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Apple Set to Become First $4 Trillion Company
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I'm not disputing Apple had a problem with butterfly keyboards. (they did offer to fix them, after all). What I'm saying is I (and others here) did not.
If I did, and if Apple wouldn't fix it free, I'd drop Apple stat.
I’ll take it all. It’s too bad apple isn’t falling apart and those who predicted apple will fail were wrong. Even as apple hits 4T people know better than apple.
They offered a fix after several class action lawsuits and the judge demanded them to do so. It took several years and lawsuits for them to admit.
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And still cant correct a mistyped dial number!!! Iphones are the dumbest phones in the market since 5 years ago... and I keep buying them...
You can buy all of the android offerings. I personally, my family, friends etc are staying with apple.
Nothing like apple hitting higher valuation to see some of the interesting reactions.
I'm certainly not new to the brand. 1986 is when I bought a used Mac, and was hooked. I loved it.
Funny thing is, I find the overall experience of owning Apple products today even more amazing than it was in those early days. I can do things now that I couldn't even imagine doing back in the day.
Computing power is exponentially greater, and we have devices today that didn't exist back then. The iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch being but four examples. The ability to have it all work together so well is a big part of what Apple markets and mostly delivers.
That said, I think it's important to acknowledge that the demands placed on hardware and software today are orders of magnitude greater than in the early days. Software is much more complex and has to be much more capable than it was, while being user friendly. Hardware is constantly changing, and the software has to keep up. Making it work well as a system is quite a feat for any company.
As such, I don't expect perfection. Sure, there are those things that Apple does that irritate me, but that's life, isn't it? I'm actually amazed that the whole thing works as well as it does. My personal experience is that the hardware and software both work well, individually and together as system.
As for the valuation, sure, stock buybacks have helped, but imho the real basis of Apple's growth is having a couple of billion mostly happy customers that continue to buy and upgrade their Apple stuff; and more people that like what they're hearing and seeing, and decide to try Apple stuff.
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Pretty interesting you believe people buy apple because it’s the best if the worst. Of course as a shareholder that shouldn’t bother you. You just want people to buy, as do I.
As for lock in. Yes I’m locked in. I’m locked in because I don’t want android (although various flagships have interesting hardware) and the competition in the smartphone market although in the hundreds runs a variation of an operating system I don’t want to use.
I feel sorry for you, your family, friends etc. They miss out on so many innovations and pay too much for yesterday’s tech.
But hey… some like antiques and some like modern 😊
Don’t feel sorry. My portfolio is happy and I’m happy using apple products.
The keyword is “seems”. I’m sure one can find the r&d number if enough financials are reviewed.
I’ll take it all. It’s too bad apple isn’t falling apart and those who predicted apple will fail were wrong. Even as apple hits 4T people know better than apple.
Great. Again the 4T valuation owes as much to the purchasing of their own stock on an industrial scale as it does their wonderful product offering.
The Justice Department will use this as evidence that Apple must be broken up.
You're not going anywhere.
Just imagine where Apple would be if they actually had decent management and worthwhile products.
That sarcasm by the way
That sarcasm by the way
And yet Apple still way overcharges, SSD and RAM upgrades being the largest rip-offs I've ever seen, and then there's the pathetic iCloud storage.
Yet people still defend them, the only reason I see why is that they have shares in the company, because no rational person would defend this.
Yet people still defend them, the only reason I see why is that they have shares in the company, because no rational person would defend this.
Apple has become a financial institution with some phones, Mac’s and iPads a hobby.
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Not as long as Apple keeps making products I enjoy using. Thank you.
I suspect Apples 2 Billion active and repeat customers feel the same.
Somehow the critics fail to see if apple customers weren’t buying the stock wouldn’t be worth a plugged nickel.
As someone pointed out out: we’re in the Timmy era. Grab as much as you can by giving as less as possible. Didn’t Timmy get payed in shares instead of salary?Cheap display cables in increasingly expensive computers?
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Isn’t a stock buyback not a fraudulent action when you know it goes up when buying back?