Apple Inc Case Study

This was not good when Apple only grew about half a percent while other tablets gain more ground on the iPad Tablet (Venture Beat, 2013). After learning more about the Apple iPad it has proven to be the number 1 iPad in sales year after year on the market. But evidence also shows many other brand names also starting to catch up to Apples iPad. The company will have to continue to keep a high level of implementing technology into their Tablets to stay at number 1 in Tablets. It looks in the future that many of the tablets will be the same, as they keep implementing more on the market.

Their efforts and perseverance towards renovating the common computer paid off, as they now own a multi-billion dollar corporation. Apple Inc. is still working hard to develop and design the latest breakthrough consumer technologies and electronics, and it all stems f... ... middle of paper ... .... has proved as worthy competition for other consumer-electronic producers in the economy. Its stock, at $524.94 a share, has also proved as competition in the stock market. The stock first increased greatly in December of 2007. It dropped in December of 2008, but then took a steady climb up to $667.10 a share in September of 2012.

Lastly in 2010, the iPad tablet was introduced and in 80 days sold 14.8 million. These are amongst Steve Job’s many innovations that helped shape an online ... ... middle of paper ... ... how we use technologies to make our lives easier and invented electronic devices with user friendliness in mind. Without Steve Job at the helm, the success of Apple is in question, but with the right prototypes, engineers, programmers, and designers, the success of the company will continue to thrive. Apple has been successful in its attempt in gaining trust and loyalty through its brand, and has generated revenue in the billions, and is one of the top successful companies in Forbes Magazine. I would recommend that Apple be more involved in the social media craze by using their newly acquired Topsy to gather information that would direct them in how to “bump up” sales through social media.

According to Forbes , Apple brand “is worth nearly twice as much as any other brand on the planet by our count" (Forbes , 2013). This valuation is based on huge sales for Apple products and revenue earned by Apple. In the period between 28... ... middle of paper ... ...ness.time.com/2013/10/04/two-years-after-steve-jobs-death-is-apple-a-different-company/ Lowensohn, J. (2013,October 30,).Apple's R&D up 32 percent in 2013, still dwarfed by rivals. cnet.com.

Its net profit also rose to 8.24 trillion between the months July and September of 2012 (Jones 1). The success and peculiarity of its new low cost high quality products as well as its emphasis on innovation has allowed Samsung to find a way to win this technological battle. Who started this technological battle? Although Apple is still seen as the originator of this war with the release of the new iPhone, Samsung has managed to introduce new impressive changes to its products by innovating both the design and software of mobile devices. Innovation stands as the number one priority for the company.

This was just the beginning of decades of success across all sources of electronic products for Apple. Apple’s ability to stay ahead of the latest trends and continually innovate has helped them create one of their most recent and most used services of all time: iTunes Apple

These two devices have gained popularity for it’s ease of use. Apple TV being the first mover in 2007 of the streaming devices is facing rivalry from Google Chromecast, the second mover in 2013. Apple TV and Google Chromecast are the frontrunners in this market and their continuous efforts towards innovation will help them pull ahead in the most heated battlegrounds of the streaming devices.

Apple Inc.: The Company of the Future Apple Inc. went from rags to riches in becoming the largest company in the world by market cap and making $108 billion in 2011 (Heather). Apple Inc. was an underdog and Microsoft was ruling the technology world. Then Apple made the iPod and the iPhone and with that they took over the technology world. Apple sold one million iPhones in the first three months of releasing of the first iPhone in 2007 (Heather). Since the beginning of Apple, Apple’s inventions have affected America.The invention of Apple's products have greatly impacted Americans by enhancing education through the inclusion of iPads in schools, paving the way of the smartphone industry with the creation of the iPhone, and bettering lives and making tasks easier with the creation of apps.

Apple has become the "it" in technology all over again. The company that was on the brink of extinction just a few years ago has picked itself back up and is growing exponentially each year. Upper management and top officials have kept close to their beliefs for Apple and have been able to push the company further in not only profits, but also product lines. Forthcoming you will find Apples current products, their short but tumultuous history and financials, and what role they have played and will continue to play in the ever evolving information systems world. MAIN PRODUCTS Apple's current product line include the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and Mac Mini- all of which are desktop and laptop computers.

The original iPhone was announced on January 9th, 2007, available only on AT&T. The idea for the iPhone started in 2005 and was pursued as side project, costing an estimated $150 million dollars in research and development, this phone was going to change the way that people communicated with each other as well as with the internet. The iPhone became available in the United States on June 29th, 2007, and it was an instant hit. Consumers camped outside of Apple stores to be the first to own the phone, most stores were sold out within an hour of