 SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
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Re: Prospect of slower iPhone sales punishing Apple's stock my wife had to get a smart phone for work. Her employer stopped supplying them, so she had to get one.
She went with Verizon, and she jumped on the Iphone 4, even though the 5 was out.
Why?
Iphone4 is free with the contract.
Iphone5 would have added two hundred extra bucks to the over all contract, thus driving up the monthly payments.
And that is one reason why I think Iphone5 sales are down, having to compete with previous models that are cheaper So what if the Iphone5 has better hardware/gizmos, for many it's about price.
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London, ON | i could have got a free iPhone4 as well...instead, i paid the $180 for the iPhone5 simply because it will be 2-3 years (at least) until i replace it, so factoring in the monthly cost of the services, $180 is minimal to have something as state of the art as possible to ensure my satisfaction for several years. |
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said by Snakeoil:...
And that is one reason why I think Iphone5 sales are down, having to compete with previous models that are cheaper So what if the Iphone5 has better hardware/gizmos, for many it's about price... Every company offers their products at varying price points...it's smart business. They're not losing out, since many of the people buying the 4 are doing so, mainly because the 4S and the 5 might not be in their budget. As such, either Apple lose the customer to another brand or they make a little bit less.
It's Marketing 101.
It's the same as Coke selling their soda in 64 ounce bottles far more cheaply than when they put it in a 12 ounce can, or when airlines charge a different amount for every seat on the plane.
Let each consumer pay as much as they want for the same basic product.
It's a brilliant move at it maximizes revenue to the seller |
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Pansies.  I bought more on this minor correction. Who knows when it's going to be this low again.
Dollar-cost investing FTW.
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| said by neuronbob:... this minor correction...
Uh..., an almost 30% decline is anything but a minor correction. The 1987 stock market crash »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987) was 22% (albeit in one day) |
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said by Majestik:It's in my Roth IRA. It's was the Roth I was day trading with back then. Less paperwork when day trading in a Roth IRA.
Transferred it to my Schwab Roth IRA two months ago.
All tax free.
Nice
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said by neuronbob:Who knows when it's going to be this low again.
Tonight? Down 10% after hours to $462.64
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| said by Goober:said by neuronbob:Who knows when it's going to be this low again.
Tonight? Down 10% after hours to $462.64 Buy!
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kudos:5 | said by JohnInSJ:said by Goober:said by neuronbob:Who knows when it's going to be this low again.
Tonight? Down 10% after hours to $462.64 Buy! A column on what needs fixing at Apple:
»finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout···336.html
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| Well, I agree with the innovation part... Apple hasn't made anything spectacular since the iPad, and that's coming close to 3 years.
They need a NEW product. Making a "mini" of anything doesn't count. They keep focusing their resources on making the iMac thinner, when it doesn't need to be.
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1 edit | said by HiVolt:Well, I agree with the innovation part... Apple hasn't made anything spectacular since the iPad, and that's coming close to 3 years. They need a NEW product. Making a "mini" of anything doesn't count. They keep focusing their resources on making the iMac thinner, when it doesn't need to be. What are you smoking? I'd like some...
Edit: Couldn't have said it better myself...from Gruber:
said by Daring Fireball :
iPod, iPhone, iPad. That’s the sort of Big New Thing that Lyons — and many others — are talking about. Only Steve Jobs could do those things, Tim Cook can’t. But look at the timeframe: iPod 2001, iPhone 2007, iPad 2010. Even during the era of innovation Lyons is pointing to, Apple spent six years between the first iPod and first iPhone. Again, why is it only Apple that’s expected to invent a time machine?
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| said by BellBoy: Couldn't have said it better myself...from Gruber:
said by Daring Fireball :
Again, why is it only Apple that’s expected to invent a time machine?
If they want to support a $700 per share price, they are expected to innovate at a rate that is, say 35 times better than Microsoft. Or they can innovate more slowly, at a lower share price.
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GooberPremium
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Apple really hasn't invented shit. The questions really should be, when will Apple set the next trend? |
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The big boys are working their stuff
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 AlcoholPremium
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Needs to drop to $430 a share so I can go on a buying spree.
Too bad they won't release a cheaper iphone. AT&T/Verizon won't pay these high margin subsidies for much longer. They're losing money pushing iphone instead of android/windows phone. Each iphone 5 costs AT&T $650.
Most of the iphones sold are 4/4s which is another bad sign for aapl. Verizon said more than half sold were non lte iphones.
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said by BellBoy:said by HiVolt:Well, I agree with the innovation part... Apple hasn't made anything spectacular since the iPad, and that's coming close to 3 years. They need a NEW product. Making a "mini" of anything doesn't count. They keep focusing their resources on making the iMac thinner, when it doesn't need to be. What are you smoking? I'd like some... Edit: Couldn't have said it better myself... from Gruber: said by Daring Fireball :
iPod, iPhone, iPad. That’s the sort of Big New Thing that Lyons — and many others — are talking about. Only Steve Jobs could do those things, Tim Cook can’t. But look at the timeframe: iPod 2001, iPhone 2007, iPad 2010. Even during the era of innovation Lyons is pointing to, Apple spent six years between the first iPod and first iPhone. Again, why is it only Apple that’s expected to invent a time machine?
What's the problem with what I wrote? I said Apple hasn't had a spectacular new product launch since the first gen iPad, which is nearly 3 years ago.
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 Count ZeroObama-Biden 2012Premium
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| said by Count Zero:The mini doesn't count? I think every iPhone launch has been spectacular since they've always set new sales records with each launch.
The iPad mini is not a true new product, it's just a smaller version of the full sized iPad.
Yes the iPhone launches always set records, but the products themselves are not new or revolutionary as they once were... The competition caught up and are producting spectacular hardware themselves.
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Winston Salem, NC | I've just never liked the feel & finish of the Droid products - they've all felt cheap to me when I pick them up at the AT&T/VZW or Best Buy stores. The UI may have a lot of bells and whistles but nothing that takes my breath away. That being said they are much better phones than the first generations were.
Apple still is selling 50% or more of the smart phones in the US on the two biggest carriers - and probably a fair share on the smaller carriers that have iPhones too... and with T-Mobile about to start selling the iPhone I predict another good year. |
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said by Alcohol:Needs to drop to $430 a share so I can go on a buying spree.
After more research the limit has been set to $445. Will most likely trigger today.
Their sales were lowest since 2009 but i have a feeling they'll do something interesting this year that'll push their market cap near 500B again. They still have $137B in cash.
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