In a trend that may speak volumes about the future of both Apple as a company and the computing needs and habits of consumers at large, Apple sold roughly twice as many iPhones (5.2 Million) as it did Mac’s (2.6 Million) last quarter. MG Siegler said it well over at Techcrunch:
Let’s just say it: The iPhone looks well on its way to being Apple’s primary business.
The iPhone does seemed to be poised to take the forefront of Apple’s business plans for the future. With the decline of iPod sales, down nearly 7% despite the gangbusters 130% growth of the iPod Touch, the iphone seems clearly positioned to replace all but the most specialized models of the iPod brand. But the growth vs. the Mac means something extremely dramatic when considered while questioning what form our computing devices will be taking in the future. We are already living through the decline of the desktop computer in all but workstation capacity, will we now begin to see the laptop market crumble in the face of a device that does so much, yet stays so little? Or will the iPhone become the family’s sole computing device over the next decade?
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