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Apple Invites Media to September 7 Event: 'See You on the 7th'
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Yes they did. Apple III anyone? Lisa anyone? Apple of the late 80's and 90's ? NeXT ?
Sorry they failed 25 years ago. They're not going to fail because you want a headphone port.
You make it clear that you have no idea how executive stock sales work. There are only certain times where CEOs can cash in their stock options. They can't simply cash out whenever they like or if they know something is about to happen.
Considering Tim Cook is worth over $800 million, cashing out just $35 million would be stupid if things were going to crash as you seem to believe.
Have you looked at what Apple stock has done since Steve passed away? That line represents the time Steve passed away in Oct 2011. Since then not only has Apple stock continued to rise but they've also split. That means all of us that owned stock before that point have now made even more money. You don't get to that point by just being a book keeper as you claim.
But please, continue to bless us with your wonderfully incorrect and uninformed insight.
The increase is a left over from the products Jobs envisioned. It doesnt take a Master in Economics to figure out that if a company fails to deliver what customers crave that the stock is going to go down. It won't happen in an instance. But it will happen. Apple is launching severely outdated hardware unless of course this here rumor site has gotten it all awfully wrong. Their products are ONLY selling due to iOS and MacOS. But their hardware is 'old' in comparison to competition. More and more are switching to Samsung and that IN big numbers.
You go on an keep monitoring those graphs of yours while the rest of us who use outdated Apple Hardware don't need them to see where Apple is headed !!
I just iCal'd this event. I created a new event and typed in "Apple event" for the title. It auto-filled to "Apple Special Event" with the correct time and and URL and a description. Wow.
you want waterproofing but you want a headphone jack that is susceptible to moisture...hmm
You mean like the other waterproof phones on the market still include without problem? Hmm
Are Apple falling that far behind in technical ability that they have to remove useful features to offer another while other companies let you "have your cake and eat it?"
What do you all think are the odds of Apple announcing their own proprietary wireless standard? It seems that the limitations of Bluetooth is one of the most commonly cited reasons for why Apple should not remove the headphone jack. What if Apple is aware of this, and has created their own in-house solution to this?
We may well see a part of the keynote devoted to an Apple-branded wireless headphones which has received the same Apple-pencil treatment. Perhaps a low-power version of AirPlay to work around the range and sound quality issues. Some way to keep your headphones paired to all your Apple devices and switch between them as necessary (perhaps that's what the revamped music control interface is all about).
Right now, the criticisms remind me of the famous parable of the elephant and the 4 blind men. Each of us is fixated on only one, incomplete part of the whole story and drawing inaccurate conclusions as to why Apple is wrong based on our own incomplete understandings, while completely failing to see the whole, bigger picture.
I think that once apple's strategy is revealed in its entirety, we will all go "Ah..." and comprehend Apple's genius for what it really is.
We may well see a part of the keynote devoted to an Apple-branded wireless headphones which has received the same Apple-pencil treatment. Perhaps a low-power version of AirPlay to work around the range and sound quality issues. Some way to keep your headphones paired to all your Apple devices and switch between them as necessary (perhaps that's what the revamped music control interface is all about).
Right now, the criticisms remind me of the famous parable of the elephant and the 4 blind men. Each of us is fixated on only one, incomplete part of the whole story and drawing inaccurate conclusions as to why Apple is wrong based on our own incomplete understandings, while completely failing to see the whole, bigger picture.
I think that once apple's strategy is revealed in its entirety, we will all go "Ah..." and comprehend Apple's genius for what it really is.
Name one company on Earth that has changed the landscape of so many industries. Then you'll know why people look forward to these little events...because you never know when Apple might pop something out.
It's unlikely that anything Earthshaking will happen, but you never know.
Jobs had a small part in looking at a few early iPhone 6 designs but that's about it.
Your claim about switching to Samsung in big numbers is false and the numbers don't support that but again you enjoy making stuff up again.
I'll keep watching those graphs. I bought more than 50k shares of Apple back in 1993 so things are looking great.
Macrumors just posted an article today on the new release dates for the Mac. It appears October is prevalent.
I genuinely hope people start booing in the crowd if Apple announce that they've removed the headphone jack rather than people standing up and clapping and whooping.
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What a tasteless post. I'd call it a poor attempt at a humblebrag, but it's pretty much just an outright "Look at me and my $5.3MM+ in Apple stock!"
Very tasteless, especially for someone who is surely well into their 40s or beyond.
