Special Report: The end of Apple’s iPod era
After years of serving as Apple’s main source of revenue, the iPod’s influence on the company’s financial health has diminished to the point of being effectively irrelevant as a revenue driver, marking an end to the ‘iPod era.’ As the halo effect of the iPod reached its maximum potential, reinvigorated Macintosh sales and deep market penetration by the iPhone have completely taken over as the main source of Apple’s revenue and earnings. Even the iPad in its inaugural quarter will post more revenue and earnings than the iPod, pushing the device to Apple’s 4th largest source of income. What’s more, the iPod as a percentage of Apple’s total revenue will drop below 10% in 2011
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