What is happening with Apple? On Saturday they opened their first store in Hong Kong. Yes, their first, we were surprised too. A day earlier there was a less hyped store opening in Shanghai. The Hong Kong one is where I saw all sorts of pictures and videos, some folks even waited for two days at the front of the queue, outside the store. WHAT? All I can say is that in the tablets and phones market, this only seems to happen for Apple. Check out this mainstream view: Hong Kong gets its first Apple Store. Hah-hah, never thought that CNN was mainstream.
But that does not answer the question, what is happening to Apple? There are suggestions that lower orders from their traditional suppliers of their iPads are meaning lower projected sales of the tablet. Some are however suggesting that Apple have some newer suppliers, in places like Brazil. Check this other reason from Abnormal Returns: Is Apple the new Microsoft? Too big to succeed? Not likely. For now anyhow.