Except, Apple's not a phone manufacturer...
Outsourcing the assembly of product does not disqualify you as a manufacturer...
Google is in fact not a phone manufacturer
Except, Apple's not a phone manufacturer...
Hummm... No, It's more like a Car company becoming a Motorcycle company. Different Industries but not as different as you paint them.
The key term being "gross" profit. That is, income covering COGS, but before sales, marketing, Apple store costs, blah blah blah. A more important number would be EBITDA because it takes these expenses into account.
Except, Apple's not a phone manufacturer...
I'm daring to say that the impact the iPhone caused in people's lives also made the Mac more attractive to them.
Believe it or not, I still don't have an iPhone, but several of my friends do. Several of them even told me that the iPhone changed their lives ( ? ). Some were Mac haterz, but now own more than one Mac.![]()
There are an awful lot of share holders in this thread.... of course this is just an assumption because people are cheer apple for having the highest gross pf any maker. why does that matter to iphone buying customers...
Yeah, and it happen in the usually slowest Quarter of the year (Q1)!
Sure he does. All the heat and more. Why? Because in the case of Apple, it wasn't just statements that expressed doubt in Apple's strategy, but it was the disdain in which he ridiculed and mocked Apple and the incredible product that they just announced. It was all bluster to mask his fear. He was incredibly rude and he deserves the heat. And then some, actually.That being said, I don't think Ballmer deserves all the heat he is getting for those statements.
Ginormous and Incredibly humongous IF you put out there.If the iPhone had remained a $500 product, with a 2 year contract, I doubt it would be selling even a tenth of what it does now.
Right -- instead of being a blow-hard, laughing at Apple, he should've been getting his strategy in order. We're just getting Windows Phone 7 and the iPhone has been out since June 2007 4 years?! Amazing. And you say he shouldn't have heat on him? Sorry, but that's just crazy.Ballmer did not recognize that Apple had the ability to change its plans. And that changing a pricing plan was far easier than changing your entire software ecosystem (which is what MS is having to do to compete).
presuming 'plip plop', 'androidforlife' and old 'friends' like 'full of ****' will be sitting this thread out until there's other news more to their in-doctrine.
Remember Jobs saying how awesome the iPod was and how it was going to do SO MUCH and revolutionize the computer industry, etc. etc., I can't recall the exact words...
Everyone liked the iPod, but we just sat there scratching our heads. An mp3 player. It was an mp3 player. Had no idea what he was aiming for. Though the iPhone is a hit and did revolutionize the phone industry, the iPad is now revolutionizing the entire computer market, and who knows what comes beyond.
This is why I don't understand why analysts and Wall Street are so hyped up over Android's smartphone market share. Supposedly Wall Street is supposed to be concerned with finance and revenue-making business models. Where is all the revenue that Android is making? I'm guessing once the rapid growth ends, Android will be more trouble than it's worth. Only HTC and Samsung seem to be making any money from Android. Motorola and LG certainly aren't. They're always talking about Android crushing iOS in some harmful fashion, but they must be using some perfect projection that won't necessarily hold true depending on whether Apple changes the smartphone industry again.
I realize Android has had fantastic growth, but it's to be expected somewhat considering most cellphone vendors didn't have a modern smartphone OS and Android is free for the taking. In some ways, taking the Google shortcut could be damaging in the long run if Google loses interest in supporting Android. Especially if they're losing money supporting Android. Who will mainly decide what platform comes out on top is the consumer who is willing to pay top dollar to own a quality device. iOS's business model will be sustainable for years to come if overall smartphone growth continues thanks in part of economies of scale spread over at least four similar iOS devices.