... was viewed as been innovative and market leader when it comes to new products. Another challenge posed by Apple is that there is increased completion from established competitors like HP, Google, Microsoft and Dell among others. In addition, environmentalists have regularly accused Apple of not properly disposing its old products where as high level of toxic chemicals are believed to be ... products that helps make Apple a successful organization. Imitability There exist various products in the market that can to an extent offer the same features offered by Apple products. In particular G...

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... perfectly aligned with the smartphone. It is special for the industry to have an own operating system. Competitors' products are mainly operated by Google's Android operating system. Thus, these products from competitors do not align as much with their operating system as the iPhone does with iOS. ... for one manufacturer like Apple´s iPhone or RIM´s Blackberry. On the other hand there are OS that are licensed across multiple manufacturers like Google's OS Android or Microsoft´s OS Windows Phone. In Exhibit 5 the market share of smartphone's OS is provided. There are only a few ... p...

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