Another factor to consider is that Apple iOS products have an "afterlife," courtesy of Gazelle and other companies that re-purchase and sell used units. How big is this market for Android units? Tiny by comparison.
iPads and iPhones...
I would like to see a moratorium on the conspiracy theories that abound on A.I. regarding crooked analysts and stock traders.
AAPL is the largest cap stock in the world. It is selling at a 30% discount to the S & P 500 P/E multiple. ...
Off brand tablets gather dust, as shown by both web search and web purchase metrics (provided by IBM and others).
Samsung is competing with the iP5 using the "give it away" model. Businesses are more keenly interested...
Analysts are ranked and paid according to the accuracy of their calls. To posit that they manipulate or intentionally tank a stock is really B.S.
What is happening on "The Street," now is more of a copycat scenario...
Apple had a full year of nearly 100% adulation from the business press. Now, it is fashionable to dump on the company without the slightest shred of evidence. As an example, this week's iPad Mini launch in China, strictly...
Wow, IDC is able to 'see' the market in 2016! This is just amazing. Oh, I remember that they predicted RIM's demise back in 2008. Hmm, come to think of it, they missed that one. How about Intel and MS sucking wind? Nope, missed...
If this report predicting slowing Mac sales proves to be accurate, it is only a reflection of the broader displacement of desk and laptop computers. AAPL is the big winner in the transition to the tablet and smartphone. It stands to...
The pace of justice is so slow, that infringing companies can use borrowed science, reap huge profits and delay payment of damages for a seemingly indefinite time.
The odious practice of suing based on FRAND patents has also become a...