FULL TEXT of originally a WSJ article
Phone, wallet, keys.
Arguably the iPhone is just a recent iteration of the typewriter, with computers and word processors and personal computers, since morphed into laptops, increasingly sophisticated variations on the original typewriter.
Put voice commands, and eventually thought commands, in as input devices and you’ll have simply added a little more innovation.
Way back, the typewriter was a refinement upon the pen, the stylus, etc.
It’s easy to predict that the iPhone and current cell phones in general will be replaced by something else, if I could figure out by what and when, I’d never have to work again.
Personally I think pagers are in line for a comeback. I don’t know about you but my phone has become worthless. I get ten telemarketer calls a day saying I am preapproved for $250,000 or I should buy their health insurance or some crap. I can see how a pager would help filter the trash.
I don’t get the whole iPhone thing. While the iPhone might be the No. 1 seller in the USA, its worldwide market share is not even close to Samsung, which is my opinion, is a superior product in nearly every respect.
If AOC and the rest of the crazies have their way, there won’t be any electricity to power any device.
Kodak, Polaroid and Texas Instruments
Polaroid went bankrupt in 2008; Kodak in 2012. TI, on the other hand, while having sold off its defense unit, continues to plow along and is selling for close to $100 a share. Now I agree that their pizza oven line wasn't a rousing success, but they pay a nice dividend.
All current IPhones will be obsolete in a year or two.So there is a huge replacement market wave getting ready to hit. And unlike those of us who were slow to move from our flips and sliders, the typical Iphoner will jump on the 5G bandwagon for $1k or $1200 a pop. Disclosure - I own no Apple stock and use not Apple products.
Texas Instruments is stronger than ever. They are the world’s largest manufacturer of analog integrated circuits.