Investors biggest concern is that Apple is quickly becoming a one-trick pony: 63% of the company’s overall revenue came from iPhone sales last quarter, up from 56% a year earlier.That’s a worry, because there’s evidence that demand for the iPhone is waning.
Source: CNN Tech
Date: January 22, 2016
Link: http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/22/technology/apple-earnings/index.html
Discussion
1) What is your take on whether or not Apple has become “a one-trick pony”?
2) Clayton Christensen wrote a brilliant book called the Innovator’s Dilemma that speak almost perfectly to the problem Apple faces. His conclusion based on his theory in the book, although not applied to Apple, is that Apple will fail. What innovations could come up and beat Apple?
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