Apple has faced profound challenges in the past from powerfully entrenched adversaries that once looked like they might derail the company’s advancement, including Microsoft, Nokia, Google, Motorola, and Samsung. But today, with no real competitors standing in its way, will Apple’s premium-priced trajectory get knocked out of alignment by a recession in China and global aftershocks? Here’s a look at Apple’s future informed by its recent past.

Source:: Apple Insider