The new cross between laptops and tablets may be a threat to Apple, says Citibank analyst Glen Yeung.
After being overthrown by Apple products in the last three years, PC makers might finally get some payback with their new hybrid of laptop-tablets, starting with the new Microsoft Surface Pro which became a success and had been sold out after a couple of hours of its release. And while endless positive reviews of Apple product floods news pages every day, Citibank analyst, Glen Yeung, defied the odds stating:
We believe Apple will launch an iPad Mini Retina and a thinner/lighter iPad5 (both likely sporting newer processors) in 3Q13...iPad innovation of this nature is insufficient to reverse share loss.
Whereas we see limited innovation in tablets in 2H13, we see growing innovation in PCs. The growing presence of touch-based, ultrathin, all-day notebooks at improving price points (e.g., Intel requires all Haswell-based Ultrabooks to have touch and envisions price-points as low as $599) could create competition for 10" tablets not fully anticipated by the market.
Bottom line is, PC makers might be successful with their products and their way of marketing but whether they pose as a real threat to Apple is yet to be seen.
(Source: Cnet.com)
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