No, if they fail it's because they can't read the customers and deliver what they want. Simple as that. It might happen to anyone, including Apple, and Microsoft. Blackberry should be a lesson for everyone else. Of course by failing I don't mean going bankrupt, but simply becoming less relevant, less innovating, and more of a gimmick-company.
Nope, they're going to follow Microsoft's strategy, it'll be called the iPhone 10.
Actually only early 30s. Invested wisely in school when I made a bunch of money and bought a stock people told me I was stupid for buying from a dying company.
He was the one that wanted to pretend it's stupid to value a company by their stock price. I simply gave the reason it makes sense for many of us to care about that price.
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Blackberry failed because they stood still. They owned the majority if the smartphone market and then did nothing to innovate or even push things forward for years. When they finally tried something years later it was far too late. Everyone had already moved on. Rested on their laurels way too long.
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What will that accomplish? Willing to bet it'll still be a success with or without that jack?
I've been saying this since the beginning. But it won't be entirely proprietary, It will work with BT 5, and be backward compatible with BT 4 & 5.
This moment will not happen in the keynote. Apple will not announce the removal of something, only the addition of something. In this case, improved wireless BT standard. New BT AirBuds, and Lightning EarBuds. Now maybe they will boo when the Lightning EarBuds are announced, but they'll likely be booing a pretty impressive improvement to consumer audio -- not the removal of the headphone jack. They could boo when Apple introduces an extended battery case, in the event someone needs more battery life than their new improved "best", which includes a built-in 3.5mm jack; or the Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter which actually adds features to traditional headphones, in a package that adds little bulk to someones current headphones. It's going to be hard to find a place to boo, whatever they introduce.
This will be perhaps the most controversial iPhone launch ever. It'll definitely have people talking
I can already predict this years event being a disaster and what people are thinking!
Tim: "...and today...ladies and gentlemen...today...we introduce...the iPhone 7...the best iPhone yet!"
**small claps and awkward silence**
Audience: "Uhh Tim...I think you used the wrong image in your presentation, thats an iPhone 6!"
Tim: "Uh no I can assure thats our latest iPhone 7!"
Audience "Uh are you sure? It looks like an iPhone 6...Is everything okay Tim?"
Tim: "Moving along now to Apple Watch bands and emojis!"
Tim: "...and today...ladies and gentlemen...today...we introduce...the iPhone 7...the best iPhone yet!"
**small claps and awkward silence**
Audience: "Uhh Tim...I think you used the wrong image in your presentation, thats an iPhone 6!"
Tim: "Uh no I can assure thats our latest iPhone 7!"
Audience "Uh are you sure? It looks like an iPhone 6...Is everything okay Tim?"
Tim: "Moving along now to Apple Watch bands and emojis!"
I still don't get why so many people believe this iteration of the iPhone is going to "doom" Apple. There are so many consumers that don't research or spend the massive amounts of time researching (like I do) into the devices they purchase. Granted, I love my iPhones and will be buying the iPhone 7.
What I'm trying to get at is whether you are a Samsung, Apple, Nokia, LG, etc. lover, you will do your research and in-deptch analysis, but technically we are the 1% of the consumer base that probably does this. I have family who are both Samsung or Apple fanatics, and the only reason they are is because they love the label, not the features....so many people will go out and upgrade who aren't on the forums, digging up new details, or trying to find the next leaked documents on new phones.
Nevertheless, this iPhone launch is probably going to break records, be the best seller, have the most preorders....blah, blah, blah...happens the same with both iPhone and Android phones. Wouldn't doubt that this iPhone will be touted by Apple as being the best again.
Also as a side note to losing the 3.5mm headphone jack, but when Apple changed the 30pin dock connector to the lightning connector, the outrage was enormous...now look at it!
What I'm trying to get at is whether you are a Samsung, Apple, Nokia, LG, etc. lover, you will do your research and in-deptch analysis, but technically we are the 1% of the consumer base that probably does this. I have family who are both Samsung or Apple fanatics, and the only reason they are is because they love the label, not the features....so many people will go out and upgrade who aren't on the forums, digging up new details, or trying to find the next leaked documents on new phones.
Nevertheless, this iPhone launch is probably going to break records, be the best seller, have the most preorders....blah, blah, blah...happens the same with both iPhone and Android phones. Wouldn't doubt that this iPhone will be touted by Apple as being the best again.
Also as a side note to losing the 3.5mm headphone jack, but when Apple changed the 30pin dock connector to the lightning connector, the outrage was enormous...now look at it!