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> nor do I see another product category being as big as the truly personal computer that is the smartphone I think these sectors will merge with solutions like

> nor do I see another product category being as big as the truly personal computer that is the smartphone I think these sectors will merge with solutions like Ubuntu Touch (though probably a MS/iOS/android version) creating a bigger smartphone sector but smaller overall combined sector. Also re: apple sales growth, they just have to maintain market-share as the developing world becomes wealthier the volume growth is there. The big risk is margin. As the $200 almost flagship phones proliferate its increasing difficult to justify spending $800 on a phone. At some point Apple will have to take a smaller premium.

macintux 12y ago
> At some point Apple will have to take a smaller premium. We've been hearing this for years now. Eventually your prediction may prove correct, but on a long enough time scale any negative prediction is correct, so what's the point?
akrymski 12y ago
Indeed, how many people in the world are rich enough to buy an Apple product with its associated high margin? A billion? That's about how many iOS devices Apple sold to date. Can it keep growing at 30% a year? I think it will simply run out of new customers and out of new products that will sell like hot-cakes.