In the field of smart phones, Apple has made a lot of money over the years, especially in the domestic market, since the launch of the iPhone 3GS in 2009, Apple has been dominating the top position in mobile phone sales, and with the smooth iOS system and A-series chips, Apple has almost monopolized the domestic high-end mobile phone market, and domestic manufacturers cannot compete with it at all.
Although the strong rise of Huawei's mobile phones made Apple feel threatened for the first time, and even its market share was greatly impacted, and it could only reduce Foxconn's production capacity to avoid its edge, but since Huawei was sanctioned, Apple has become a winner again, and its market share has skyrocketed from 8% to 20% today, which is simply Cook's happiness!
However, after losing Huawei, a strong opponent, Apple is becoming more and more arrogant, from iphone12 to iphone14 are basically "squeezing toothpaste" products, even the charger has to spend money to buy, and even when encountering fruit fans, Apple executives also said: If you are not used to Apple, you can change Android! Not only that, but with Huawei's "division of the past",Cook also decided to transfer production capacity and the first chain to India and other Southeast Asian regions, and kicked 47 Chinese ** manufacturers out of the fruit chain in a row, with the purpose of reducing the dependence on the mainland market and the risk of being sanctioned!
According to ** reports, in order to obtain more orders, Foxconn, Wistron Technology and other foundries are also actively cooperating with Cook's capacity relocation plan, especially Foxconn, which has spent tens of billions of dollars to build factories in India in recent years, which can be said to be a good trend for Apple! But what Cook never dreamed of was that the capacity relocation was in a critical period, and the "reversal" came so soon, because Apple had almost reached the situation of being "completely banned"!
Many countries have issued iron orders to "ban" Apple mobile phones
First of all, in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in order not to offend the American team, Apple directly cut off the supply of iPhones to Russia, resulting in many Russian users being unable to use Apple phones normally and falling into an embarrassing situation. Although in the end Russia solved the problem with "changing Android phones", how could it be possible to swallow this breath? Therefore, from 2023, Russia has issued an iron orderIt means that all ** incumbents are not allowed to use Apple mobile phones, and as for whether the general public disables Apple mobile phones, it depends on the decision of the intelligence services!
In addition to Russia, the European Union, Brazil and the Netherlands have long been tired of Apple's "squeezing toothpaste", buying mobile phones without sending chargers, and using backward lighting interfacesAnd they all imposed huge fines and warnings on them, and if they are not rectified, then Apple mobile phones will be banned from being sold in the market! For the ban of many countries, Cook can only compromise in the end, iPhone15 series all use USB-C interface, but the cunning Cook has made a "version distinction", different versions correspond to different transmission speeds, which can be said to be the "businessman's means" to show it vividly!
Apple has been hit by a full-scale antitrust lawsuit, and its market value has continued to plummet
But what Cook never expected was that just recently, the U.S. Department of Justice was about to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, according to insidersThe U.S. Department of Justice will file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple because it uses its control over hardware and software to make it more difficult for consumers to switch to other brands of phones, and it will be the biggest risk of an antitrust investigation that Apple has faced in years. And since the news of the "antitrust lawsuit" came out, Apple's market value has ushered in **, according to the dataApple's market capitalization has reached $186.4 billion, or about $1, in three days3 trillion yuan, it can be said that it is miserable!
In fact, as early as a few years ago, the European Union and the Netherlands issued a huge fine to Apple on the grounds of "ecological monopoly", but I didn't expect Apple to refuse to change its teachings, and now even the United States can't stand it, and directly wants to sue it for a comprehensive anti-monopoly lawsuit. And once this anti-monopoly lawsuit is established, more countries will conduct "anti-monopoly" investigations on Apple in the future, and if Apple does not rectify it, I am afraid that it will really face a "comprehensive ban"!
As an American company, Cook has always been profit-oriented, from "squeezing toothpaste" to "capacity relocation", and then to iOS ecological restrictions on third-party software and services, Apple has been using improper means to obtain the greatest benefits! But Apple's behavior has caused anger in many countries, and even caused extreme dissatisfaction with other brands, and now even the United States is going to do something to Apple, which shows that its good days are coming to an end! And with Huawei's strong return, Apple's share in the domestic market will be squeezed again in the future, which can really be described as shooting itself in the foot! If you approve it, please like it!