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Analyst Predicts Next-Generation iPhone Will Offer Lower Total Cost of Ownership
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And INCLUDE tethering already!!
That one still puzzles me if my Samsung Jack can tether to my laptop why can't the iPhone? Heck 10.6 supports the Jack as modem directly.
May be it is part of the deal between Apple and operators to get a better subsidy in exchange for crippling tethering.
Read what he was saying again. Hes asking Apple to stop focusing all its attention on the App Store (iPhone/iPad) and remember that the heart of its company is a computer company. Not a bad idea. The biggest turn off to Apple for me has been them abandoning there computers.
Credibility and believability of the analyst.
I'm a bit tired of analysts thinking that they know everything.
Why do we waste our times with these analysts. I know this is a rumors site, but this barely make the mark. It seems that the refresh of the Macbook Pro should be up there with the iPhone refresh and iPad launch. I am not looking for the refresh myself (of the Macbook Pro) but I know it will be here by June, at least. Right around the same time the new iPhone will be out.
It is not even good journalism for Fortune to publish something like this. It is like all the other sites that want to say "look at me, I said Apple was going to make more money...again..who knew? We did, that's who." Reading articles like this makes me think that the Mac Daily News idiots are actual journalists.
It is not even good journalism for Fortune to publish something like this. It is like all the other sites that want to say "look at me, I said Apple was going to make more money...again..who knew? We did, that's who." Reading articles like this makes me think that the Mac Daily News idiots are actual journalists.
However, as long as they remain focused on 'here' computers, I'll be ok with that.
I agree, I'd like Apple to put more focus on the Pro stuff (though not at the expense of everything else. I think Apple focuses on the consumer products (if posts in this & other threads is correct) is because where most of the money is at. Why spend effort on something only 1% (or some other small percentage) of people use?
Something I'd like to know is what Apple's average profit margin is? Out of the billions of dollars they make every year, how much is profit? I've heard rumors it's like 30-60% or something. I know, Apple can charge whatever it wants for its products, but IMO, I would like them to possibly cut those margins down a bit. I'm more of a volume kinda guy, not margins. While I feel Apple deserves a nice profit so they can reinvest it in themselves, sometimes the amount of profit they make on some things seems ludicrous. Do they need that money? I find people & businesses are too worried about getting money & improving their bottom line, but why can't they also focus on (or more so if they are) making themselves & the world better. [/rant]
Please don't flame me for what I say. They're all honest, serious, innocent questions. I'll admit, I'm pretty naïve, but still. I have no intention of flame-bating.
Maybe because people who use iPhones use so much bandwidth already, tethering would make the network even worse?
Apple's financials are available in the investor section of their corporate website. You can find links to SEC filings from the usual places (e.g., Yahoo Finance). I will leave it as a homework assignment for you to find this publicly-available information.
As a happy AAPL stockholder, I am not interested in seeing Apple reduce their margins. I am okay in seeing them invest more in R&D, hiring a few more employees (particularly top-notch engineering talent), and adding more resources to their developer program (WWDC is an example).
It's worth pointing out that Apple has made significant strides in the past couple of years in their "green" initiatives and many environmental organizations (including Greenpeace) now consider Apple to be one of the leaders in the technology industry in such behavior. Of course, they need to constantly improve, but to imply that Apple is not making an effort here is clearly myopic.
Cool, thanks. I am by no means an expert in economics so I didn't know where to look. Thanks!
Oh yay! Just noticed my new avatar got posted on my post. I feel special now. Hope everyone likes it.
(I know, off topic, but I'm easily amused)
I could not agree more. This is her publishing an article to make a few extra bucks on her stock today before she sells. Stock 'experts' are very much the opposite of what they claim to be.
Wrong
The cost of an iPhone won't go down unless Apple's sales plummit. They are far too greedy to lower the price without them losing money. Jobs policy is My way or the Highway.... or How can I get your money?
The cost of an iPhone won't go down unless Apple's sales plummit. They are far too greedy to lower the price without them losing money. Jobs policy is My way or the Highway.... or How can I get your money?
Why are all of the predictions based off the iPhone/carrier subsidies? Did AAPL suddenly turn into IPHO? What happens if Apple releases another new product? Expands their Mac line? Make a touchscreen iMac? Mid-priced tower?
That's some serious crack smokin' going on in that quote.
Apple will need to come up with something a lot better than the iPad to push the stock into that territory.
They didn't break $200 until Late 2007 (post iPhone launch, not prior as another poster stated) and they couldn't even hold it there for any extended period of time.
Apple's stock is notorious for slow run ups and fast nosedives.
Because Apple and AT&T are full of you-know-what! Both of them would stab the other one in the back to make a quick buck and both parties know it.
Lower cost of ownership my aunt Fanny. I'll believe it when I see it.
Um, when the iPhone was announced in January of 2007, Apple's stock price was about $95.
So umm... stock prices could be from $180 - $435? Way to really lock yourself in.