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Apple Reports 3Q 2017 Results: $8.7B Profit on $45.4B Revenue, 41M iPhones, iPad Sales Up 28% Over Last Quarter
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I’ve read this post a number of times, but can’t parse it all. What do you mean?
My iPad lets me do certain tasks better than I could on my laptop at work. Please don't presume to speak for me or others like me.
AAPL is always supposed to go down on earnings reports. Didn't you get that memo?
I was answering why Apple should care if people are buying new MBP models and being unhappy enough with them to return or resell. Yes, profit may be initially good for Apple but how many repeat customers will Apple have? Be honest, the current MBP design does sacrifice too much performance for the sake of "thinner".That's the same argument thrown around for the 2016 MBP and yet unit sales and - especially - revenues were up since it was released. And now with the refresh, we're seeing the same.
And I love my 2017 iMac 5K.
Glad you like your iMac.
Ever since Steve died the only thing Craig did was reskin the OS and made it technologically redundant compared to Windows.
Maybe they can afford to develop a modern macOS with modern APIs and proper drivers now. Users are tired and angry of the slow ageing APIs, crippled drivers, and proprietary hardware.
Or maybe forcing macOS users to keep upgrading crippled systems is the only way to keep the stock price high.
Maybe they can afford to develop a modern macOS with modern APIs and proper drivers now. Users are tired and angry of the slow ageing APIs, crippled drivers, and proprietary hardware.
Or maybe forcing macOS users to keep upgrading crippled systems is the only way to keep the stock price high.
Or it could be someone who shorted AAPL, hoping to influence some negative sentiment so they don't have to declare bankruptcy tomorrow at market open.
If you’re going to throw aspersions around it might be good to show some evidence, any evidence(note: my imaginary friends who totally are totally smart, bought a known quantity and then returned because it was exactly what it proclaimed to be is not evidence) that there’s anyway unusual pattern of people being “unhappy with them to return or resell” in any abnormal numbers. I don’t think you have that though. It’s nought more than mental gymnastics.
“Steve died”, “Crippled APIs” and “technically redundant compared to Windows” are enough to reduce your credibility to zero. Take a deep breath and post something about the actual limitations and trade offs of macOS and especially Mac hardware (and I know actually you plenty about them, having read your posts over the last couple of years) and it might be taken seriously but this stuff is ridiculous. Raising The Ghost of Steve, criticizing some of the most elegant and modern APIs (core* against win32, the API that any power Windows apps is written in? Really?) and comparing the s**tshow that is Windows in general is not credible. The Windows/PC platform has some technical niche advantages for sure, why not post rationally about them, and why not in a thread or sub forum that’s actually relevant.
Your post is abusive and ignorant. You're. It only talking to a renowned pro and bench tester but also someone who has been beta tester for Adobe and Apple since the 90s.
We creative professionals and gamers post about these issues a thousand (more than that) times a day across various forums on this site and others. If you missed it, you have no right to insult other people's credibility. Apple has acknowledge that our feelings are universal and unanimous. They promise to address it, but from the look of High Sierra satisfactory results won't be coming soon.
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Not to mention Apple is fudging the numbers or TC is lying. (Well to be fair that wasn't said outright, but that's the net pov on some posts)
Sure they can. I would rather have a much lower tax rate and encourage corporations to bring that money back to the US to re-invest here.
If you re-read my post you’ll see I acknowledge your expertise. I simply asked you to address those points, rather than nonsense post, invoking the ghost of Steve. They help or inform no-one.
It's funny how despite the "Other" category expanding with products Apple 'can't keep up with the demand', that it hasn't really grown significantly in percentage share since the Apple Watch was introduced.
What I mean by re-invest was Apple doing the spending. The Feds need the money like an addict needs heroine.
Apple is a solid stock that consistently performs well. The company has history of making stuff people want to buy.
...and there's still so many stupid financial sites, big ones even, that are always running headlines about how it's about to crash, gonna bottom out, sell now, buy short, etc etc. These financial people are some of the stupidest in any industry.
...and there's still so many stupid financial sites, big ones even, that are always running headlines about how it's about to crash, gonna bottom out, sell now, buy short, etc etc. These financial people are some of the stupidest in any industry.
If by "hasn't grown significantly" you mean "almost doubled since Q1 2015 from 3.6% to 6%" then, yes, that's funny.
Someone always thinks someone is offended because they make a comment. Now go have yourself a candy bar.
Someone always thinks someone is offended because they make a comment. Now go have yourself a candy bar.
Yes, but in your case I actually read your "outrage," It was clear you didn't get OP's pun. I didn't have to think it.
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Yes, right. It's really practical to edit long PDFs on an iPhone. Yes, right drawing a magazine cover like this one on an iPhone is ideal. Sure, people love to go to meetings and take notes on their iPhone.
Your argument is silly and uninformed. iPads use iOS but they are not iPhones. iPads do not have Mac OS but that doesn't mean they don't have overlapping functionality with Macs -- especially with the arrival of iOS 11 with vastly improved multitasking, split screen, and file storage.
If you really looked into it, a lot things the state does is technically illegal. Doesn't stop anything.
The taxes and regulations that affect the entire us manufacturing economy artificially drives up costs and prices out US workers.
Of course we don't want an unregulated industry, but I'm sure there are a lot of smart people in the private sector who can come up with more innovative and intelligent ways of keeping our environment clean as compared to the one size fits all sledgehammer methods of the EPA.
Apple Watch wasn't included in 1st Quarter results from 2015. Apple's fiscal 1st quarter starts in October. The Apple watch wasn't released until the middle of the 3rd Quarter 2015 results (And there wouldn't be a full quarter comparison due to supply constraints until the 4th Quarter 2015). So that's the graph you need to pull, which also conveniently aligns to the current 2017 third quarter reported. If it's still that close, then I'll admit I misremembered.
The numbers you're looking for are:
Q2 2015 2.9%
Q3 2015 5.3%
Q4 2015 5.9%
Q3 2017 6.0%
Those are the quarters before, of, and after Apple Watch launched, as well as the most recent quarter.