Apple

[Vanraw]

Maybe the iPad 1 owners will jump?

That's probably a good bet.


I wonder if / when smart phones and tablets will be entering the same commodity like cycle issue as PC's and laptops.

1. Performance of older laptops is fine. Where upgrades were done almost yearly, now they are 4 or 5 years.
2. Quality is really very good. Meaning the electronics simply dont break very often.
3. Average users dont really care about the next big wizbang and are content to stay.
4. Applications and OS's used to drive HW upgrades. But that day is gone. I have office 2003 on all my home PC's and have zero reason to upgrade. In fact office 97 would fill all my word and spreadsheet requirements.

Look at companies like Dell, and HP, and IBM as it relates to the PC market. They are fleeing (IBM) threatening to flee (HP) or trying like hell to reinvent themselves to keep revenue (Dell). There will be a point when the smart phone and tablet offerings reach the same point. The million dollar question is when...