{"id":733,"date":"2013-01-24T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T08:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/?p=733"},"modified":"2020-04-04T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T07:12:41","slug":"iphone5-apple-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/iphone5-apple-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Marketing: Apple&rsquo;s Decline &ndash; the Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-decline.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"apple-decline\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"apple-decline\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/apple-decline_thumb.png\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\"><\/a>As mentioned in <a href=\"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/590\/icloud-outage.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an earlier post<\/a>, Apple must needs over time slowly slide back into oblivion, primarily because its creative power is now only a miniscule fraction of the supernova it was earlier, due to the untimely death of the genius that was Steve Jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Signs of this decay are already evident. I provide here an ongoing chronology of he phenomenon:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"645\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><strong><font size=\"3\">Date<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><strong><font size=\"3\">Event<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">June 20, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>iCloud Outage:<\/strong> Apple\u2019s iCloud data center in North Carolina went down, resulting in an outage lasting about four hours, causing severe problems to a large number of users. <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/47893867\/Cloud_Problems_Apple_s_iCloud_Users_Experience_Outages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><font size=\"2\">Further reading<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">September 21, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>The iPhone 5 Is released to Critical Reviews:<\/strong> It did not contain enough enhancements for it to be presented as a new model. A larger screen and a more efficient operating system did not constitute the technological leap that iPhone lovers have been accustomed to seeing between models.<br \/>\n<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/iphone-5-has-enterprise-potential-but-disappointing-overall-7000004202\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><font size=\"2\">Further reading<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"in-post-subscribe-wrapper\" style=\"border-top: silver 1px dashed; height: 170px; border-right: silver 1px dashed; border-bottom: silver 1px dashed; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 15px; border-left: silver 1px dashed; padding-right: 0px; width: 370px\">\n<div id=\"blurb\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 35px; width: 125px\"><em><span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn Internet Marketing From Experts In Our FREE Magazine!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div id=\"im$b-pic80w\" style=\"float: left; margin-top: 35px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/internet-marketing-secrets-magazine.80w.png\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"im$b-aweber-boxes\" style=\"float: left\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/44\/245757444.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">September 26, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>iPhone Supplies Fall Short:<\/strong> Insufficient supply of in-cell displays cause delivery delays (this probably would not have happened if Steve were around). <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilemarketingwatch.com\/iphone-5-rumor-supply-shortage-may-last-for-months-25845\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MobileMarketingWatch+%28Mobile+Marketing+Watch%29#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><font size=\"2\">Further reading<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">September 28, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Apple Accepts Failure of Its Maps Product:<\/strong> \u201cWell-known cities were wiped, buildings disappeared;&nbsp; graphics were often appeared blurry; wrong location data was displayed for some countries <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/technology\/tech-news\/apple-ceo-extremely-sorry-about-maps-failure\/article4574167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><font size=\"2\">Further reading-1<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/09\/20\/apple-map-fails-ios-6-maps_n_1901599.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><font size=\"2\">Further reading-2<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">October 22, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Patents Invalid:<\/strong> The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) declares all 20 claims of Apple&#8217;s rubber-banding patent (U.S. Patent No, 7,469,381) invalid <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosspatents.com\/2012\/10\/patent-office-tentatively-invalidates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><font size=\"2\">Further reading<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">December 3, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>More Patents Invalid:<\/strong> The USPTO declares a key Apple multitouch patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949), the \u201cSteve Jobs Patent\u201d, entirely invalid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosspatents.com\/2012\/12\/us-patent-office-declares-steve-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Further reading<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">December 5, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Apple Stock Tumbles<\/strong>: <\/font><font size=\"2\">Apple stock down more than 6%, worst day in 4 years <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/blog\/2012\/12\/apple-down-more-than-6-worst-day-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Further reading<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">December 19, 2012<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Apple\u2019s bid to ban 26 Samsung mobile models in the US fails <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2012-12-18\/apple-loses-bid-for-u-s-ban-on-infringing-samsung-phones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Further reading<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">January 23, 2013<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Samsung hammers iPhone deliveries in Q4 2012<\/strong>. The score: Samsung 62 million units, iPhone 48 million (est) units (<a href=\"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/samsung-outsells-apple.png\">screenshot<\/a>)<br \/>\nSource: <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/news\/2013\/01\/23\/samsung-topples-apple-in-smartphone-race.html?ana=RSS&amp;s=article_search&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sanjose+%28Silicon+Valley+%2F+San+Jose+Business+Journal%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\"><font size=\"2\">Bloomberg<\/font><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">January 24, 2013<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Apple\u2019s market cap drops almost $200 billion<\/strong> in the past four months              <br clear=\"all\"><font size=\"2\">Source:<\/font> <font size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/news\/2013\/01\/24\/making-sense-of-apples-drop-sorry.html\">Silicon Valley Business Journal<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"209\"><font size=\"2\">January 31, 2013<\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"434\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Apple loses bid to get the Samsung Galaxy banned<\/strong> in the US              <br clear=\"all\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/news\/2013\/01\/31\/apple-loses-its-bid-to-get-the-samsung.html?ana=RSS&amp;s=article_search&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_sanjose+%28Silicon+Valley+%2F+San+Jose+Business+Journal%29\">Silicon Valley Business Journal<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This post will be updated as soon as there are new failures. Come back regularly for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s hoping you Apple lovers will get used to the sad but inevitable,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/themagnumgroup.net\/lucky2.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-top-style: none; overflow: hidden; border-left-style: none; height: 200px; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; width: 675px\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/likebox.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftmgmob1&amp;width=675&amp;height=200&amp;show_faces=true&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;stream=false&amp;border_color&amp;header=true&amp;appId=131421386997714\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0aaf9b85-5019-45f6-bd55-2b85e3a6db7d\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"font-size: 8pt; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/apple\" rel=\"tag\">apple<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/iphone+5\" rel=\"tag\">iphone 5<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/mobile+marketing\" rel=\"tag\">mobile marketing<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in an earlier post, Apple must needs over time slowly slide back into oblivion, primarily because its creative power is now only a miniscule fraction of the supernova it was earlier, due to the untimely death of the genius that was Steve Jobs. 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