“The Apple TV is an incredibly relevant device today,” Anand Lal Shimpi writes for AnandTech. “Apple famously refers to the Apple TV as a hobby, but I view it as more of an experiment. A test for the infrastructure, the delivery mechanism and a test of how to work with content companies. Long term if the Apple TV is to become something much more than it is, it’ll have to be more aggressive in delivering content, but for now it exists as a very successful experiment.”
“Apple shipped five million Apple TVs last year. That’s $495M in revenue for the year just from the Apple TV. That’s not a lot of money for Apple, but it’s a business of considerable size,” Lal Shimpi writes. “Apple still refers to this new Apple TV as a 3rd generation platform, and it doesn’t introduce any new features, but it does carry a different model string. The small increment in model gives you an indication of the magnitude of change here. No new functionality is added, but the device just gets cheaper for Apple to make. How Apple got there is particularly interesting.”
Lal Shimpi writes, “To truly appreciate what’s new about A1469 however, you have to dive inside.”
Much more in the full article – recommended – here.
I wish I had more rooms I would have more Apple TV
I use mine every weekend. Wonderful.
Just wish it would run iOS apps.
Steve said when the time was right. Hurry up. It would be so huge.
Just my 2 cents.
I dig it. Apple just makes stuff better. Sometimes only because they can. It consumes less power and costs less to produce. Great invisible upgrade.
All I watch is Apple TV, cable has been canceled for over a year.
Two and a half years cable-free for me and the fam, Rev. No going back.
Tim Cook better get a move on. I saw reviews of the new Galaxy smartphone and they are very very positive. Samsung may finally getting some traction with this release.
Tim, get an Apple TV (iTV) which has the integrated Apple TV out ASAP as well as a heavily updated iPHONE. Blackberry is a company that slowed down after being on the top of the heap and look what happened. A company names Apple zoomed by it.
I think they are feeling the heat in Cupertino. Look for them to do better going forward. Less stupid mistakes.
Oh Buster. Be patient, samdung isn’t going anywhere nor is gougle.
I love this Yahoo headline: “Apple shares up after Samsung reveals new phone”
We know. You’ve posted it a thousand times.
You know what the Galaxy 4 doesn’t have? An entire ecosystem of seamless integration that Apple does. Bigger screen, more megapixels and a plasticky case cannot replace the ease of use of iOS, Macintosh and iCloud. Go nuts for the latest specs if you must, but I’m just happy to have a phone that works and works well.