large sub-$400 pre-subsidy smartphone market. On purpose. "It seems pretty clear the iPhone has peaked," I don't think this is clear at all. http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=iphone%2C%20android%2C%20blackberry%2C%20nokia&cmpt=q http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=iphone%2C%20android%2... Apple's trajectory looks nothing like Blackberry and Nokia, two brands that clearly peaked in recent years. "Apple needs to get back into the innovating business as opposed to the lawsuit-business and quick. This minor drop is just a warning about that." Was the stock market very excited about Apple's lawsuits before as they skyrocketed over the last couple years? Trying to read morality into the stock market is a losing proposition.