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Apple will not enter the TV market

After the death of Steve jobs there has been rampant speculation that apple will launch their own TV set so a real Apple TV instead of a set top box. Apple will not get in this business as we have seen in the 2011 Christmas sale season, even at rock bottom prices people are just not interested in television sets.

If apple was to produce a TV set, it would at odds at apples previous successful business entrances. The iPod and iPhone were introduced when phones and personal music players were popular, and further more if apple were to produce a groundbreaking TV, it would need to have great streaming content. Apple is yet to offer any true streaming content and witnessing the attempt's of NetFlix and HULU, the content providers/creators are unwilling to change to a new business model.

These are some of the many reasons apple will not launch a television set, but if they were theses might be some of features we might expect;
  • apps
  • high resolution display
  • unibody/aluminum caising
  • edge to edge glass display
  • LED technology with IPS
  • streaming content
  • airplay
  • siri
finally this feature is more of a wish than a possible feature a "holographic display"

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