Apple’s slowed growth has blown the future of the mobile industry wide open… and that’s very exciting

Apple’s slowed growth has blown the future of the mobile industry wide open… and that’s very exciting:
What a difference just a few months makes. If you don't recall, it was only last September when Apple's (AAPL) share prices were blasting past $700 and bullish analysts were proclaiming that the company was well be on its way to having a $1 trillion valuation and dominating the tech industry for years to come. All that's changed now as Apple has lost its spot as the world's most valuable company and investors are panicking that the company's growth rate may have peaked. This isn't to say that Apple is doomed (and sorry, Apple haters, but it isn't) or that it can't return to the lofty heights it achieved last summer, but for the time being it no longer seems destined to mop the floor with its competitors for years to come.

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