Price: long viewed as the bane of Apple’s products (e.g., the company charges too much in comparison to the WinTel platform, etc., etc.) Yet; those days seem to be winding down as the latest iPhone 4S (16GB model) is / was on sale (the first weekend of said release) for $199.00 (of course, with a two-year contract from one of America’s inept mobile carriers… which is another story). Towards that end, if this trend continues and Apple uses their respective might / economies of scale to their advantage it will not bode well for their competition all across the board… as consumers reap this dividend (willingly in most instances it would seem…)
(Source) NY Times: http://goo.gl/qmo2y