[Kennethfcooper]

"The Samsung Galaxy S3 has wowed us, and the Galaxy Note line has led us to reconsider what makes a phone a phone—something we might have expected from Apple a few years ago."
And a few years from now Samsung will be doing what Apple is doing today.

[dshan]

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Either the competition directly copies Apple or tries to one up them. Without Apple's influence, the electronics world would be a dull place indeed.

Indeed. It's been said that Apple are the industry's R & D lab and there's a lot of truth to that. Without Apple's influence we'd all be stuck with crappy netbooks, parallel ports, Windows, Blackberry & Treo-style "smartphones" and many other horrors.

[josu]

I don't know how long Macalope have been wrinting this articles. But I have followed Apple fate since the 80's and seriously, that Apple is doomed is "business as usual" in Apple history, for ever pundits have said this. Ok, ok, long time ago it was a certain possibility to became real. But it have been the same for ever. Let me give you some gems, mostly from BusinessWeek:

The iMac would be a failure because they don't include a Floppy disc-drive.

The iPod a failure because only woked with firewire and was Mac only (it didn't worked with my PowerBook, so not totally Mac Only)

The cell phone market will became the next music player and, as Apple is not a phone maker they will lose the music player market. (OK, this was true but all us know who "kill" the iPod).

Around 2002 or 2003 Apple stock was around 13$, so an analist said that was way overvalued, so beware of investing there.

One day they will be right, but you know, GM went bankrupt but it taked 70 years to lose the n.1 spot, and 30 of total negligent management to make it. Pundits think that in Apple the whole process will take how much, two years?

[vic_ca]

When I read the Forbes article, I first checked to be sure it was really Forbes. But then I realized that it wasn't so much that they wanted to support Apple, but that they want to be the leader in negative Apple coverage, and that the WSJ article was intruding on their turf.

[Kayaker]

"Essentially, they don’t believe people will continue to upgrade to a new iPhone. If the market for new iPhone buyers is already maxed-out, and the market for upgrading iPhones is weak, then Apple’s iPhone business is going to struggle."

Euh!, can't this be said of other phones as well?

"Essentially, they don’t believe people will continue to upgrade to a new Samsung. If the market for new Galaxy buyers is already maxed-out, and the market for upgrading Galaxy's is weak, then Samsung’s Galaxy business is going to struggle."

If there is space for new Galaxy buyers, there's certainly for new iPhone buyers as well.

[rottenberries]

not everyone who rides a "fixie" is a complete prat. granted the majority of them are but not every single rider ....

at least that's my hope ....

[TheHeeNow]

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As far as Apple "coasting", you said it yourself (not in so many words). Establish a new market, take the high profit road, and milk them the rest of the way...

You nailed it. This, if anything, will be Apple's doom...the way they treat customers.

[redgeminipa]

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"Essentially, they don’t believe people will continue to upgrade to a new iPhone. If the market for new iPhone buyers is already maxed-out, and the market for upgrading iPhones is weak, then Apple’s iPhone business is going to struggle." Euh!, can't this be said of other phones as well? "Essentially, they don’t believe people will continue to upgrade to a new Samsung. If the market for new Galaxy buyers is already maxed-out, and the market for upgrading Galaxy's is weak, then Samsung’s Galaxy business is going to struggle." If there is space for new Galaxy buyers, there's certainly for new iPhone buyers as well.

Good point, except Samesung does come out with a new flagship phone annually that even LOOKS like a new phone. To many buyers, that's what they want, so everyone who sees the phone knows it's the latest model.

I actually read a comment on CNet that said "I have a few friends that work in the cellar [sic] business (reps at carrier stores) and most of them think that the iPhone died with the iPhone 4. When the iPhone 5 came out they couldn't believe that people still line-up [sic] for a repackaged iPhone 4!! I've been a long time iPhone fan but switch [sic] to Android this year and couldn't be any happier. "

I'm glad he has friends who work in cellars. I hope he enjoys his Android phone with all the bugs, glitches, failed updates or lack thereof. If it's a Samesung (yes, Same-sung. I added it to the dictionary on my Mac) Galaxy SIII, I hope he doesn't experience the "sudden death" of the motherboard like many.

http://www.androidau...d-issue-141783/

[Kaleberg]

The funny thing is they used to say the same thing about Henry Ford maybe 90-100 years ago. Ford is doomed. Ford only sells a limited number of models, not what people want. Ford hasn't produced a new car in ten years. It went on and on. When Henry died, the company was pronounced doomed, maybe even dead. Weirdly enough, Ford is still in business and still a major car manufacturer. Even weirder though is that people are still reading the same kind of business "journalism".

[quakerotis]

The iPhone 5 is doomed (to be replaced by something from the future. Only we won't know it because it's the present.