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Apple's 'By Innovation Only' new iPhone event is on Sept. 10
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Editorial: CNBC is still serving up some really bad hot takes on Apple
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Ex-Apple Siri chief Bill Stasior now a Microsoft vice president of technology
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'iPhone 11,' 'iPhone 11 Pro,' and 'iPhone 11 Pro Max' coming in fall, says sketchy report
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Smart speaker market growing steadily but dominated by sub-$50 models
cornchip said:gatorguy said:AppleExposed said:There's no evidence that Apple ever intended to compete in this market so I find these articles ridiculous.
Just guessing, but I think he might have meant Apple never intended to compete in the $50 end of the connected speaker market. I would agree. Just like Apple never intended to compete in the low-end computer, phone, tablet, ("smart") watch markets. While iPods did get fairly affordable over time, they were still more expensive than most competitors that arrived. As we all know, Apple mostly doesn't give a rip about market share but revenue per unit. Can they sell enough to recoup the cost of investment (including man hours) and then enough to invest in the next gen/variants? Then great. If not, it'll get axed.
I have a feeling HP will slowly to catch on. I know I'm chomping at the bit for a couple, but financially, I'm a couple years out. And that's fine with me, I'd rather pay a fair price for something high-quality than fifty bucks for a piece of junk. But that's just me.
PS I can totally see Apple going the iPhone route and continue selling the previous model when the new gen comes out. Boom there's your lower cost option.