Apple's Riskiest Bets Making it Stand Out


# Apple Put a Touchscreen on a First iPhone (2007)

What Apple was going to do and what they actually did in 2007 was to revolutionize the mobile phones and bring in phones without the buttons and made it smart.

The Apple brought in the touch screen and took a plunge into the riskiest business while others were still thinking about it.

This was the big risk taking thing to do in a world where people were still trying to get used to the new models of the handsets with buttons and touch screen was a totally new thing. Today, the touch screen is smart and is the craze.

# Apple Did Not Make a Cheap Netbook (2008-2009)

Netbook when launched was considered a revolutionary product that had the charm to change the computing world. Netbooks were the smaller version of the laptop and was equipped with tiny screens accompanied with keyboard and was portable and handy.

It was fun using it and around 2008 and 2009 it managed to gross the high productivity and represented one of the fastest-growing PC segment. Later in the year rather than concentrating on the pricing of the Netbook, it introduced MacBook Air with an expensive price tag.

With various other Laptops being introduced in the market, Apple still did not even think of making a cheap Notebook though the sales was constricting.

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