They are still selling every phone they can make, so I would guess no A few years back people were calling out the Blackberry for being stale, but supporters w

They are still selling every phone they can make, so I would guess no A few years back people were calling out the Blackberry for being stale, but supporters would point to its leadership of the market and RIM's strong profits to ignore the point. Being stale is a leading indicator. The impact is not immediate. More like the media looking for something to talk about This is a pretty commonly stated argument to shout down something we don't want to hear, and it's nonsense. A story only has traction if there is a widespread belief that it could be true, and in the case of iOS the belief that they are essentially handcuffed by their own userbase into avoiding significant change is something that is quite widely being believed. Never, ever would I count Apple out (they have been an amazing company), but they are in a tough position where they're being outflanked but any maneuver they make might offend their current userbase (see also: Microsoft).