Apple's new wave of growth come from? iPad - Tencent

[ REVIEW ] If the current trend continues, by 2015 iPad will replace the iPhone, Apple’s best-selling products.

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Technology News (Mingxuan) Beijing April 28 news, foreign media recently published article said that to follow the Apple a bit like watching the big wave Katsushika Hokusai (Katsushiko Hokusai) painting. iPod series, iPhone and the iPad has achieved great success. Although the separation distance between seems that these products are constantly being shortened, but Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) review Apple’s conference call with analysts on Wednesday, once again that Apple will not accelerate new product the introduction of speed.

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The basis for market share and profit margins, iPod and iPhone have made a great success, but Apple’s next action is likely to belong to the iPad, rather than wearable watch iWatch TV products iTV. U.S. online magazine Slate recently published (Farhad Manjoo) article Department Mingfahade · Man Yueao, “Apple’s next big event. In this article, I believe that consumers in developing countries to switch to cheaper smartphones from low-cost feature phones, high-end smart phone market is already saturated, the growth rate will be reduced to a very low level. iPhone’s market share is declining, will eventually be forced to sacrifice its unprecedented profit margins. On the other hand, iPad sales grew 65% in the previous quarter. IPad shipments of 19 million, 37 million lost iPhone, but the growth rate of the former is far more than 7% of the latter.

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The Man Yueao pointed out that “If this trend continues, by 2015 iPad will replace the iPhone, Apple’s best-selling products, there may even advance In addition, Apple also will change it will become involved in the world’s largest mobile phone and Mac Tablet PC manufacturers. “this wave rise is not just because of their hardware, but specifically for the iPad platform development on 350,000 applications. Although the iPad is expected to account for only 46% of the global tablet PC market share, but this product is currently occupies 82% share of the tablet computer network traffic. Why these two data contradict each other? This proves that compared to Android competitors iPad use more and more exclusive, high-quality applications.

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The smartphone war Apple’s first-mover advantage has been ruined, the iPad follow exactly the same with the iPod strategic roadmap. Apple through an epoch-making product to create this business, and then gradually expand the product line, covering a variety of price points and use: first-generation iPod, introduced the iPod mini, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle and the iPod Touch. Apple did not earn much money from these cheap models, but they are willing to sacrifice profits, because they really value is another factor: user loyalty. Even the iPad Mini will not contribute much to the results of Apple iPad Mini users will buy a large number of applications. Over time, when users choose to buy the new Tablet PC, they are unlikely to buy Android products, but also have to buy new applications.

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The From this perspective, Apple iOS functional performance of the Tablet PC hardware performance and focus on Tablet PC substantial progress. Apple must do everything we can to maintain and improve the ecosystem for application developers.

iWatch has achieved substantial improvement of the iPhone, they need to rely on battery life achieved substantial innovation. On the other hand, the iPad has enough space assembly bigger battery, the processor run faster, or more complex display.

The iPad will be Apple’s next major product, because of its ability renewal of Apple’s past success model. Factory renovated to improve much easier than the corporate culture. iPad will allow Apple has once again become the apple off another wave of wave.