Most likely most sales will come from software now. It was bound to happen at some point. No one really needs to upgrade every year.
On 1/4/19, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > While the below article is about the iPhone in particular, I think it > applies to all smart phones. Just as we see declining numbers in desktop and > even laptop sales, smart phone sales will eventually plateau and possibly > decline. After almost 12 years of the iPhone and if you count the earlier > Blackberries and Windows/Nokia phones as early smart phones an even longer > history of smart phones, these devices are now quite mature and as all > mature products people will realize they don't necessarily have to get a new > one every year or two. Yes, there are still untapped markets, but in terms > of numbers a lot of these untapped markets are poorer people in countries > like China, India, Africa etc. who can never in their life afford an iPhone > or, for that matter, a high-end Samsung or Google smartphone. It is > interesting how Foxcom apparently is investing hundreds of millions to > expand a manufacturing facility in India where it is rumoured a lot of > future iPhone production will take place instead of in their existing > facilities in China. In any case, it still won't mean Apple will suddenly go > bankrupt or become some third-rate corporation of little importance, they > are rich enough and offer so many services and I am sure will find ways to > adapt and compensate for potentially less revenue coming in from hardware > sales. Here now the link to the article: > > The ride is over: Apple faces the end of the iPhone > boom<https://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-strategy,news-28960.html> > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
