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Apple Once Again the Most Valuable Public Company in the World

fed pumps the markets and rising tide floats all the boats. until it doesnt anymore
 
Good on them.
But good god, please put more effort into QA.
I don't want to exchange MBP multiple times til getting one without issues.

PS.
Exchanged MBP 15 2018 x3.
(Graphic glitches pink lines on screen and fullscreen video flickers with previously played video.)
-The second one still happens occasionally. Only workaround, restart the machine.

Returned MBP 13 2018 x1 returned
(heats up a lot for just browsing the web in Safari without extensions)
 
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az431 said:
This can’t be true. The people who post here assured us that Tim Cook’s greed guaranteed Apple’s collapse, and that this was the beginning.
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I must own different “everything they have created lately” devices than you because none of them have any issues.
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Clearly apple is at its peak regarding product quality.
 
alexnyc8 said:
fed pumps the markets and rising tide floats all the boats. until it doesnt anymore
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Look at this guy...owns no stocks because he’s always calling for the end. Sad.

Meanwhile, everyone else gets rich. Look at the market return over the last 100 years. You can’t beat it in ANY other asset class.

Stocks are the only game in town, period.
 
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snowboarder said:
Why should we care?
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You say this like Apple has no place being successful, when deservedly they are, even if the small minority on Macrumors says otherwise.

snowboarder said:
everything they
have created recently has issues and they
want more money for it.
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“Everything”? That’s rather broadstroked. Have there been recent hardware issues? Sure. But that doesn’t mean everyone’s experience is the same. I could make the opposing argument that my recent purchases have not had any issues reported on here or From any other tech site. Even if I did have hardware issues, Apples customer service is legendary for a reason.
 
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Several analysts were suggesting to buy in on the drop for Apple due to overreactions and the upside the company has set for the future (watch is already bigger than iPod's ever were and growing rapidly etc.).
 
djcerla said:
And that's where Apple deserves to be. Too many untapped markets. The stock was severely unappreciated even at $230.

Just think about how many units an Apple toy could sell. And, yes darling, we'll see Apple AI toys sooner than later.
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Yes baby doll, I think the iBark robot dog will be a big hit
 
if This was the WSJ I would get it but this place should be about the amazing products and innovations. Of which there have been few over the past years. It’s amazing how so many here only care about the damn stock price.
 
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Good for Apple. As long as they put Amazon out to pasture it's all good to me.

And Tim still has no clue how to run Apple and I'll be voting against him at this year's shareholder's meeting.
 
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anshuvorty said:
This isn't going to last. I just don't see how Apple will keep growing in the future. All signs point to stagnating growth:
  • mature smartphone industry
  • no new innovative product in the pipeline: the self-driving car project was a bust, AR will rely on gimmicky controls on your iPhone/iPad preventing long use sessions because of how goofy you look when using it. Thus preventing mass adoption.
  • India being Apple's next market to corner is being hard to play with
So overall, I just don't see how Apple can keep posting record profits every 4th quarter as they have been for the last 10 years going forward. Consider me skeptical, but just being honest here from what I can see as an armchair enthusiast analyst.
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[doublepost=1549497238][/doublepost]You may be correct, but I have a different outlook on Apple...personal data. Their strength is in privacy for their customers, Apple does not sell user data. That in and of itself is worth the extra money Apple charges. Think about it...when folks wake up to Facebook (more and more awareness about that every day) and Google (which is probably exponentially worse than Facebook is in monetizing user data)...I want to have full ownership of my data, and if I have to pay a few bucks more to a company that provides that to me, I will pay for it. Anyways I think Apple will be just fine moving forward, in time I think Android will be shunned as more and more people wake up. And, you can get great deals on Apple products, I just picked up a brand new SE directly from Apple for 300 bucks, amazing!
 
itguy06 said:
Good for Apple. As long as they put Amazon out to pasture it's all good to me.

And Tim still has no clue how to run Apple and I'll be voting against him at this year's shareholder's meeting.
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He had overwhelming support last year. How many shares do you own?
 
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snowboarder said:
Why should we care? I care everything they
have created recently has issues and they
want more money for it.
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Certainly not my experience!

I have a few desktop Macs, MBP, two iPhones, iPad, Watch, HomePod. None with issues, all excellent value, and priced right.

EDIT: I still own two cheese grater MacPros that had issues. But that was during a different CEO's leadership.
 
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Apple's up-scaled ARM chips will make them a force to be reckoned with.
 
snowboarder said:
Why should we care? I care everything they
have created recently has issues and they
want more money for it.
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This website cares, as does 9to5mac and AppleInsider ... primarily because the owners of the blog are very obvious Apple shareholders. They used to write more about rumors but more recently they write constantly about features and reviews like the blog were one giant website advertisement for Apple gear. Announcing financial figures, stock prices, Animoji and emoji updates... all pushing positivity to those who hold long positions in the company.
 
Khedron said:
Wait until your nib wears out and you need to pay an extra $20 because Tim removed the spares from the box while bumping the price
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That's not an issue or a product defect. That's just paying for a replacement. You completely ignored the context of their reply.
 
anshuvorty said:
This isn't going to last. I just don't see how Apple will keep growing in the future. All signs point to stagnating growth:
  • mature smartphone industry
  • no new innovative product in the pipeline: the self-driving car project was a bust, AR will rely on gimmicky controls on your iPhone/iPad preventing long use sessions because of how goofy you look when using it. Thus preventing mass adoption.
  • India being Apple's next market to corner is being hard to play with
So overall, I just don't see how Apple can keep posting record profits every 4th quarter as they have been for the last 10 years going forward. Consider me skeptical, but just being honest here from what I can see as an armchair enthusiast analyst.
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As Cook himself has already said the medical and health space is going to. Be very big for Apple.
 
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And that’s all little Timmy and his minions will care about. Forget about making great products or quality software so long as the money is made....
 
Company valuations go up and down. Those that predicted that Apple would fall off a cliff, were obviously mistaken, although it doesn't stop the, "but look at Blackberry", line of thinking.
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Naraxus said:
And that’s all little Timmy and his minions will care about. Forget about making great products or quality software so long as the money is made....
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Right. Apple bulldozed and confounded and then pulled the money out of the poor customers wallets to make $84B last quarter. Exactly because they make great products and quality software.

While one is welcome to point to any bug, there are enough examples in the real world that one could shake their heads over some of the bugs and wonder how that company could be good at anything. Erased files anyone?
 
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