The addition of 4k will probably boost Apple TV sales as consumers increasingly upgrade to 4K television TVs. The upgrade is badly need as the Apple TV currently trails both Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV both already offering 4K for over a year.
Early on, the Apple TV was reported as a device to replace the clunky set-top boxes from the cable companies and stream live television. Sadly that never happened. Now hopefully this new 4K 5th generation Apple TV will be the box that finally puts Apple in first place in American bedrooms.
Apple TV has steadily lost market share since its release in the fall of 2015; in January just 11.9 percent of connected television customers were using it, the research firm says, down from 12.5 percent in September. In part, the slide reflects competition from Amazon and Roku, whose boxes do the same and more for less money.
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