What if when the iPhone was launched, there were only a rumoured 80,000 available to purchase?
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Apple Giving Employees 25% Discount on Vision Pro
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If that were to happen today for the next iPhone, I suspect the employees responsible for that would be let go.
I can't speak to the first iPhone back in 2007 not knowing the demand and production capacity.
A better question would be: If Apple only offers employee discounts to prop up demand, why is Apple still offering iPhone employee discounts (along with all of their other products) when they're cranking out 600,000+ iPhones per day, every day of the year (on the average)?
Its not like you can find it a few week afterwards at Walmart, Amazon and co. for that price. So dad people really think Apple is doing them something good with that..
So minions have the privilege of giving their employer over $AU3k and HQ managers and upper level get the devices free for "testing" purposes. Great deal if your a shareholder 👌👍
If apple were no longer innovating in a manner that was meaningful to its customers, why they are they continuing to buy Apple products?
It makes more sense to reason that the main reason why Apple remains as popular and profitable as it is is precisely because their innovations continue to resonate with their user base. Contrast this with folding phones. Tech blogs gush over them, but it seems like few are actually buying them.
There’s innovation, and there’s meaningful innovation.
because there are perks to being an employee and being an entitled consumer doesn’t mean you should get that too.
The standard discount isn’t 50 those were offered as one time special employee promotions.
Yeah, I meant standard for a new product category introduction, at least that’s how I read it.
Oh I agree, Apple is still innovative. It’s just that profit is more important to them now. It used to be the other way around.
That’s not how I’m defining a new product. I’m talking about the first generation of a new device category. I’m sure by your standard the first iPad Air got plenty of support too.
The head strap differs than ones I've seen in other pictures. Do you get two different head straps with the VP?
Pic of VP with different head strap. (scroll down the page)
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Pic of VP with different head strap. (scroll down the page)
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This is the standard discount, not a lower one. A few times Apple has offered special discounts (50%) on new product categories. It is not a standard policy.
No. They are prohibited from selling it at a profit for one year. People has been fired for doing so.This explains the optimistic sales projections and helps to manufacture demand, i.e. long wait times
Can the employees sell their AVP on eBay for JUST $3500 for personal profit?
The Vision Pro is a prosumer XR headset; the iPhone’s chip doesn’t have the processing nor battery power to power this device without substantial drawbacks.
Adding a comparable R1 chip to the iPhone is going to add costs to the phone a whole lot of people wouldn’t appreciate.
A Quest level low-end experience years later maybe makes sense to be done in the matter you’re saying.
That’s a mediocre XR experience than what can be had from the Vision Pro that may be successful if people hate Meta that much perhaps
Apple Operating Margin 2010-2023 | AAPL
Current and historical operating margin for Apple (AAPL) over the last 10 years. The current operating profit margin for Apple as of December 31, 2023 is <strong>26.16%</strong>.www.macrotrends.net
Based on Yahoo finance, their profit margin is 25.31%, but operating margin is 30.13%.
That seems closer. I’d expect at least a 30% operating margin.
That’s an absolutely invalid and disingenuous point. The iPhone is already a wildly successful product. Apple makes them in the hundreds of millions. They have no need to burnish the reputation of their flagship product. Everyone already knows about it and either has or wants one.
Vision on the other hand is a new product that needs to establish a reputation. Because it clearly has little “sizzle” for average people Apple has to get evangelists out there talking about how great it is. What’s the best way to do that? Make sure there are only enough at launch for those who are HIGHLY motivated to buy one and likely to overlook many downsides once they have it. Remember, they’ve only made a few thousand of these.
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Exactly thank you for your choice of words and demeanor. No way a front line employee can afford these.Apple has around 160,000 employees, so if half of them buy a Vision Pro, that’ll cover the initial shipment of 80,000 units.
Not exactly sure what that would mean for Apple’s bottom line. 🤔