Let's look at the timeline of Apple's stock price growth: On Monday (January 3, 2022, New York time), Apple's stock price rose as high as $182.88 during the intraday market, with a market value of more than $3 trillion. In 1977, Apple was valued at $3 million — it took 42 years to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion — it took two years to go from $1 trillion to $2 trillion — and it took only 1 year and 4 months to reach $3 trillion from $2 trillion!
The immediate upside is that this rally is likely to continue due to the strong demand cycle of the iPhone, Apple's fast-growing services business, and the launch of new products. Despite the industry-wide chip shortage, Apple set a record by selling more than 40 million iPhone 13 models during the holidays. After entering 2022, the demand cycle for the iPhone is still strong, with quarterly demand through December 2021 exceeding supply, which will be a continued positive sign for Apple as supply chain issues begin to be resolved in the first half of the year.
Apple's services businesses, which include Apple TV, iCloud, Apple TV+, and Apple's Fitness+, among others, will remain key drivers for the company. The launch of potential new products such as AR devices will push Apple into the metaverse ecosystem. Previously, Cook had not recognized the idea and concept of metaversity. However, this is not important, you recognize it is there, and even has been hyped by the market can be described as crazy, Apple to seize the meta-universe is completely easy.
Where is Apple's biggest growth in the future? The ceiling of smartphones has long been apparent. At the same time, if the rumored Tesla mobile phone comes out, Apple will really encounter a strong enemy. Rendering began in mid-November 2022, Tesla entered the mobile phone industry, and Musk's feat may subvert the entire mobile phone industry. No need for a calling card to make calls and send messages, direct access to Tesla StarLink to connect satellite Internet access. In other words, Tesla mobile phones can make free internet calls anywhere on the earth. Solar charging. It is directly linked to Tesla Motors and becomes the entrance to Tesla Motors' intelligent central control ecological platform. Tesla model phones are designed with a separate driving button on the side of the fuselage, and the color is green. Through this driving button, you can make tesla model mobile phone and Tesla model car connection, while the Tesla model mobile phone can remotely control the car, you can also understand the relevant information of the car, including route customization, and other friends driving Tesla car current status and other information, through the Tesla model mobile phone can understand some information about Tesla Model car. These are just rumors, and I have inquired several times so far I have no exact information. However, the latest news is that the Tesla Model mobile phone is equipped with Tesla's self-developed chip, named Tesla D1 processor, which is manufactured by a 5-nanometer process, which is very similar to Apple's A15 bionic processor.
Apple and Tesla are playing a "I have an enemy, the enemy has me" grand strategy, big strategy, super technology giant competition.
Apple's growth lies precisely in the electric automatic intelligent driving car that may subvert Tesla or at least Tesla's strong enemy. Tesla wants to subvert Apple's mobile phone, and Apple wants to subvert Tesla's electric self-driving car. Both are future growth, especially when Apple develops electric self-driving cars. The product that has the potential to generate revenue for Apple is the car, which is expected to launch in 2025.
Apple's new car is likely to have high-level autonomous driving capabilities based on lidar systems, body display systems, facial recognition entry, and swivel seating systems. However, there are also many voices of doubt, and it is rumored that the core members of Apple's car-making team have resigned one after another. Apple has strong technology is good, but electric self-driving technology requires a strong data-based technology ecosystem, the establishment of this system is much more complicated than smartphones, and the current competition in the field of electric self-driving cars has been very fierce! Therefore, be cautious about Apple cars!