Comments on: What we’ll see in 2013 from Apple

By: hungee-blogger

hungee-blogger — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:17:10 +0000

This all just feels like a wish list. Whatever happened to laser keyboards and projected holographic screens? ;-)

By: mike

mike — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:26:27 +0000

Well its will be a success if Apple make a smart watch!! But with minimum 5 ATM (best 10 ATM) water proof, if not,there is o meaning to make that watch, better to use ipod nan instead in that case.

By: Leland Verceles

Leland Verceles — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:42:40 +0000

Apple’s biggest strength is identically their biggest weakness : Apple earns a 40% gross margins on most of their products, while the iPhone is somewhere north of 55%. Their (unheard of) huge margins may have worked during the creation of the tablet and the (very smart/high end) smartphone segment. But now that the smartphone and tablet market has become mainstream, the other handset manufacturers that are traditionally strong with supply chain channels are emerging, outselling, and have become very profitable, even with “only” 15-20% margins.

Samsung releases a very broad lineup of very good smartphones, twice a year. Some models are even arguably considered to be superior to the iPhone, but with 25% lower prices. Apple has just begun to release 2 new models per year but still with the 25% premium. So if you were one of the early buyers of the iPad 3 only to see the better iPad 4 released 6 months later, then expect that to become the norm for Apple, just like Samsung… and that’s really great for consumers.

While Apple still dominates the profits of the entire mobile market, roughly 60%. Samsung has has more than 45% of the smartphone market share, measured in shipped units. But things may change in 1-2 years. It is very conceivable for Samsung to equal Apple in a short couple of years in the net profit crown, despite having a much smaller gross margin.

The Apple retail price premium will lead to a lower market share. But their App store ecosystem has proven to be the X-factor of consumer choice. Consumers are willing to pay an extra premium for tech gadgets that just “work well and play well, together.” And that’s Apple’s exclusive domain. Android still doesn’t compete well in that area.

The 7 inch tablets will cannibalize the larger 10 inch tablets, the smartphones will stop growing at 5 inches, Apple’s iPod Touch will remain competitor free, Android will forever have the uphill climb of an inconsistent look and feel among its hundreds of gadgets, and everyone will wait for the release of the Apple internet TV screen before they try releasing their own internet TV.

2013 will be a two-way horse race between Apple and Samsung. And it will be the best technology year, ever, for consumers.

By: Statspotting

Statspotting — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:48:42 +0000

That is exactly what the naysayers felt about the iPad. Too big to carry around, too small to replace the macbook.

By: Q3 technologies

Q3 technologies — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:22:38 +0000

Mobile e-commerce is something Apple will really be interested in. An increase in E-commerce apps being developed on the E-commerce platform suggests similar.

By: Mattthew

Mattthew — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:45:16 +0000

On the subject of “evolving iTunes experience”, I sincerely hope that iTunes continues to offer videos for sale (Movies and TV Shows) and not relegate them solely for rental. Personally, I prefer to own my content and, as a result, have a 3TB external hard drive that houses a 700GB iTunes library.

By: Tim Davies

Tim Davies — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:14:57 +0000

I’d have to disagree. The Smart-watch is a accessory. It’s a notification accessory. It does not need to act as a stand along device, and if it does, it’s ok to be limited.

If they built in enough tech, they could easily justify a high price tag. Nice/normal watches cost about $100. The Pebble is going to be $150. $200 would sound about right if apple wanted to compete on that same level…but they could also easily make it a more “elite” product and charge over $300…after all, nice watches can cost far far more than that.

I just want to be able to read my notifications, view my list’s, or have widgets of information sent over from the iPhone. I want it to be able to vibrate and make basic notification sounds(I don’t care about music ring tones). It does not need anything more than BT4. The battery life needs to last at least 3-5 days.

Plus, it opens up a entirely new world for app developers to come up with cool ideas and uses that we don’t have the imagination to come up with now!

I think if Moto had opened up a SDK for the Moto active, they would have seen a higher demand.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:55:02 +0000

Sorry Kevin, there are two basic problems with smart watches: If they’re big enough for the display to be useful, they’re too large and clunky to be something people want on their wrist. If they’re small enough to be something people want on their wrist, they’re too small for the display to be useful. And the other problem is, the battery life is too short to mess around with for very long.