蘋果走到十字路口
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????蘋果（Apple）的投資者們都應該看看《蘋果能否逃出魔咒》（Can a Leopard Change its Spots）這份報告，盡管他們肯定不會喜歡這篇文章。保羅·撒加瓦在文中詳細分析了蘋果與谷歌（Google）、微軟（Microsoft）、亞馬遜（Amazon）等公司的競爭形勢。 ????撒加瓦曾是Stanford Bernstein證券的分析師，現在康涅狄格州斯坦福德市的Sector & Sovereign 調研公司負責分析技術、媒體和電信行業。 ????這份報告發布于11月19日，也就是蘋果股價創9個月來新低后的第一個交易日，很好地反映了那些在8周內使蘋果公司市值大降1,870億美元的交易者們的心態。 ????“天堂向左，地獄向右?！比黾油咴陂_篇寫道。“在主宰了新世紀第一個10年后，這場發軔于蘋果的革命要開始革蘋果自己的命了。iPhone每年僅更新一次，而且價格高昂?，F在，大量的競爭對手都祭出了6個月的產品周期和低廉的價格這兩大法寶，iPhone已節節敗退。Android手機和iPhone的銷量比如今已達5比1。iPad的情況如出一轍，競爭對手由于電子商務和廣告等因素愿意貼錢銷售設備，導致iPad的銷量逐步下滑。與此同時，用戶的關聯體驗正從設備向云端遷移，這也讓蘋果在充滿互聯網基因的競爭對手前處于不利地位。” ????下面是這篇報告其余段落的小標題，讀者可以從中領悟到撒加瓦的觀點。 ????蘋果因引領行業變革而大發橫財，但如今卻面臨著要求改變公司DNA的戰略挑戰。 ????全球市場，Android智能手機與iPhone的銷量比已達5比1。針對新款Android平板的激進補貼政策正日益威脅著iPad的霸權。 ????蘋果正加快產品更新周期，擴大產品線，但此舉只能延緩其市場份額下滑的趨勢，而且還會進一步侵蝕其利潤。 ????隨著平臺整合，云服務正成為用戶體驗中的重中之重，但蘋果在技術和基礎設施方面遠遠落后于對手。 ????企業級移動平臺雖然發展緩慢，但前景極為廣闊，不過蘋果所處位置不佳，難以一展拳腳。 ????蘋果的“熱核戰爭”代價高昂，而且令公司分心。范圍更廣的交叉授權協議不可避免，不過這對股東有好處。 |
????Apple (AAPL) investors aren't going to like it, but it behooves them to consider "Can a Leopard Change its Spots," Paul Sagawa's critical analysis of the company's competitive position vis a vis Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN). ????Sagawa, a former analyst at Stanford Bernstein, now covers technology, media and telecom for?Sector & Sovereign Research?in Stamford, CT. ????Posted Nov. 19, the first trading day after Apple's share price hit a nine-month low, his doomsday view is a bracing tour of the mindset of the traders who knocked $187 billion off the company's market value in eight weeks. ????"Apple is at a crossroads," Sagawa begins. "After dominating the first decade of the millennium, the revolution that Apple started is shifting against it. The iPhone, with its single annual update and super premium price, has been run down from behind by a pack of rivals with segmented product ranges, 6 month product cycles and aggressive price points. Android phones now outsell Apple 5 to 1, and the iPad is on the same path, exacerbated by rivals willing to subsidize device sales in pursuit of e-commerce and advertising. At the same time, the nexus of the user experience is shifting off of the device and into the cloud, greatly disadvantaging Apple vs. its web-savvy rivals." ????The headings of the paragraphs that follow will give you a sense of where he's headed: ????Apple caused a paradigm shift and reaped a windfall, but now faces strategic challenges that will require changing the company DNA. ????Android smartphones outsell iPhone 5 to 1 worldwide, while aggressive subsidies on new Android tablets threaten the iPad hegemony. ????Apple is accelerating its refresh cycles and broadening its product line, but can only slow its market share losses while accelerating margin erosion. ????Platforms are integrating cloud services as critical elements of the user experience, but Apple is far behind in the skills and infrastructure necessary. ????The slowly emerging opportunity for mobile platforms in the enterprise is huge, but Apple is poorly positioned to exploit it. ????Apple's "Thermonuclear War" is a costly, and ineffective distraction – broad cross-licensing agreements are inevitable and beneficial to shareholders. |
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