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Isn't this what people said about the original iPhone?

It's a bit subjective since one company had huge market share out of the gate and invented the category, while the other keeps releasing 'new' products, years later. So yes, there's growth for now. For Wall Street, growth is pretty much key.

Why is it that when MS makes a "new" product and category, you put it in quotations, yet when Apple does it, you don't?

Your approach to these companies is hypocritical at best.

At least MS is trying to invent a new category these days.

>>> had huge market share out of the gate

That's just wrong.

>Why is it that when MS makes a "new" product and category, you put it in quotations, yet when Apple does it, you don't?

Because one dominates and defines the market, as can be seen by any before and after, and the other is just putting out some products few people care about.

So is the iPad Pro a "new" product or a new product?

iPad pro is a "new" product. The original iPad was a new product.

> the other is just putting out some products few people care about.

Exceptional job establishing your bias for the rest of us to see.

Sorry, but the market speaks for it too. Few people care about is a quantifiable statement.

If anything you uncovered a non-objective bias.

Tablet computers were available for 10 years before the iPad came out. They certainly brought the category mainstream but a long way from invented it.

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