rinse, repeat. . . ad infinitum
I’ll be amazed, but then again, I’m still amazed with the iPhone and iPad.
music player - music became digital and the player was the revenue generator.
online music store - digital music sales became the revenue generator.
a cellular phone - really a smart phone (computer that also was a phone) the hardware was the revenue generator until the App Store gathered steam.
credit card payment systems - people wanting the convenience of the smart phone allowing payment will be one source of revenue, with others developing. Remember that all credit card charges are digital. So digital shopping, digital payment, digit smart phone.
Watch - I'm not sold on this one.... will have to see how this one pans out.
2016, a car is far afield from - what is the revenue flow from digital hardware or software (includes music, shopping or any other thing which can be digitized) in the car market? Apple does not recreate the wheel, they either create a new wheel so to speak or vastly improve an existing product.
Great feedback from everyone on this topic. We all will be guessing until Apple surprise all of us, but we all will have fun trying to figure out the plan!