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Title: The Macalope: Threat mis-assessment Post by: HCK on February 22, 2014, 02:00:16 pm The Macalope: Threat mis-assessment
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Writing for The Motley Fool, Sam Mattera is here to tell us about … THE BIGGEST THREAT TO APPLE.</p><p>Is it killer bees? It must be killer bees, right? It’s always killer bees.</p><p>“The Biggest Threat to Apple Inc.’s Dominance Is This $80 Smartphone” (http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/02/15/the-biggest-threat-to-apple-incs-dominance-is-this.aspx) (tip o’ the antlers to Jim Miles (https://twitter.com/jimmiles77/status/435381187331514368)).</p><p>Actually, “killer bees” is much more likely. I mean, come on. They kill by stinging.</p><p>So, what dominance are we talking about here? Apple’s never been dominant in smartphone market share; it’s hovered between 15 and 25 percent for about five years. And an $80 smartphone certainly isn’t going to affect the company’s utterly dominant profit share position (http://news.investors.com/technology-click/021114-689654-2014-mobile-phone-market-to-see-little-or-no-growth.htm).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2098427/the-macalope-threat-mis-assessment.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: The Macalope: Threat mis-assessment (http://www.macworld.com/article/2098427/the-macalope-threat-mis-assessment.html#tk.rss_all) |