2007
https://www.wired.com/2007/05/microsoft-ceo-a
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is running off at the mouth again, this time about the Apple iPhone. In an interview with USA Today, when asked about the debut of the iPhone coming in June, Ballmer said:
“There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get.”
Fast forward to 2019 >>
https://macdailynews.com/2019/05/16/...t-of-all-time/
Apple’s iPhone is the most successful product of all time
“The iPhone is the most successful product of all time,” Horace Dediu writes for asymco. “Over 1.6 billion have been sold. Including the iOS products it spun off, the total is over 2.2 billion. Of those 2.2 billion sold, 1.5 billion are still in use.”
“There are about 1 billion iPhone users. Economically speaking, iPhone sales have reached one trillion dollars,” Dediu writes. “Since the iPhone launched, Apple’s sales have totaled $1.918 trillion. Of those trillions about one half a trillion was accumulated in the form of income. Of that half trillion in income, $360 billion was paid out to shareholders. and $131 billion was paid in taxes.”