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Good News: Apple no longer is the iPhone company
When the iPhone grew to represent more than 50% of Apple’s revenue, critics worried that the company was overly dependent on the device…
Apple is poised to lose lots of iPhone users if it keeps ignoring the mid-range consumer
It’s no secret that the iPhone’s average selling price has creeped up over the past several years….
Apple to pull iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models, raise entry prices in sharp India reset
Apple will stop selling the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in India and move out of small stores and outlets…
The secret of Apple’s success in selling premium tech as an affordable luxury
Apple’s hardware designs, software, icons, marketing, retail strategy, and branding…
Apple struggles with iPhone sales in India, the world’s largest untapped market
With 1.3 billion consumers, the country is the world’s biggest untapped tech market…
Did Apple make a big mistake by canceling the 4-inch iPhone SE?
Did Apple make a key mistake by pivoting towards the luxury high margin smartphone market by sacrificing the iPhone SE line?
No one wants a ‘cheap’ iPhone: Apple sells premium products
Apple, for better or worse, is a premium products manufacturer…
Apple outgrew unit sales
In 2014, Apple management surprised many by announcing they were not going to disclose Apple Watch unit sales…
Has Tim Cook lost control of the Apple narrative?
Apple Inc. has found itself in the strange position of having joined the ranks of those companies…
Morgan Stanley: Apple’s services will grow to over $100 billion per year in 2023
Katy Huberty from Morgan Stanley has taken a deep-dive into Apple’s services market segment…
Apple lost the perception game in the short term
It has been almost a week since technology giant Apple reported its fiscal fourth quarter results…
Proof of Apple’s pricing power wasn’t enough to assuage the market
One of the unsung heroes of the stock market so far this year had been Apple…
How Apple is losing its grip on India
Software engineer Samee Alam was ready to take the big leap and buy an iPhone in this week’s Diwali festival sales…
Apple’s focus is not iPhone market share, it’s on dominating the higher end of its markets
Big companies attract big attention, and none quite as much as Apple…
Apple thrives by going upscale: It is Economics 101
It is Economics 101. The best business model involves strong sales and high profit margins…
Apple Music continues to take share from Spotify
Apple’s ability to promote its own services like Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple Pay…
Apple doesn’t do low budget
Apple Inc. proved one thing this year: It can charge whatever it wants for iPhones…
Apple learns a lucrative lesson
Last year, Apple introduced a trio of new iPhones…
CIRP: Apple’s sold 3 million HomePods for 6% market share in United States
The installed base of smart speakers in the United States, including the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and HomePod…
Ford executive: Apple could create a successful vehicle
A senior Ford executive has revealed the carmaker believes that Apple has the potential to build a lucrative automotive business…
Apple veers out of its lane: iCar could crash and burn
Apple is known for keeping a tight lid on innovation, yet records show it registered the domains Apple.Car and Apple.Auto on Dec. 9th…
Apple registers ‘apple.car’ and ‘apple.auto’ domain names
Apple has registered auto-related top-level domain names, including apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto…
GM invests $500 million in Lyft, plans on-demand network of self-driving vehicles
eneral Motors Inc. said on Monday it will invest $500 million in Lyft Inc and laid out plans to develop…
Competition is shifting to the high end
When I started covering the consumer electronics industry, I was struck by the fact the vast majority of players…
Jean-Louis Gassée on Apple Car: Money, design UI, vehicle distribution
Many scoffed at Apple’s entry into the MP3 player market, but…
Apple car: Will it be more like BMW or General Motors?
The big question about the rumored Apple Car is not whether the company will build one, but…
Analyst: Apple stock back to $130 by end of 2015
Apple was hit hard by the markets’ selloff in recent weeks…
Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus ends China’s cheap streak
Chin could become the mobile industry’s next profit frontier…
Apple’s secret weapon: Leverage
Put on your big boy pants and accept the agreement…
How Apple took over the only segment of the PC market that still matters
In recent years, most attention has been focused on the eye-popping numbers …
Missing the point of Apple’s China Mobile deal; some still cannot grasp Apple’s basic business strategy
Certain people seem not to have quite grasped Apple’s basic business strategy…