iPhone is the most profitable product in the history of business, but more than a decade after its debut, pretty much everyone on the planet who can … - Farhad Manjoo

Given its price advantage and a head start in the market, Microsoft's TV strategy will be difficult for Apple to beat.

For some time now, Apple has faced questions about its growth and what rabbits it can pull out of its hat next ... Apple's immediate future looks sunny, but its long-term outlook has begun to look partly cloudy. In a world that seems to care less and less about beautiful hardware and more about services that help you from afar, over the air, without your ever having to touch a machine, Apple risks becoming an anachronism.

[W]hile Apple has slowed its design cadence, its rivals have sped up. ... Over the course of a few months, Samsung put out several design refinements, culminating in the Note 7, a big phone that has been universally praised by critics.