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Apple's Record 4Q 2015 Results: $11.1 Billion Profit on $51.5 Billion Revenue
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Why should someone who doesn't need a fast drive (business kiosk, etc.) pay more?
You have to plant seeds before you can harvest the crop.
Be positive, you'll do fine holding your AAPL shares right? So don't fret
We've seen this pattern before: "Sales at Apple increased from $800 million to $8 billion under Sculley's management"
Sculley didn't have Jobs' "vision thing" and neither does Cook.
The headline has more to do with including only 16 GB storage on iPhones, I'd guess.
Yes I agree. The iPhone will be replaced by the "Wearble", currently in the form of the Watch.
The iPad and MacBook will eventually come together, and the Wearble will be able to use that display as screen. If people on the go actually need to see something larger than the current watch display and can't rely on Siri to speak it to them, there will likely be flexible panels that slip into the pocket with what I assume will still be government issued IDs.
Tim Cook said Apple's YOY revenue increase of $50B+ is greater than the full year revenue of 90% of Fortune 500 companies. Wow.
Mad Mac Maniac
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Why do you need them to? It encompasses iPod, Apple Watch, accessories, cables, etc....
We expected $53B in sales, $11.2 in profit, $1.97/share, and 48,000,001 iPhones shipped.
We're sorely disappointed.
SELL SELL SELL!
We're sorely disappointed.
SELL SELL SELL!
Mad Mac Maniac
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I can't imagine any of this happening in the foreseeable future (~10 years) and anything beyond that is just a fools errand to speculate.
And yet mobile devices (including iPhones and Kindles, etc.) are just slaughtering PCs in both current unit sales and hours of use by typical consumers.
These numbers are staggering and colossal!
No wonder Apple rules the Tech World!
Wish they do something about investing in America to help lower the alarmingly rising unemployment rate... And take up some key initiatives in poorer countries of Africa & Asia as part of Corporate Social Responsibility! Just saying...
No wonder Apple rules the Tech World!
Wish they do something about investing in America to help lower the alarmingly rising unemployment rate... And take up some key initiatives in poorer countries of Africa & Asia as part of Corporate Social Responsibility! Just saying...
If Apple would just release the freak'n Skylake already, I can contribute to that sum!! What's the hold up???????two months to go! Everybody else has it now and smarty pants Suface4 is bragging about being so much better??? Just get the Skylake laptops and Macpro out their!! Geeeeeeez!!!!
The first three probably wont even make 10% of revenues even if they all took off.
If we're looking at something big that can replace the iPhone, then certainly an Apple Car. But it remains to be seen if it even exists.
It's difficult to replicate the iPhone. You need to find something that will sell in the millions that people need to own...not want to own. An unfortunately, I don't think the Apple Watch is it.
And what % of Google earnings is search? >90%. And no one is complaining.
Stop the nonsense and enjoy the ride.
Because everyone wants to know how the Watch is doing. Looks like Apple's "Other" category grew by 1% since the 3rd quarter earnings report, if the numbers I"m seeing elsewhere are accurate. Went from 5% of the total earnings to 6% of the total earnings, and that has to be driven almost exclusively by the Watch. And that's up 2% year over year, and 1% from the previous quarter. So it looks like the Watch may be responsible for close to a steady 1% quarterly growth of the "Other" category, so theoretically 4% growth by March?
But keep in mind the Other category included a major iPod Touch release which likely led to a huge spike by anyone who's been holding out for a new one. It also includes the TV which got a huge spike from the price drop. It also includes Apple Music which would have had 6 million subscribers pay up during this quarter, as well as ap store downloads, MP3s and everything else. So there's a lot of other things to dilute the watch.
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The difference between Scully and Cook isn't with gross sales increases, but in the net profit and (currently massively positive) cash flow numbers.
Over 200B in the bank. Almost a quarter of a trillion dollars. Just let that sink in for a second.
The first is expanding, it will be in most developed by the end of next year or the year after. This will be long before iPhone sales stagnate.
The 2nd is actually doing pretty well, not bad for a service that's only just launched.
The 3rd is just about to release it's next version, it is clearly becoming more than just a hobby.
The 4th, well I'm still not convinced that it exists.