Apple's growth problem isn't only -- as Cook has argued -- a belatedly understood hangover from that blockbuster iPhone 6 release. Even smoothing out from the one-time growth hit, the pace of iPhone sales has been slowing markedly.Nothing on Apple's immediate horizon packs the same punch. There are only three ways for Apple to maintain the iPhone's past sales growth, and all of them are riddled with obstacles.One, Apple can hope for an industrywide wave of growth. Apple has advantages those companies never had, including incredible profit margins and products that people love rather than tolerate. The big danger is that the next year of growth masks the company's existential challenges and lulls us into believing that order has been restored in Apple land.

Source: Economic Times September 08, 2016 07:30 UTC