[adorno]

"...it is still excellent compared to other large industries"

Yeah, there's a silver lining even for disasters.

But, Apple is the darling of the industry,and when the darling starts looking ugly, the investors might get spooked and so might the consumers. In fact, the consumers might start thinking that sales are bad because the device is less than the 'perfection' the expected from Apple, and could start looking for other makes/models. It doesn't take much to spook investors and consumers.

[dayglored]

> Yeah, there's a silver lining even for disasters.

Microsoft's Vista and Win8 teams are glad to hear that. :-)

The iPhone is a "disaster"? On what planet?