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Interesting. It seems to me that in the United States, many people have relatively advanced cell phones and a computer. But in many places in China, this isn't
by leoh 14y ago
Interesting. It seems to me that in the United States, many people have relatively advanced cell phones and a computer. But in many places in China, this isn't yet the case. So while Apple might sell more products in China in the short term, it's hard to say that this will be the case in the long term. For example, Apple will never sell so many iPods as it did in the past, since so many people these days have an MP3 player or a phone that can do the job--or even an old iPod.
- philwelch 14y agoThere is that. There is also the fact that there are between three and four times as many people in China as in the US, and in the long term it's a growing market for those who sell middle-class goods like smartphones and laptops.
- officialjunk 14y agoUh... it's only going to increase as the economy grows. Sorry, but I think you are in denial. When was the last time you've been to China?
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoSomeone made this same argument to me 4 years ago when the first apple store opened in Beijing. Deja Vu I guess. Maybe apple is really a fad that will just die out on its own, but they've been saying that for years now.
- martinced 14y ago"Maybe apple is really a fad that will just die out on its own, ..." Well... Android can give iOS a run for its money. But there's no way Windows users who switched to an Apple laptop are going to switch back to a PC running an OS made by Microsoft. Most people love their Apple laptops and they are now so entrenched in schools and amongst devs that there's no way Apple is going to "die" anytime soon. They could stop selling iPod, iPad, iPhones and whatnots that there would still be a market for laptops. It would be back to the "old" Apple selling, well, computers. But dying? Apple existed before I was born and I think they'll still be there long after I'm dead, just like IBM. For what it's worth I'm no fanboy: I'm using a PC running Linux...
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoAre we still talking China here? Many Macbooks were running Windows 5 years ago, and now they have mostly transitioned to OS X (its rare to see a Macbook running Windows now). I don't think there are so many Macbooks in schools though, its mostly a thing in the young professional crowd.