Apple falls short of expectations with $7.7B in profit on sales of 35.2M iPhones, 13.3M iPads

gatorguy · July 22, 2014 7:58PM

New tech can be confusing, particularly for those accustomed to other ways of doing things.

gatorguy · July 22, 2014 8:09PM

dasanman69 wrote: »

You're assuming everyone has Win 8. I have a 2 yr old Win 7 PC that runs just fine. I don't see any added benefit in upgrading to 8.

I've budgeted to replace two computers at the office this next month (one in accounting and the other for entering/tracking new orders). Neither will be using Win8.

wizard69 · July 22, 2014 8:34PM

rogifan wrote: »

The interesting thing here is to see what Apple does with iPad especially considering a larger screen iPhone is surely coming. What does Apple need to do to increase iPad sales in a meaningful way?

Well I'm waiting on one to upgrade to. The only reasons I haven't already are the lack of touch ID, no RAM and no flash upgrades. Fact is Apple got greedy with the last update.

One other thing would help too. Include a second USB port and support common drivers especially USB to serial. IPad would be a fantastic platform for field work if it could communicate easily with a variety of hardware. MiFi sucks in this regard, it is a program that does more harm than good.

mpantone · July 22, 2014 9:12PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gatorguy

New tech can be confusing, particularly for those accustomed to other ways of doing things.

Nothing new. It has likely been so since the beginning of time:

thewhitefalcon · July 22, 2014 9:24PM

island hermit wrote: »

Then it will soon be just a niche product if Apple can't find new buyers for the product. Hell, even pc sales were up yoy.

PC sales spiked because of stupid businessess rushing to replace an OS that should have died years ago. Not because people love PC's, or suddenly decided that they hated tablets.

There are also people making the mistake of buying any Android tablet. Google has done more damage to the concept of a tablet than anyone else could dream of doing.

gtr · July 22, 2014 10:17PM

gatorguy wrote: »

New tech can be confusing, particularly for those accustomed to other ways of doing things.

I believe that anybody who claims that a personal computer is easier to use than an iPad probably falls outside the category of the majority of people.

But let's not take my word for it. Let's wait and see what the future holds.

If I'm incorrect then anybody who doesn't make an iPad has nothing to worry about.

island hermit · July 22, 2014 10:23PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon

PC sales spiked because of stupid businessess rushing to replace an OS that should have died years ago. Not because people love PC's, or suddenly decided that they hated tablets.

There are also people making the mistake of buying any Android tablet. Google has done more damage to the concept of a tablet than anyone else could dream of doing.

Let me rephrase that so that it is more obvious that I was staying on topic with the earnings call.

"Hell, even Mac sales were up yoy."

I've never thought a business stupid because it bought Macs.

quadra 610 · July 22, 2014 10:33PM

Not EVERY Apple quarter can be an earth-shattering, game-changing record-breaker.

They've had, and continue to have, more than most.

Perspective, guys.

rogifan · July 22, 2014 10:44PM

sog35 wrote: »

Oh god.

You are calling a product that sells 200 million units a year a niche product?

IMO the slowing growth in tablet sales is directly related to large phones. People are cross shopping tablets with 6 inch phones. For many they rather just buy one device instead of two.

This is okay. You need to sell 3 ipads to make the same profit as one large iPhone. The tablet will continue to go through evolutionary steps and the ipad will lead the way. People need to remember that the iPAd is the quickest growing device 3 years in. I think the iPhone took 5 years to reach the unit sales the iPad reached in 3 years. The slow down is natural and expected. We will grow once again when the new iPads have features that destroy the iPad3 and iPad4. The iPad Air is great but all it really was is a lighter iPad3. Once you can convince iPad 3/4 owners you will see growth again.

In what universe does iPad sell 200M units a year? I think life to date iPad has sold ~220M units.

rogifan · July 22, 2014 10:46PM

[quote name="Quadra 610" url="/t/181515/apple-falls-short-of-expectations-with-7-7b-in
-profit-on-sales-of-35-2m-iphones-13-3m-ipads/120#post_2567964"]Not EVERY Apple quarter can be an earth-shattering, game-changing record-breaker.

They've had, and continue to have, more than most.

Perspective, guys.
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It's amazing how a company can post $7.7 BILLION in profits in ONE QUARTER and it's considered "meh".

cali · July 22, 2014 11:40PM

herbapou wrote: »

My father still being very satisfied with its ipad 2 says ot all. Upgrade cycle is very long.

the "problem" with Apple is their products last forever.

I come from gaming blogs and this used to screw Nintendos numbers. Nintendos products last long so people would buy ONCE. sony on the other hand had crazy sales. but everyone who owned one was on their 2nd, 3rd or even 4th replacement console because they would break.

My niece had a cheap android and it broke within 3 months. she just got a new one today. so androids market share is up by 1, even though it's the same person.

am I making sense here?

so basically one person can have 5 android tablets with 4 in the trash. while another person can have ONE iPad for 3 years. making market share 4 to 1.

jgrayapple · July 22, 2014 11:41PM

Apple Insider is a Rumor & Blog site. Lets be reminded that they have no idea of how the market works. They obviously made a huge mistake in this article, but again, they are a rumor site. I read them daily, as I was really let down by the falseness of this article, but I have to remember that they know no better.

When it comes to real info, tune into the following:

CNBC
Marketwatch
USATODAY
ABCNews
NBCNews
CNNMoney
Barrons
CBSTech
TechCrunch
TheRegister
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FOXNews
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CNBC WORLDWIDE
BBC
BBC INTERNATIONAL
BPR
RUETERS
NY TIMES
WALL ST JOURNAL

and many others. maybe the editor fell asleep on this one, hope they issue the correction tomorrow.

jgrayapple · July 22, 2014 11:43PM

Apple Insider is a Rumor & Blog site. Lets be reminded that they have no idea of how the market works. They obviously made a huge mistake in this article, but again, they are a rumor site. I read them daily, as I was really let down by the falseness of this article, but I have to remember that they know no better.

When it comes to real info, tune into the following: