I'll take the rehash over what the other companies are offering...any day of the week. The products run like crap and the new features are half baked.
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Apple Reports Q3 2014 Results: $7.7 Billion Profit on June Quarter Record $37.4 Billion in Revenue [Call Complete]
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I'll take the rehash over what the other companies are offering...any day of the week. The products run like crap and the new features are half baked.
By now everyone knows new stuff is coming in the fall. And everyone knows Apple doesn't disclose much, if anything, on what's in the pipeline. So as much as you think Cook's comment is getting old, so is yours.
Apple's record margins and cash hoard is on world record capex and revenues. This is a social change firm. It happens to be a business that publicly trades. That is incidental.
Oh, and the devices and services are "disruptive". IMHO.
Oh, and the devices and services are "disruptive". IMHO.
I know a lot of people like to rag on how much profit Apple makes but I think this is a good thing for us, it has been these record profits that allowed them to buy P. A. Semi and Intrinsity that helped Apple produce the A series chips for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Apple TV.
It's this money that allowed them to buy the creators of Touch ID and Beats. We haven't yet seen the results of that Beats acquisition in Apple's products but I'm sure their influence will be felt in Apple products soon.
With record profits like this they could buy some really great talent, why license voice technology from Nuance when you could buy the whole company? (Of course Samsung beat them to that acquisition)
It's this money that allowed them to buy the creators of Touch ID and Beats. We haven't yet seen the results of that Beats acquisition in Apple's products but I'm sure their influence will be felt in Apple products soon.
With record profits like this they could buy some really great talent, why license voice technology from Nuance when you could buy the whole company? (Of course Samsung beat them to that acquisition)
You should have stopped at "I wouldn't except him to say any different." Time after time Cook has made similar types of statements about Apple's product line for upcoming years and quarters and it mostly turned out to be bumps. You can't read anything from anything Cook (or any other CEO) says unless he's being specific.
So don't get your expectations too high on that quote. At best maybe we'll see the so-called "iPad Pro" but I really think he just means the usual faster chip, adopt whatever feature was new in last year's iPhone.
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As many have stated, its obvious the reason for the iPad decline is the long purchase cycle. iPhone is every 2 years AND a phone is a necessity product. iPad is probably closer to a 4 year cycle and is more of a luxury item. Makes ya wonder if iPad sales really have peaked or if Apple can do something to turn it around...
I disagree. The iPod name has become stale, outdated, and "old". Maybe back in 2010 with the release of the iPad they could have salvaged the iPod name (as you indicate), but with iPod's consistent and heavy decline I think that utilizing the name for another product (such as the iWatch) would only be confusing and potentially damaging. If they did want to use the iPod name for the iWatch (iPod Wear?) then they would have kept the nano how it was and continue pushing the iPod line in that direction.
I disagree. The iPod name has become stale, outdated, and "old". Maybe back in 2010 with the release of the iPad they could have salvaged the iPod name (as you indicate), but with iPod's consistent and heavy decline I think that utilizing the name for another product (such as the iWatch) would only be confusing and potentially damaging. If they did want to use the iPod name for the iWatch (iPod Wear?) then they would have kept the nano how it was and continue pushing the iPod line in that direction.
By now everyone knows new stuff is coming in the fall. And everyone knows Apple doesn't disclose much, if anything, on what's in the pipeline. So as much as you think Cook's comment is getting old, so is yours.
I hope you are right.
Other than the Mac Pro which had a moments interest and then pretty much vanished of the radar it's just been tweaking products a little in recent years.
We've all been promised exciting stuff this year, so lets hope we see things to justify those words.
You can only keep grinning and saying it for so long before people will say well let's see all this new stuff then.
Let's hope in a just a few months time we are all standing with our mouths wide open and out jaws on the floor, speechless with all this amazing stuff.
With the Money, Talent and people they have we should expect nothing less.
It's pretty much guaranteed we won't see anything until September so why care what Cook says now. I'll care/worry if September comes around and what we get is nothing special.
I think the iPad actually cannibalizes iPod Touch sales. With the iPod Touch at $200-$300, and the iPad Mini 1st gen at $299 (and sometimes on sale for less), the touch has become a tough sell. And if someone wants an iPod for exercising, they generally get a shuffle, which leaves the nano in another kind of tough sell position as much more expensive than a shuffle.
Guess this debunks Samsung's claim that the overall slowing market is the reason for their declining sales. Apple seems to be doing just fine.
I have an iPad 2 and I love it but besides not needing to upgrade any time soon, if I was going to get a second tablet for another family member there are plenty of options that do all the basics as well (and in some cases with better specs such as higher resolution screen) for a lot less money.
Until Apple comes up with a new must have feature for a tablet, it mostly comes down to pricing. $399 for a retina mini with 16 gigs of storage? Come on.
And speaking of storage, time to bump all the iPads and iPhones. $549 for 16 gigs on the 5c, $649 for 16 gigs on the 5s? And $450 for EIGHT gigs on the 4s is insanity. At those prices they all should have at least 32 gigs.
Until Apple comes up with a new must have feature for a tablet, it mostly comes down to pricing. $399 for a retina mini with 16 gigs of storage? Come on.
And speaking of storage, time to bump all the iPads and iPhones. $549 for 16 gigs on the 5c, $649 for 16 gigs on the 5s? And $450 for EIGHT gigs on the 4s is insanity. At those prices they all should have at least 32 gigs.
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Bigger iPad, true multitasking, better keyboard (text selection is horrible, using copy & paste is a mess) - turn the iPad into a great productivity tool and sell it to business. The deal with IBM was probably a step in this direction, but Apple has to improve the iPad and the iOS before it happens,
I guess I care as I listen to what someone who runs a company says, and, perhaps foolishly feel that they are genuine with their public comments, and don't just not deliver.
I really do hope there is more to show.
My worry is that companies generally bring out great things and push hard when they are under pressure and really need to innovate.
My worry is Apple will get,or is just smug thinking all it needs to do it carry on with the yearly polish and that will do for another year.
It makes them money sure.
I hope we see a more dynamic Apple return as it was with innovation when it HAD to "innovate or die"
We've seen companies do this before and it generally ends in tears eventually.
Or stop trying to shove iPads down our throats, thinking it can replace laptops. Instead, introduce new retina bezel free Macbook Airs with all bells and whistels.
I agree that people don't upgrade their iPads often. I think most iPad sales are going to first time iPad owners. For one they don't add enough new features to the iPad to make it worth upgrading every year for most and like someone said above, people have to pay full price for the iPad. There are no subsidies or financing plans on most carriers. The iPhone usually has more new features added each year. I still have a 1st Gen Mini and probably won't buy the newest iPad Mini this year either because it won't be a big enough leap over that one.
Another record? This is getting boring.
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Guess apple has figured out the one thing Samsung can't copy.
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Guess apple has figured out the one thing Samsung can't copy.
Cook said of the 3 iPhone tiers, the 5C had the best YOY growth. Clearly Apple had no clue what it was doing when it created that product.
Hey, maybe they sold 2 more iphone 5c than last year
Everyone who wants an iPad already has one and unlike phones, people don't replace their iPads every year/2 years. More like 3-5yrs.
Many of the iPads i see in households or offices are iPad 2s or 3s
The lengthy iOS support contributes to the behaviour as well. iPad 2 shipped with iOS 4.3 yet it'll get iOS 8.
Hardware is also quite durable as long as you don't violently molest it.
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