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Anyone paying attention to the new Apple release?
Seriously, what hell is Tim Cook doing?
iPhone 5C selling off contract for $549? How the hell does he expect Apple to grab market share in China at that price?
That finger print sensor better work 100% and even then, it's not that safe. Anyone with crafty kids or roommates should be cautious about using it.
Cnet Forums are full of people saying "It's nice, but I'll keep my [iPhone] 5."
And the stock is down -2.28%.
What Apple should have done is intergrate the iPhone 4 and Mini into a cheaper phone and sell it in China and South East Asia for $199~250. They're never going to take serious market share back from Android (especially Xiomi) unless they can curtail prices. Average incomes in East Asia (with exceptions for Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong) cannot afford to spend materially large percentages of their incomes on phones. Remember, it's pretty much just the US that subsidizes phones.
I was expecting a $300 price point for the 5C to make a significant market shift in Asia. It's basically a 5 with a plastic shell...
Anyone paying attention to the new Apple release?
Seriously, what hell is Tim Cook doing?
iPhone 5C selling off contract for $549? How the hell does he expect Apple to grab market share in China at that price?
That finger print sensor better work 100% and even then, it's not that safe. Anyone with crafty kids or roommates should be cautious about using it.
Cnet Forums are full of people saying "It's nice, but I'll keep my [iPhone] 5."
And the stock is down -2.28%.
What Apple should have done is intergrate the iPhone 4 and Mini into a cheaper phone and sell it in China and South East Asia for $199~250. They're never going to take serious market share back from Android (especially Xiomi) unless they can curtail prices. Average incomes in East Asia (with exceptions for Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong) cannot afford to spend materially large percentages of their incomes on phones. Remember, it's pretty much just the US that subsidizes phones.
Apple will slowly decline. It's inevitable. They simply won't be able to maintain innovative advantage over time, and as they lose the edge they will also lose market share. As they lose market share, stock price may actually begin to reflect the true value of the stock. It won't happen over night by any means, however.
Honestly, I haven't seen anything innovative from Apple in years. Princess Leia said it best, "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." Apple is defending its territory and that's not the move it needs to be making.
Agree. They're playing whack a mole. I think they should have started that MUCH earlier and with a freaking sledge hammer. But now the moles are gigantic and numerous. Who knows though, maybe they have something earth shattering up their sleeve. They still have their iconic image which is pretty good for the near term.
Honestly, I haven't seen anything innovative from Apple in years. Princess Leia said it best, "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." Apple is defending its territory and that's not the move it needs to be making.
Whenever you make more news on an IP suit than you are on your products, your company is on the way to the crapper.
Google's promise to start encrypting the info on the servers themselves to protect the cloud from government intrusion is probably the most noteworthy tech news of late.
Seriously doubt this will stop the NSA. We're living in the era of big brother. At least we know about it now thanks to Snowden.
Probably not but it will slow them down and give businesses at least some false hope of privacy.
Anyone paying
attention to the new Apple release?
Seriously, what hell is Tim Cook doing?
iPhone 5C selling off contract for $549? How the hell does he expect Apple to grab market share in China at that price?
That finger print sensor better work 100% and even then, it's not that safe. Anyone with crafty kids or roommates should be cautious about using it.
Cnet Forums are full of people saying "It's nice, but I'll keep my [iPhone] 5."
And the stock is down -2.28%.
What Apple should have done is intergrate the iPhone 4 and Mini into a cheaper phone and sell it in China and South East Asia for $199~250. They're never going to take serious market share back from Android (especially Xiomi) unless they can curtail prices. Average incomes in East Asia (with exceptions for Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong) cannot afford to spend materially large percentages of their incomes on phones. Remember, it's pretty much just the US that subsidizes phones.
Anyone paying attention to the new Apple release?
Seriously, what hell is Tim Cook doing?
iPhone 5C selling off contract for $549? How the hell does he expect Apple to grab market share in China at that price?
That finger print sensor better work 100% and even then, it's not that safe. Anyone with crafty kids or roommates should be cautious about using it.
Cnet Forums are full of people saying "It's nice, but I'll keep my [iPhone] 5."
And the stock is down -2.28%.
What Apple should have done is intergrate the iPhone 4 and Mini into a cheaper phone and sell it in China and South East Asia for $199~250. They're never going to take serious market share back from Android (especially Xiomi) unless they can curtail prices. Average incomes in East Asia (with exceptions for Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong) cannot afford to spend materially large percentages of their incomes on phones. Remember, it's pretty much just the US that subsidizes phones.
And right when Amazon is threatening to give out free phones.
It's going to marginalize Apple phones to the most devoted and well paid users.
Its that the smart phone market is becoming a commodity rather than a luxury item. Apple doesn't have a business model to defend against that.
Even then $300 is high. Someone wrote up a good article about how Apple got here. They survived on high margin markets and moved to dominate them. But they never focused on the lower margin market share. That was always an afterthought. So now with Android taking the lower cost market share by fist fulls, Apple doesn't quite know how to respond. Nor do they want to cheapen their brand with cheap products. Sure, they moved down into the lower cost music market with the shuffles and nanos, but that ain't the same as the smartphone market where other firms actually compete with good products.
Google is selling the Nexus 4 for $199. I can buy three for the price of a single iPhone 5S.
Even after the China Mobile deal, I can't see Apple taking market share in the market it needs for the future.
Anyone paying attention to the new Apple release?
Seriously, what hell is Tim Cook doing?
iPhone 5C selling off contract for $549? How the hell does he expect Apple to grab market share in China at that price?
That finger print sensor better work 100% and even then, it's not that safe. Anyone with crafty kids or roommates should be cautious about using it.
Cnet Forums are full of people saying "It's nice, but I'll keep my [iPhone] 5."
And the stock is down -2.28%.
What Apple should have done is intergrate the iPhone 4 and Mini into a cheaper phone and sell it in China and South East Asia for $199~250. They're never going to take serious market share back from Android (especially Xiomi) unless they can curtail prices. Average incomes in East Asia (with exceptions for Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong) cannot afford to spend materially large percentages of their incomes on phones. Remember, it's pretty much just the US that subsidizes phones.
Apple is not interested in the low margin market. Never have been. They operate more like Amazon or Costco, short term share price and market valuation is not what they are interested in. They are a technology innovation company. That's what they do and what they are pretty good at. That's what they are concentrating on.
Anyone paying attention to the new Apple release?
Seriously, what hell is Tim Cook doing?
iPhone 5C selling off contract for $549? How the hell does he expect Apple to grab market share in China at that price?
That finger print sensor better work 100% and even then, it's not that safe. Anyone with crafty kids or roommates should be cautious about using it.
Cnet Forums are full of people saying "It's nice, but I'll keep my [iPhone] 5."
And the stock is down -2.28%.
What Apple should have done is intergrate the iPhone 4 and Mini into a cheaper phone and sell it in China and South East Asia for $199~250. They're never going to take serious market share back from Android (especially Xiomi) unless they can curtail prices. Average incomes in East Asia (with exceptions for Singapore, Macau and Hong Kong) cannot afford to spend materially large percentages of their incomes on phones. Remember, it's pretty much just the US that subsidizes phones.
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