Some researchers analyze the weaknesses of the richest company in the world. In this article we list the 10 reasons that, according to Jim Edward, will lead to Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), to failure and decay iPad in Spain.
Jim Edward's Ten Reasons
Many have rumored that Apple plummets since lack of Steve JobsThey maintain that since that terrible news the company has not surprised us with any innovative product, a questionable opinion for many of us, of course. And it is that, while these data lack statistics, becoming mere opinion, the truth is that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has increased the sale of its iPhone this year. However, it is true that the company's shares saw their value reduced by up to 7%, and that sales have not increased in North America. This last data was recognized by Tim Cook in an interview of Wall Street Journal:
"North America was challenging. Basically, we had no growth, as can be seen from our results and this, of course, lowers the quality line because that weight is very large".
The words of Cook They were not very important since, although sales were not increased, tpco was reduced, and it is news little comparable to the great success of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. These data led the columnist of Business Insider, Jim Edward to analyze what could be the weaknesses of the number one company. After them we analyze what was exposed by the columnist.
1. The price of the iPhone.
The first point refers to the high price of the iPhone makes it difficult to increase sales, and that these will slow down over time. Edward claims that this product has no new followers, and that it is only sold to users who replace their iPhone previous; that today the success of sale is in the products with affordable prices: «We are entering a world in which only cheap and quality gadgets have an outlet«.
We have to say that the iPhone It is the smartphone used by a greater number of people, however its high price makes it not accessible to the entire population. We have to accept that it is a 'luxury' brand in this market, and this again justifies that, if these prices can be afforded, the user chooses Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), mostly and keep renewing it before switching to other brands. We know that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), it will never cover the entire market because it cannot set prices for all audiences, because it wants to remain a product of high end, wants to maintain the distinction that Jobs wanted for your company.
2. Apple is becoming a kind of Microsoft.
Apple has settled into its great success and does not worry about the future. Apparently this great company is investing more in bonds than in new technologies. This is reinforced by the comment of Ben Reitzes, a well-known analyst, who argues that this is the Microsoft lifestyle: "its customer base is so large that it generates income by inertia and not thanks to revolutionary new products«.
3. Tim Cook is not a genius.
According to the columnist, Tim Cook keeps Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in a state of success but without bringing great discoveries to the technology market. While it is true that they have implemented some innovation such as technology touch ID, or the operating system OS X Mavericks, everything else is just updates to previous products. However, it states the following: «The CEO of Apple is a very professional manager: an incompetent person would not have gotten the company to enter 170.000 million«.
Regarding this point, we all know that Tim Cook not Steve Jobs, nor will he manage to revolutionize the world as he did, but who will? It is a success that it has maintained so many benefits to the company, but we have to admit that nobody will know how to move the chips like Jobsnor in Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), nor in any other company. Also is true that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), It is the company that has us accustomed to products that leave us speechless, and perhaps it is criticized precisely because we do not expect any other company to provide us with the latest technological developments.
4. Apple loses employees.
One of the creators of the iPod, Tony Fadell, left Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), and founded Nest. Later Google bought Nest for 3.200 million dollars.
As for Nest, it could be a specific case that tries to justify point 4 of the news, since the lack of some of those who were employees in the past would have been fired for their incompetence. Now Fadell dismisses Apple as the leader of the technological future.
5. Apple could lose the tablet war.
«There is not a single company that wants to repeat the path of BlackBerry in the tablet market«, Edward warns; while Samsung grew by almost 6% in the tablet market, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), decreased by 4.4% in the same period, although it recognizes that despite this data, Samsung tablet users are not comparable to the sales successes of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),.
Regarding this point we have data to add, and it is the news that in Spain the iPad is no longer so successful.
The sales of iPad in Spain they have been reduced by half from January 2013 to the end of the year. These data were quite expected. In Spain despite having a large number of users Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), It is one of the countries in which it succeeds the least compared to North American users. That the number of buyers is notably lower had already been demonstrated in the sale of the iPhone 5.
MovilZona provides us with the following statistical data about the case: in January 2013, the share of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), In the market, according to the number of units sold, it was 17,8%, which made it have a share, in terms of the value of these sales, of 37,3%. In February it went from 22,2% to 41,5%. But in the month of December this country has notably had the lowest number of sales, counting on the iPad Air and in new iPad mini 2, as Apple would have fallen to 12,8% of the units sold of tablets in Spain.
Finally with the presentations of new Samsung tablets, and despite the extraordinary iPad de Apple voted best tablet of the year at MWC 2014, the sale in Spain is going to be reduced more and more. But these data do not tell us that sales are lower because they are worse than tablets from other brands, but because of their price, since it is clear that the affordable prices of the competition make them put aside Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in this field in our country. We have yet to analyze new statistics, but this data could be one of the reasons why Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), launch a future iPad 'low cost'.
6. Android conquers the tool market.
Edward maintains that Android already offers more tools than App Store: "In applications, the size of the user base is key: the tool with the most users wins. That is why Facebook bought WhatsApp with its 450 million users and Zuckerberg wants to provide free wi-fi to developing countries. And it's the abundance of tools that makes phones fun, not their underlying operating system, but Apple gave Android entire countries, like Spain, for example.«.
7. Samsung gains ground.
The columnist opines that while Samsung is putting out «simultaneously a bunch of new products against the wall in the hope that one will succeed, but that strategy seems to be paying off”. He also thinks that while Samsung was initially a brand characterized by its'pitiful'products has become a competition for Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, yes, based on copying the entire market. Underestimated Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), the South Korean's ability?
8. Google works on all cylinders.
Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), In recent years, it acquired Topsy, a Twitter analytics company, and Burstly, a company that tests and distributes software, but neither move was a success for the company. While, Google bought British AI startup DeepMind, thermostat and smoke detector maker Nest, and eight robotics technology companies, including Boston Dynamics.
9. iWatch can fall victim to bureaucracy.
The analyst thinks that competing with the Samsung Gear is really difficult. In addition, the announcement that the iWatch will be able to make medical diagnoses is quite impossible, since the health market is very controlled and bureaucratized, and Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), I could not get involved in the processes of the Food and Drug Administration, the highest regulatory body for drugs in the US.
We can say that the smart watch of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), would be very successful, since it is not conditioned to make contributions only for medical use, and there are many other possible iWatch functions.
10. Apple TV will be just a myth.
While Edward believes that the procedures to be carried out by the company to obtain the objectives it wants in this field are practically impossible, many news have already been revealed that this is not a project in the minds of those from Cupertino, as it seems Jobs said 'NO' to Apple TV.
