SHARE

News Alert: Citius Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval For LYMPHIR™ (Denileukin Diftitox-Cxdl) Immunotherapy For The Treatment Of Adults With Relapsed Or Refractory Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. Click to Read More.

The biggest selling point that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has and which continues to see it churning profits is its ecosystem. In the second quarter that ended on June 30 the Cupertino, California-based tech giant earned $8.72 billion largely on the basis of this. The iPhone maker is also helped by the fact that it has a reputation for making products of high quality which enable it to earn higher margins relative to other players in the various segments it operates in.

In recent years, however, Apple has lagged behind with regards to hardware integration. This can be attributed to the fact that Apple has grown to be so huge that all its moves are carefully made in order to avoid alienation of a certain subset of consumers. Unfortunately this has resulted in a product line which is far behind its rivals.

Mac Pro

One example of this is the Mac Pro which was highly regarded with regards to performance and design some years back. In recent years, however, updates have been few and far between. The second generation of the Mac pro was for instance unveiled in late 2013 in a cylindrical form and it was praised for being innovative and well-designed since it saved on space while not sacrificing performance.

Since then updates have been non-existent and now the Mac Pro sports a graphics solution from AMD that is five years old and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) processors which have been in the market for four years. This makes the Mac Pro look ancient since there have been tremendous changes in the chips sector.

Stalled development cycle

The MacBook is also suffering from a development cycle that seems to have stalled and now notebooks that are Windows-based fare better with regards to efficiency and performance. A case in point is when PC manufacturers such as Lenovo, Asus and Dell who began using Kaby lake processors from Intel in late 2016 but it took Apple seven months to do the same. For Apple the risk with trailing in new technology is that it will alienate those who build brands – early adopters and influencers.

On Wednesday shares of Apple declined by 1.00% to close the day at $155.57.

SHARE
Previous articleArgos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ARGS) Announces Immunogenicity Outcomes From AGS-004 HIV Study
Next articleDeclining Number Of NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) Shares Being Tendered As QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) Pursues Acquisition
Steve Kanaval: Portfolio Manager/Writer/ Market Analyst Steve began his career in the Trading Pits in Chicago making markets at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NYSE:CME) the Chicago Board of Trade and the CBOE in the early 80’s. He ran the Morgan Stanley Derivative Prop Trading for the firm specializing in Index Arbitrage. He continued his career as a Trader/Portfolio Manager for multiple Hedge Funds during the Internet Boom of the 90’s managing large portfolios. Steve is known as an expert in MicroCap Technology Stocks and the emerging Digital Currency markets as a Portfolio Manager for his Family Office. Steve has managed portfolio’s in volatile asset classes for 3 decades as a commodity trader, hedge fund manager and digital currency trader and miner. Steve publishes his views on the asset classes in a public forum and has published more than 10,000 articles simplifying these complex and volatile assets for readers. His work is published on multiple sites including Bloomberg, Equities.com, Hacked.com, CryptoCurrencyNews as a paid contributor. His work includes research, journalism and archived video on important market volatility related to stocks, digital currency and other volatile misunderstood asset classes. He offers a humorous, unique insight and the related back stories and drivers for readers interested in volatility and emerging market assets. Full disclosure Steve is long 25 digital currencies and sits on the board of multiple public companies involved in digital currencies, and owns shares in these companies from time to time.