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Apple's Stock Price Reaches New All-Time High
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To add to this.... It doesn't really matter if they are right or wrong....Market makers/movers will just take any profits from the stocks inflation before it drops (they will be the cause of the drop with high volume selling)....Leaving retail investors holding the bag.... Wash rinse repeat
Really I haven’t noticed any unfrendliness, is it possible you’re being hyperbolic?
Preaching to the choir. For ease of use and reliability, you can't beat a company that makes the OS, the hardware, and tightly integrated apps. And a sea of other apps that have passed inspection in the app store. The Windows/Android market is so fragmented that it's sometimes even hard to know who to call if support is needed.
AI is the new social media fad. Just like social media was hyped to revolutionize everyday life (some better but mostly for the worse) for the average folk so is AI being promoted to do the same. Except it will just be another add-on to the internet like social media, IoT, etc.
People still need hardware devices and stable software (preferences aside) to access the internet and capture special moments and relive them by listening and watching those special moments. Unlike AI it’s helpful in some instances but mainly a distraction (one could say iPhone is a distraction but it’s debatable).
Right. One major reason why I switched to the iPhone about four years ago is OS updates. With Android, you're at the whim and mercy of the device vendor and mobile operator. (I had a Nexus and then a Galaxy.) If your Android is too old for them to invest the time and money to continue supporting, then slowly you lose apps as developers start requiring the new OS for security and other reasons. I don't know if the Android ecosystem has narrowed the gap in this regard.
Yes I always do for mission critical information and even here corrected quickly (not that this forum is unimportant — it helped me choose a MacBook Pro over a desktop earlier this year). I have lectured countless people, including in this forum, about relying only on primary sources and never on secondary sources. This is why the firsthand accounts in the forums are so helpful.
Thanks Joe!
You might, or might not, come away with a different opinion if you take a look at the Apple Intelligence announcement, developer beta, release, and stock peak and crash. Other stocks crashed too like MSFT, so there could be another explanation for the crash.
Are four yearly upgrades enough, considering how rapidly technology evolves these days?
For some users, sure. I would still be using my 11PM if it didn't develop a firmware bug that required me to replace it with a 15PM last year.
That also highlights the hardware aspect: In my experience, Apple batteries have longer service lives. My 11PM was still over 90% after three years. Even my OG iPad still holds a charge like when it was new, although of course there's not much I can use it for these days.
Apple isn't perfect, but overall I'm pretty satisfied.
The takeaway for the individual investor is, ignore the market movers and makers, and your lizard brain. All of them will mislead you into making bad decisions. Your goal is to be an investor, not a trader. Buy, hold, diversify. These are the not-secrets to successful investing. Do this, and you will never be caught holding any bags, except of money.
While you were using that 11 Pro Max, you didn't use an Android phone simultaneously, so you can't really compare the difference, can you?
The biggest takeaway from this thread Is that @Joe Rossignol and I and probably others turned to an AI chatbot and not Google Search to answer @vartanarsen’s question. Exhibit A as to why Apple needs its own AI text chatbot called Apple Intelligence, not just a voice assistant. The default interface of every AI chatbot is text, not voice. It’s still early. All those Meta hires demonstrates how much AI talent Apple already has. I’m sure Apple is also aggressively recruiting.
Don’t forget Uncle Sam will be right by your side demanding some taxes to pay on those bags of money 🤭
Only in the first several months after switching from the Galaxy S8 to the 11PM, until one got an OS upgrade.
How about the announcement of delayed features? I distinctly recall the slide coinciding with the realisation the emperor had no clothes (and I was skeptical from the start that they could turn around Siri that quickly after a decade of inertia).
Still, maybe it was a confluence of factors, or just coincidence.
Maybe Siri and AI aren't really that important to many or most consumers. I'm one of them. I've never used Siri or Bixby when I had a Galaxy S8.
Why not try the newest Oppo, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Redmi, Vivo etc and then share your thoughts on the differences? Or discuss why iPhones are lagging behind?
The problem is that critics have been wrong time and time again as to why they believe Apple will fail. First, it was price. Then specs and software features. Then smart speakers. Folding phones. Now AI. The list goes on.
We really need to start learning to explain Apple’s success, not explain it away every opportunity we get. 🙄
Because I don't feel the need to revisit the Android ecosystem right now. Currently I'm pretty satisfied with the iPhone. If that changes, then I'll see what Android offers.
Same for Windows. I got my first Mac in 1990 and have switched back and forth over the decades. Currently I'm pretty satisfied with Mac hardware and the OS.