what the heck you talking about? it is the most stable ecosystem and most worryfree electronic device ever. As the OS and other Apple apps matures it truly adds joy to everyday life...
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iPhone Generated Record-Breaking Share of Profits Last Quarter Despite Continued Sales Decline
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But I thought Tim Cook was doomed as Apple CEO? Seems like he might be doing an ok job after all.
No one ever said he was doing wrong profit related. Sure bean counters are happy. Customer on the other hand, not so much.
Well...let's see. Over priced Macs that are years old selling for full price. Yup that will increase margins. Making everything super thin but sell at same price or more. Yup that will increase margins. Building a machine to remove and reuse screws...yup that too. Fire executives and teams. Yup. Move operations to India called R&D centers...yup. Also explains new MacBook Pro. And keep your cash stashed overseas. That is the new way of making money at Apple.
Let's see how long it lasts. That new campus will have a for lease sign out front soon.
Let's see how long it lasts. That new campus will have a for lease sign out front soon.
Well, at least they are not claiming that they garnered over 100% of the available profit as the last MacRumors report on this subject claimed! After that one though, one has to wonder what the source of this one is too. Is this number real or did they just have the guile to pick a value that wasn't manifest nonsense?
I guess that's what happens when you crank up the price of your phones: you sell less but make more money. That is, until everyone starts to get ticked off and move on. I swear, it's Apple's goal to steer away their most loyal customers...
I think it's great that Apple Inc. is a profitable telephone company.
R.I.P. Apple Computer, Inc.
R.I.P. Apple Computer, Inc.
Huh? You're bouncing around all over the place stirring up a big bowl of buh-blah and making zero sense.
Maybe you could actually speak to the story about iPhone capturing 91% of the available profits in the world-wide smartphone market. And leaving 9% left for all other companies combined.
Hmmm... How the heck did that happen? Oh yeah, that's right... Apple manufacturing, selling, and delivering 800,000 iPhones every day. A product people want to own and are willing to spend a lot of money to buy.
Turn into a fashion... brand?
Where have you been for all these years? Apple has always been a premium fashion brand in the computer business. Just the fact the first iPod buds were white was setting a fashion statement. Did you not notice those Apple car stickers which came with every new product?
Yes I like and enjoy using and owning Apple computers, phones and watch, but to say they were never a "fashion" statement means someone had their head in the sand.
(Currently 12" rMB, 13" 2016 MBP TB, 2016 Watch 2, iPhone 6 and 2 Minis, Apple TV, wife 2010 MBP...)
I wonder how many/percentage of Toyota Prius owners are also Apple iPhone owners?
But I thought Tim Cook was doomed as Apple CEO? Seems like he might be doing an ok job after all.
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Yes... when people stop buying iPhones... Apple will die.
Or will they?
Let's not forget that some of Apple's other businesses could be Fortune 500 companies on their own.
But let's look at the iPhone. Apple is currently selling 500,000 iPhones every day. Just stop and think about that for a sec... half-a-million units every day.
It'll be a long time before Apple is selling ZERO iPhones every day.
Honestly... I see the hundred other smartphone manufacturers dying before Apple does.
In the time it took me to type this comment... Apple sold 400 iPhones.
And as you read this comment... Apple sold 200 more.
This is just hilarious. This proves if companies just give phones away, then yeah people are going to take a $100 or $200 smartphone from them. Even if these smartphones don't work, aren't safe or up to snuff, people just don't care. This shows that people that care about having security taken care of (by Apple) in a world with thousands of threats still will secure themselves.
I mean yeah don't get me wrong there are some of us out there who could buy android phone and take care of all the security and work you have to do to make it just as good AND if not BETTER than an iPhone. But out of 80%+ of that marketshare that android has, there are only a handful of "techies" are in that do that...
Look at that latest Android threat where over 100,000 phones were calling back to China? wtf? From the built software. It's crazy, that's just one among MANY.
Oh well...
I mean yeah don't get me wrong there are some of us out there who could buy android phone and take care of all the security and work you have to do to make it just as good AND if not BETTER than an iPhone. But out of 80%+ of that marketshare that android has, there are only a handful of "techies" are in that do that...
Look at that latest Android threat where over 100,000 phones were calling back to China? wtf? From the built software. It's crazy, that's just one among MANY.
Oh well...
What flavour of Kool-Aid is your favourite?
Seems there are just far better uses of your time. When it's all over, have fun telling your grand kids how you spent a lot of time complaining about things on the internet.
The biggest reason not to buy an Apple product today is the price, this is especially true with the new Mac Book Pros.
I'm not sure this strategy - keeping the price high or increasing it, when the competition lowers it - will work out well for Apple in the long run. A better strategy may be to lower the price somewhat, increase the market share and strengthen the platform. If too few people have Apple hardware, there will be less third party software, which will ultimately hurt the product and what they can make from it.
I think it should be a goal of Apple to increase the market share. If it is dropping, they should consider lowering the price or add more feature i.e. include Airpods in the package.
I'm not sure this strategy - keeping the price high or increasing it, when the competition lowers it - will work out well for Apple in the long run. A better strategy may be to lower the price somewhat, increase the market share and strengthen the platform. If too few people have Apple hardware, there will be less third party software, which will ultimately hurt the product and what they can make from it.
I think it should be a goal of Apple to increase the market share. If it is dropping, they should consider lowering the price or add more feature i.e. include Airpods in the package.
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As opposed to posting in a fanboi echo chamber?
Yeah, being in a cult is MUCH better use of ones time.
How is that Apple Inc. made 9 billion as a company yet 8.5 billion is attributed to iphones?
So services, iTunes, computers, app store etc......is only 500 million profit?
I call BS!
So services, iTunes, computers, app store etc......is only 500 million profit?
I call BS!
You do remember the were broke right? I have had hundreds of Apple products starting 1980 and I can tell you that profit-first is why I am aggressively looking for Apple alternatives - pretty sure most of us are sick of it - and the momentum is already slowing - it will drop off quickly unless they have something big under wraps. I want to continue to be a loyal Apple user but you can only get smacked so many time before you give it up.
The article says the smartphone industry made $9 billion in profit... and Apple made $8.5 billion of that.
