Look at the stock market and the economy. See any patterns?
Look at the bank scandals and failing banks, foreclosed homes.
Corporations have made record profits at the expense of others, and then sued other companies in an attempt to destroy the competition and have more profits. Apple may or may not have peaked, but there is a big asskicking coming their way because of these frivolous patent lawsuits.
> Guess what happens when the $45 A-Pad Android Tablet comes to the USA and UK?
Absolutely nothing? The type of person that would buy the cheapest equipment available with no concerns other than price wouldn't have considered Apple to begin with. Why is the world driving around in overpriced cars when $3500 Tata Nanos are available?
As someone else replied, probably next to nothing.
Now get schools hooked up with some open source software that runs on Android and THEN try to get the local decision makers to buy that tablet over an iPad; which makes them look cool and hip; and then I will be impressed.
I live in Australia. We don't really have those problems here.
And your entire "price is the most important factor" has been disproven so many times by Apple et al that you just look stupid for bringing it up. Cheap tablets already exist and yet Apple still sold 3 million iPads in 3 days.
People will pay a premium to get the best, but apple isn't clearly the best anymore (except in terms of apps selection, and as app devs will go where the market is, apple may lose this advantage as well).
3 million devices in 3 days might be more impressive from someone else at this point. There are a lot of people that will line up to buy a new iPad even though they just bought the previous iPad a week ago.
Look at the bank scandals and failing banks, foreclosed homes.
Corporations have made record profits at the expense of others, and then sued other companies in an attempt to destroy the competition and have more profits. Apple may or may not have peaked, but there is a big asskicking coming their way because of these frivolous patent lawsuits.
Guess what happens when the $45 A-Pad Android Tablet comes to the USA and UK? http://www.gizchina.com/2012/07/03/45-android-tablet-ics-fro...