Yes, Apple have had a spectacular renaissance built on the back of game changing hardware devices, which in turn have lead to new markets for application development. However that emphasis on new hardware, is ultimately self limiting, as devices will either merge utilities, or we will reach saturation point on the number of devices we can physically carry. Either way, having already covered most bases, there is probably a limit to the amount of hardware Apple can continue to bring to market, that we can consume or even wish to master technically.

Having said all of this, I suspect the big 5 corporations are already too narrowly focused on information and data as stand alone commodities. Discuss