Well, that's all well and good so long as Apple isn't boosting share price by laying off workers.
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Why even raise such an inference? They aren't laying anyone off, so all you are doing by this post is making a false suggestion.
I'm very confused by this. You are staying home so you don't need a phone? It's like you are in Siberia and no communications are to be done?
1. People use iphones in their house. I know it's hard to fathom, but beyond making calls, we have families and take photos, we browse, we listen to music. All. on. the. phone.
2. People go out of their homes. Even the most cautious of us are going outside.
3. Who gets contracts anymore?? And 2 years?
Which is completely irrelevant to anything Apple has done. So, again, why raise it other than to make people think that Apple has done this?
I'm not trying to "make" anyone think anything. It's a conversation point. Why are you feeling so defensive about this?
It's a conversation point that has nothing to do with Apple, so the only reason to raise it is to raise a false inference. It's bad faith. I'm not defensive about it, I'm just pointing out that you are either acting in bad faith, or raising a point completely irrelevant from the topic of this post, which is that Apple has hit a record stock price.
Anti American narrative will push people AWAY from iPhone instead of upgrading. Apple’s Chinese market is in danger.
Yeah, my first foray was $41 in ‘05.
Best recent was $250 on March 12th & $241 on March 17th... those are up 39% & 44% in just under 3 months- so (for once 😉) my timing was impeccable. =)
Except that after the Covid-19 Pandemic, many, if not most, countries are looking at moving most if not all manufacturing out of China. So while "anti American narrative" may lead the lower sales of iPhones in China, the real reason will be a declining economy. If you're Chinese I'd suggest to begin preparing now as in 5-10 years, manufacturing in China will be ½ of what it is today. Too many Asian countries on the rise to host jobs at cheaper prices and less interference from China.gov and more authoritative oversight of stolen intellectual properties.
Or China will assert their power in the form of economy or military (or anything else lol) into those SEA countries and possibly more while transitioning out of China is happening. It’s not like this transition plan is top secret and China was unaware of it or something. Once power creep begins, where would global manufacturing go? To those western countries (USA, Australia, Canada?)? Or where? It’s already too late for western world to proactively deny China’s growth and limit their power. The best they can do is go with whatever they have right now and navigate this dangerous water carefully, as they weigh in the benefit of cutting off China vs the cost of possible economic downturn.
You get contract in Canada usually. I have used just 1% of my stupidly expensive data package.