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“Culture of innovation”? Just stop Tim. You haven’t given a DAMN about innovating anything in years. You’ve been coasting on your predecossor’s legacy and it’s showing.

“I’m not being defensive...”

There was a time when Apple’s products stood for themselves but more and more Tim you’ve been sending your minions out to do damage control. The sooner you’re are removed from Apple the better off the company will be.

"Where's the innovation?!?" is the laziest, emptiest criticism.
 
Apple made it through the 2000-2003 downturn without any cost-cutting layoffs, because SJ cared deeply about that. We will know how sick Apple truly is when they have a layoff.

Steve Jobs warriors will say that whoever runs Apple in the future.Times move on.
 
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These TV interviews that Cook comes out and does every so often to defend the company for one reason or another feels exactly like Theresa May coming out every couple of weeks to say the exact same crap while everyone knows Brexit is happening in the background and it's going to be a disaster. It would be best if he, and her just shut up and listed to what people are saying and act on it.

They both have the leadership of a supply teacher in high school. Placeholders, nothing more.

But, you guys voted for Brexit. If you have issues with it, then address the Brexit supporters.
 
ALL I want to know is if the AAPL Board has asked Cook to RE-sign ???

And if NOT, why NOT ???

ALL the signs (for a Mgmt change) are there !
Because Apple has outperformed the broader market since Cook to over, easily...even with the recent drop?

Investors like Cook because he manages the business well and makes us money. The end.
 
Will somebody get Timmy some LASIK, because he’s got to blind... it’s his job to lie to the public and press that everything is going perfect, less the stock dives worse.

Apple is no longer innovating squat.. what groundbreaking product have they released lately that’s so amazing that it can’t keep it in inventory?
 
Tim’s correct on the naysayers regarding Apple’s ecosystem. Android can’t come close.

But his “never been better” and “never been stronger” reeks of as much condescension as their continued raising prices and lacking innovation. And I say this as an Apple shareholder.

Android is miles ahead, because it isn't an "android" ecosystem, it's standards.

e.g. I have products from 5 different companies working together because they use Bluetooth, not lock it down and force proprietary protocols like HomePod tried (and massively failed) to do.
 
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Well, what else would you expect him to say? I think Apple will realize the pricing risks they took in 2017 and 2018 are not attractive and sustainable. They are gonna reintroduce some sanity.

Expect an iPhone flagship (OLED, A13, stainless chassis etc) starting at $750. The iPhone XR series will be dropped, replaced by 2018 iPhone XS at 650, remaining stock of XR at 450.
 
ALL I want to know is if the AAPL Board has asked Cook to RE-sign ???

And if NOT, why NOT ???

ALL the signs (for a Mgmt change) are there !
What are these signs? Under his watch the company hit $1T (just a couple months ago). They just adjusted their earnings, which if correct, will still be the 2nd largest in their history..
 
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Because Apple has outperformed the broader market since Cook to over, easily...even with the recent drop?

Investors like Cook because he manages the business well and makes us money. The end.

Sort of. The problem that investors see with Apple is what is next?

Right now they are largely a one product company. And with the competition creating products that are "good enough" and the price of iPhones getting more and more beyond the reach of customer the big market of Asia and India (2.7 billion people), investor have been worried that Apple would trip and fall, and it did last quarter. So to investors this triggers the thought that Apple does not have a second act.

As a result you see inflows of money to the competition, like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. Microsoft makes most of their money on subscription based sales. Office365, Azure, etc. Which bring in steady revenue month after month and are more tied to corporations than consumers. Amazon is everywhere with a lot of irons in the fire and a steady stream of income from AWS and product sales. Google has it's ad revenue, which also makes it vulnerable to a short fall in advertising spending.

I say this as someone who has significant money in tech companies (including Apple and Microsoft), but is reducing their exposure by switching to cash equivalents and other core equities.
 
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What are these signs? Under his watch the company hit $1T (just a couple months ago). They just adjusted their earnings, which if correct, will still be the 2nd largest in their history..

Profit is not the only key indicator that the company is going to succeed. You need to look at the color of the water. If every market they are in or are entering is RED, then one day those profits will collapse. What you want is BLUE WATER and massive INNOVATION.

Apple needs a new revolution. All we have had since his predecessor died was evolution.
 
I just want an affordable, sexy, awesome phone that does not cost a monthly mortgage payment hehe.

So you want it all but you only want to pay for some of it? This comment section is tough crowd. An iPhone XR is like $30 bucks a month through a carrier for two years. The iPhone is probably your go to phone, camera, mp3 player, gps system... on and on and on. All of which we demand Apple make work perfectly. I'm not sure I'd want a lesser device at a cheaper price. I think I'm ok with the better quality devices and I'll just replace mine less often if I'm price sensitive.
 
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