Currently It's better to reach the monopoly than selling every year for the same buyers. Furthermore, now Apple has a broad range of tablets that can deal with different suppliers and consumers.
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Currently It's better to reach the monopoly than selling every year for the same buyers. Furthermore, now Apple has a broad range of tablets that can deal with different suppliers and consumers.
yeh dissing the thing hoping the stock will sink, planning to buy it before the mini sales jack it up again, what can we say about thse tired old tactics exceot LOL they still seem to work now and then. gotta love wall street A for effort D for relevance.
My order for the mini would be in already if they were TAKING them at this moment. I don't need retina display to read a book thank you. I want the thing for its convenient size, and as a complement to my regular sized iPad (which I now plan to upgrade from the original).
Thanks for the lesson. I just saw a pretty steady price all day then a "mini-crash", which made it seem like human emotion was driving the price down, which is the reason why i snatched some stock. Was hoping it would just stabilize at the old price..
At least its apple stock. Set it at sell at 625 just to dump it... not smart putting IRA funds at risk.
Which is why Apple continues to grow at a much higher rate than every other PC company.....
Apple makes it simple, yet there's still something for everybody. And instead of releasing new laptops with 0.1 ghz upgrades every few months, Apple adds the industry's best display and takes the desktop all-in-one (that every other company tries to copy already) and makes it thinner and more beautiful.
All while bumping specs like everyone else. Really, computers a couple of years ago do everything the average consumer needs them to do - hence why a tablet with less computing power fits most customers needs (see iPad sales vs. laptop/desktop sales).
Because analysts wildly predict things no company can deliver. If I make 5 million devices and sell ALL of them within a few hours, whats the problem? Analysts wrongly predict I'd sell 8 million and because 5 million < 8 million, investors panic - even though I sold out in A COUPLE HOURS - faster than any mobile device in history.
Again, rumors wrongly pegged Apple to do something the company has never done and take hits on their high profit margins to enter the "bargain" tablet arena. They release a beautiful, premium smaller tablet for $30 more than the expected price (and only $80 more than the competition) and investors panic because it's higher than expected. Nevermind come next quarter earnings Apple will have made billions off these things and investors will be happy.
Don't forget - Apple stock began this year at around $300/share.....even with this latest drop - it's still doubled year over year, an impressive feat, with the Christmas quarter still left to go.
I'll say it: Apple's got their groove back. I didn't think it would move forward as much post-Steve, but the keynote showed they can still impress people.
I am a bit disappointed there was no mention of iTunes. And typing on the mini keyboard must be a bitch. I can pull it off on my ipad 2 just fine.
I am a bit disappointed there was no mention of iTunes. And typing on the mini keyboard must be a bitch. I can pull it off on my ipad 2 just fine.
The whole point of iMac that it is all-in-one: no extra wires and no clutter on your desk. Now we have to buy another wired device for $70. BTW did Apple reduce the iMac price by $70 or this is just a new way to milk consumer?
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Got to love Apple hypocrisy
i bought shares @ $619. Just waiting till thursday to sell for some easy cash
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Seriously, I think it has to either be the same people who go to these things everytime or apple employees.
Years ago, I bought loads of shares at $20, and I'm sure glad my strategy was a long term one. I've not only hung onto them, I've bought more every year thereafter.... looking at the current price I say "Thanks Apple"i bought shares @ $619. Just waiting till thursday to sell for some easy cash
If all these dudes and their rafts of lawyers will stop suing each other and get on with the drawing board to assembly line work, think of the stuff could be on the shelves in two years' time. For less dough, too.
We don't need thin TV's either I guess, but we all love them. So yes, I love this new thinner no optical drive iMac. I can't remember the last time I used the optical drive on my iMac. I even forgot it was there.
Movies on SD card.
While I undestand and you're right, the thing is though the "nicest" of anything is a relative term for almost all of that. You may think that your Ferrari is the nicest car while I might think that my Zonda is the nicest car (yea...I just wished I had anything even close to those cars lol).
I understand having the newest gadget but we are talking about like 6-7 months here. It wasn't like they updated it 3 weeks or even a month after (like some companies do). If they did that then I would say they had an argument. But it was 7 months. More than half a year.
i dont get it. what is the point? a company makes one product and never upgrades it?
is it expensive? that depends. u can buy a suzuki or a ferrari. its entirely up to individuals.
the family sale was funny though
40 each or 100 the entire lot...lol
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i bought shares @ $619. Just waiting till thursday to sell for some easy cash
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Seriously, I think it has to either be the same people who go to these things everytime or apple employees.
thursday? i thought it will fall....
I know Takeo. I'm just bummed about the direction their products seem to be taking. From form factor, to pricing of the devices, to the overly exorbitant prices that the phone companies are charging, just so you can enjoy your device and the prices just keep getting higher and higher. I mentioned this in some other post about a year ago. Even as a millionaire, I wouldn't pay the phone companies, those prices to use the ipad / iphone. It's about principle, ya know?
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Meh . . really doesn't matter. Take a look at the pricing tiers, not to mention the pricing given by phone companies to use these devices. Believe me, I'm an Apple head in the worst way. I'm not some Android agent lol. I have just had enough; it's my opinion. Like I just told another; Even as a millionaire I wouldn't pay those phone companies. On the lowest pricing tier for service, after the fifth month, you have pretty much bought yourself a new ipad. Not to mention the fact that these phone companies always seem to find loopholes and charge you for it . . It's just not worth it to me anymore. Enjoy your products though man.
The new design doesn't really reduce the footprint of the unit. What benefit will anyone get from the extra inch of vertical space the new design frees up?
Plus, if you want/need an ODD, now it actually takes up more space on your desktop.....
What's done is done, not like they're going to go back; I just think some changes for form over function are silly. "Oh, look, we've made it super thin, by leaving out a bulky component."
Why? iMac - all in one, no tower AND monitor to deal with (I don't have a place to put a tower under my desk) - no messy cords (1 power cord is all).
The setup is perfect....and I still don't understand why people are all upset about the decrease in thickness as they still upgraded all the internals to current levels.
Oh - ya that's right, *cry* *cry* about the missing optical drive.....if you need one that bad to rip dvds and such, just buy an extra super drive. What's another $50 when you've spent over $1300...
Otherwise, those of us who have moved into the present (digital downloads with EVERY dvd copy for the last couple of years + software available via download) appreciate that Apple isn't wasting time with outdated tech.....
Too bad I rarely use my iMac or I'd want to upgrade it.....just can't justify it.
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Lol - funny.
I just sold my iPad 3 and my wife's iPad 2. Upgrading to the 4 and will be getting her an iPad mini for Christmas (as well as receiving one hopefully). Really wasn't that big of a deal to me - in fact, it made my whole upgrade plan easier as I was wanting to upgrade to an LTE mini from an LTE 3, but also wanted a 9.7" for more work intensive tasks.
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You mean the Note looks like an iPad