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Apple Reports Q3 2014 Results: $7.7 Billion Profit on June Quarter Record $37.4 Billion in Revenue [Call Complete]

HobeSoundDarryl said:
So question about that (that I've asked before but never get the answer): if a developer like IBM codes in Swift, they're not coding for any platform other than iOS, right? One can't code in Swift and have a resulting app that will also run on Android and other mobile platforms? Is that right?

Of course, I understand someone with IBMs resources could code something in Swift and then code for other platforms in entirely different languages if they wanted to do so but I'm asking this question about Swift itself… as if a brand new developer wanting to be able to code for more than just iOS should learn Swift or focus on other languages that might offer more code economies across platforms. Anyone know for certain?
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Millions of native apps for iOS have been developed with Objective-C despite the fact that the code doesn't run on Android and other mobile platforms. If anything, Swift makes it much easier to port code to other platforms as it has a cleaner syntax that resembles many popular languages.

All the mobile platforms native development tools are locked to their respective platforms, whether it's iOS, Android or Windows Phone. You can't take native code from a platform and compile it directly as a native app for another platform.

There are intermediary development environments like Unity and others that enable cross-platform apps from a single code base, but those don't provide the same performance and access to system level features that native apps can get, and tend to use unnecessary large amounts of RAM.

So it all depends on the kind of app you want to do and which tradeoffs you're willing to make.
 
Rocketman said:
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The margin is the important news. It will go UP next quarter as Apple introduces higher margin iPhone6 and iTime devices.
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I think, usually, when a new form factor/re-design or new product is introduced GM% goes down (due to higher defects and less efficiency), but revenue goes up.

When there is little change and no new products, GM% goes up (streamlined process, worked out all the kinks in manufacturing, etc), but revenue goes down ("stale" product offering).

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Rogifan said:
It's a long tail product. I never expected it it be a big hit at launch because early adopters want the flagship device. Maybe Apple did get pricing wrong, but it's being adjusted where it needs to be to drive sales. Live and learn.
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You are deflecting. It's not about your initial expectation; it's about Apple's & how they positioned it. You can't say Cook knew what he was doing all along with the iPhone 5C b/c of 3Q growth when Apple said it was disappointed with 1Q sales.

Apple found its footing w/ the product, which is great, but you implied Apple's stragegy was on target from Day One, & that's not true based on Apple's (Tim Cook's) own admission.
 
IJ Reilly said:
Check those numbers and let me know. I know only that quarter after quarter it's always the same for AAPL: anything less than a 10% beat and the markets say ho-hum. Perhaps because Apple is expected to grow earnings and Microsoft isn't?
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There is a reason. It's called a whisper number. Apple is expected to outperform. Microsoft isn't.
 
Dmunjal said:
There is a reason. It's called a whisper number. Apple is expected to outperform. Microsoft isn't.
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The "whisper number" is a bit of an urban legend. In the old days it was based on supposed insider information provided only to a brokerage's top clients, but disseminating information that way is basically illegal now. The "whisper numbers" we hear today are essentially unsourced estimates, so listen them at your own peril.

Earnings estimates by analysts are inherently conservative. Experienced investors know that a company only making the consensus number has, in reality, missed. That's just the game as it is played. I don't know that Microsoft (or any other company) can miss the Street consensus on earnings and still have the stock rise in the short term, at least not on a consistent basis.
 
IJ Reilly said:
The "whisper number" is a bit of an urban legend. In the old days it was based on supposed insider information provided only to a brokerage's top clients, but disseminating information that way is basically illegal now. The "whisper numbers" we hear today are essentially unsourced estimates, so listen them at your own peril.

Earnings estimates by analysts are inherently conservative. Experienced investors know that a company only making the consensus number has, in reality, missed. That's just the game as it is played. I don't know that Microsoft (or any other company) can miss the Street consensus on earnings and still have the stock rise in the short term, at least not on a consistent basis.
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You're right. But there are enough people who believe it that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

http://m.seekingalpha.com/article/2329415?source=ansh
 
I would like to know of the iPod sales what the breakout is between the Touch, Nano, Shuffle, and Classic.
 
Piggie said:
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.
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The iPhone is at the point where they could just release a 5S in updated colors this fall and people would be standing in line for a day to get one. I don't think I have ever seen any company with a product like that.

With that said, however I notice a lot of comments from people on this forum that would like Android to die or Samsung to go down so the iPhone would have no competition, but who would benefit from that? Android and companies like Samsung and LG are the best things that ever happened to phone consumers.
 
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