“As the world waits to see if Apple’s business really has stopped growing because the momentum of iPhone sales increases has slowed down a bit, it confounds me yet again how little Wall Street gets ‘it,'” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “You see, while the analysts hop, skip and jump in hope to make a few bucks the easy way by making guesses at AAPL stock, they’re missing the point. The smartphone industry is transforming.”
“The entire planet is becoming connected one sensor at a time. As it is, artificial intelligence, proactive intelligence, big data and predictive analytics are becoming woven into every part of human life. We are entering a world defined by machine intelligence,” Evans writes. “This is a transition. Keep that in mind when Apple does or doesn’t announce unexpectedly healthy iPhone sales numbers later on today. We are moving away from the traditional connected device (the phone) toward a plethora of connected devices, in different forms.”
“This kind of future is going to be explored in things like Apple Watch, Apple Car, iCloud services, Siri, Proactive and online service,” Evans writes. “iPhones don’t matter any more. iPhones are going to be trucks. Just like PCs — they’ll still be around, but the connected intelligence they provide will disappear into the background of our evolving existence within connected environments.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Of course, iPhones, like our MacBooks, matter greatly. However, the moment we strapped on our Apple Watches, our iPhones took a backseat; they became the second device we utilized when out and about. In fact, our iPhone usage dropped so precipitously, we’ve found huge amounts of battery life left over each day. Apple Watch may even affect which model iPhones we choose in the future.
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Sparkles” for the heads up.]