As you all know, Steve jobs, co-founder and figurehead of apple, passed away a few days ago due to a long-term illness. If you look for example in our COMM 101 class and calculate how many people have an iphone or even just a touch screen mobile, statistics would reveal that a majority of us possess one of these amazing gadgets. Apple was the first company to come up with a touch screen phone, which soon after took over the phone market.
Can Apple survive without Steve jobs’ guiding and vision?
Many apple fans have high expectations about apple’s new iphone 5 and hoping for yet “another technological leap by the nimble giant”. Instead of impressing their fans, apple introduced their “new” model, which was virtually indistinguishable from the previous model.
Apple’s share price dropped 5% right after the announcement of the new iphone and it became clear that Apple is struggling without Mr. Jobs. Apple is one of most known companies in the world, and this incident will not affect them in short term but in the long wrong, Mr. Job’s absence and Apple’s lack of imagination for new products may become a problem.
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