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I do not own any Apple stock directly(and have my own sentiment toward the innovation trend under Cook), but look at it from another angle - if you own Apple stock in the last decade, would you want Cook to step down?
I own plenty of Apple stock and yes, I want Tim Cook to step down. Feel free to crunch the numbers as I have, but Apple's stock performed significantly better during Steve Job's second tenure at Apple, than it has with Tim Cook at the helm. That's why I always laugh when people brag about the stock price under Cook. Here is a quick breakdown of their 14 year runs:

Head-to-Head Summary​


CEOTime PeriodCAGR (Approx.)Total ReturnNotes
Steve Jobs1997–2011~33%–36%~7,400%+Massive turnaround, multiple game‑changing products
Tim Cook2011–2025~16%–26%~1,200%–1,300%Outstanding performance given scale, less volatility
 
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Live footage of everyone driving to the Apple Store to buy one

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Nothing new, only the evolution of existing products.

I will say, though, that if Apple releases a Studio Display with plenty of ports before the end of the year, I would very likely stand in line for one of those.
 
I will be buying iPhone 17 Pro,  Watch Series 11, iPad Pro M5, tv 4K 4, HomePod mini 2, AirTag 2 and AirPods Pro 3.

I will be celebrating in bankruptcy court
 
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Give me an optical out on the ATV and audio that isn’t borked. I don’t care about 192 kHz or even 96kHz. I don’t even care about 48kHz since almost none of the Apple library is better than 44.1kHz sample rate. Just give me 44.1kHz over optical, or even HDMI, and which isn’t mangled through some messed up transcoding. Bit-perfect CD standard quality really isn’t a lot to ask for.
 
lol what? Only design change compared to my Series 8 was a bigger speaker (who cares) and a disabled blood ox sensor.
If the 11 isn’t a significant upgrade, AW sales are going to tank.
The AW 10 has a larger display than the ultra, and is much thinner on your wrist while having the same battery life as the previous (thicker) version did. I suspect it’s also brighter than your 8. As for blood ox that’s not Apple’s fault, Masimo wanted $140 for every single watch Apple sold and the courts ordered Apple to stop selling that in the USA. Would you really want that feature if it added ~$280 to every watch price Apple sells? Apple is waiting for the patents that Masimo has to expire sometime in 2028. Everyone else in the world has this feature & I bet as soon as those patents expire Apple will enable the blood ox feature retroactively as the hardware is in every Apple Watch Apple sells. 😉
 
I do not own any Apple stock directly(and have my own sentiment toward the innovation trend under Cook), but look at it from another angle - if you own Apple stock in the last decade, would you want Cook to step down?
Neither do I. I just own 3 of the ~2 billion active Apple devices whose owners apparently are Mr. Cook’s second priority, the ~30k shareholders being his first. Oh, wait … maybe the ~30k own half of the 2 billion devices.
 
In the picture at the top of the article, I like the colors of the rainbow of rings behind Tim, 6 is perfect! 🌈
 
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Other than the 17 series and new watches I expect to see iPad Pro with M5. Not sure about any of the other devices. But high chances for new Apple TV and AirTags. Don't think there will be an October event.
 
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I really, really want to see new Studio Displays. Any possible major updates they make to it (MiniLED, OLED, 32" size, 120hz) would be welcome in my eyes (or should I say, TO my eyes).
 
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I do not own any Apple stock directly(and have my own sentiment toward the innovation trend under Cook), but look at it from another angle - if you own Apple stock in the last decade, would you want Cook to step down?
You can't blame a customer to think like a customer rather than a stockholder.
 
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