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iPhone Generated Record-Breaking Share of Profits Last Quarter Despite Continued Sales Decline
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Except when they were colored iMacs. Nobody likes colored, nobody, and I mean nobody!
You better check your maths; based on last quarter results, Apple sold around half oh what you claim per day, all models, globally. Not that it matters, but the Note 7 (one model) sold 2.5 million in approx 3 countries in 2 weeks. Now do your maths on Samsung, all models, globally?
It is silly, because they are analysts reports based on following indicators and takes no account of what companies make off each other, e.g if Samsung didn't make a single phone of their own (obviously they do) given they make numerous phone components (chips, screens, batteries etc.) for everyone else, they would still make a fortune from mobile phones, but of course no one considers this and this is always tagged as their chips business.
Likewise Sony makes lots of camera components for others which is clearly making money from mobile phones, but never considered either.
I have replied the same thing to other haters a few times before. They just want to show their existence and their comments count! I'm glad almost 100% iPhone buyers don't have the same mindshare.
Agreed. And they act like they know what there talking about, when in fact there completely ignorant. It's just a reminder it's Macrumors.
But of course.
There is so much noise in the market. The good CEO knows who to listen to and which noises to filter out. And in this regard, I think Tim Cook has done his job marvellously.
If companies based their product decisions on a small but extremely vocal group of critics who think of nothing but their own specific needs, they would have tanked a long time ago.
There's a reason why I buy Apple products and not run a company responsible for making Apple products.
But this story is about manufactured smartphone sales, not electronic components used in smartphones. Customers buy a product that's more than just a case of parts. And make their decision based on features, performance reliability, support, brand, etc.
Apple under Jobs was about innovation first and profits will follow. Profit first mentality has got many companies in trouble. Unless Jobs was just BSing or you knew him personally he was always about innovation.
Now where is my unicorn.
The customers are paying the prices willingly. Also this is what every business tries to do. Apple is not unique here.
Nice quote. But cynical in today's context. By now everybody knows that Apple isn't innovating anymore. The company still shovels in tons of money, but Apple is no longer the home of meaningful innovation.
Only proves Apple has right pricing strategy. Customer can vote by their wallets.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge had better sales in 2016 than iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 7 Plus. I know it must be hard for you to understand...but sometimes you go to a store to buy the S7 Edge, and they simply tell you..they don't have it. If 100 million of Samsung users decided to skip Galaxy S8 and buy a middle spec Samsung J4 instead, Samsung can have them available in one week
Not far from the truth, more like:
"Get every sucker trapped in our ecosystem and gouge them if they want to stay"
Well.. it was fun but I'm not letting you take advantage of me anymore
BYE APPLE
You mean the public beta tester. I'm glad you are not Tim Cook to show off every pipeline product to public to prove 'Apple so innovative!'.
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I think my numbers are good. The bulk of Apple's 4th quarter sales, ending 9/24 and accounting for roughly 500K iPhones per day, were dominated by previous generation iPhones, sales of which leveled off considerably in that quarter in anticipation of the iPhone 7 release which occurred on 9/16. The iPhone 7 release brought daily numbers up to the higher level to meet customer demand. As I pointed out in my previous post, those numbers will level off after Christmas as demand subsides.
Also worth noting, Apple's guidance for Q1 2017 revenue is $76-78 billion, up substantially from their $46.9 billion from the last quarter. Seems things are looking good.
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So naturally you should also bye Macrumors.comNot far from the truth, more like:
"Get every sucker trapped in our ecosystem and gouge them if they want to stay"
Well.. it was fun but I'm not letting you take advantage of me anymore
BYE APPLE
What kinds of innovations do you think Jobs would have come up with if he was still here today?
Typical hater?
Years down the line you will understand what opposite means and maybe what cult means.
Have you listened to yourself?
and I just ate 2 sandwiches with eggs, olive and chutney + 1.5 biscuit + coffee
Depending on the stories, sometimes I buy Apple to guarantee they won't start a fire from skimping out on parts.