Apple, Inc. shares reach new peak above $114 after paying investors $2.9 billion in dividends

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  • Reply 41 of 48
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
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    Originally Posted by blazar View Post



    Aapl at 150 would pay for my mcmansion... However the ongoing dividends are attractive. It's hard to know what to do with apple if it were to get to around 150.



    If everyone is wearing and USING their iwatch then that could be a huge growth area among gadget lovers. Also obviously the proportion of folks that buy the "high end" watch versions also matters.



    I watch could end up driving iphone sales all the way through iphone7.



    Do NOT underestimate how good the apple watch will FEEL. The iphone 6 is impressive and smooth/light to the touch which really makes me like it. Ive is no idiot and knows that the tactile nature of the watch is what will make it sell.



    My wife will ping me with that watch all time i bet. She will defintely love to use it. You get the women to love it, and the guys will have no choice but to buy it for themselves too.

     

    Unfortunately I don't think the Apple Watch is going to take off.

    Too expensive and doesn't solve a problem. It'll do okay, but don't see it being an iPhone like revolution.

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  • Reply 42 of 48
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,057member
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    Unfortunately I don't think the Apple Watch is going to take off.

    Too expensive and doesn't solve a problem. It'll do okay, but don't see it being an iPhone like revolution.


    Want a bet? more than 20 million units will be sold. I did say that when the first iPhone came out. Most of us back then bought a phone for $200-$300 at most. Boom, iPhone = $599/$499 8GB/4GB without a keyboard...people screamed and laughed. Then what happened next..you knew.

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  • Reply 43 of 48
    foggyhillfoggyhill Posts: 4,767member
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    According to what I've read recently, if you adjust the price of IBM in the early 70's for inflation, they hit 1.3 trillion back then. Apple would have to almost double to top that … but believe me, its better that way.


     

    At that time, IBM's domination of computing was extraordinary. It was a smaller industry with IBM making half the whole industry, software, hardware, entreprise, government, consulting, etc. they did everything! I doubt that Apple will reach this size unless the whole rest o the industry goes down the tube and Apple is the only one left standing ;-).

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  • Reply 44 of 48
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    Unfortunately I don't think the Apple Watch is going to take off.

    Too expensive and doesn't solve a problem. It'll do okay, but don't see it being an iPhone like revolution.




    Only time and actual sales numbers will tell.

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  • Reply 45 of 48
    satchmo wrote: »
     

    Unfortunately I don't think the Apple Watch is going to take off.
    Too expensive and doesn't solve a problem. It'll do okay, but don't see it being an iPhone like revolution.


    Only time and actual sales numbers will tell.

    But Cook has already said that he's not going to reveal sales numbers, thereby following in the footsteps of Bezos at Amazon.

    MEMO TO TIM COOK: smoke and mirrors is not a good business strategy.
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  • Reply 46 of 48
    satchmosatchmo Posts: 2,699member
    fallenjt wrote: »
    Want a bet? more than 20 million units will be sold. I did say that when the first iPhone came out. Most of us back then bought a phone for $200-$300 at most. Boom, iPhone = $599/$499 8GB/4GB without a keyboard...people screamed and laughed. Then what happened next..you knew.
    Like I said, it'll do okay but primarily due to Apple fans who will eat up anything coming out of Cupertino.

    Everyone has a phone that already tells time and has notifications. Cook and Apple has yet to tell us what problem existing watches had.

    Fitness is a niche market that is already served by various manufacturers.

    Yes, time will tell. And perhaps Apple has some bigger plan that has yet to be revealed. We're still many months away.
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  • Reply 47 of 48
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    But Cook has already said that he's not going to reveal sales numbers, thereby following in the footsteps of Bezos at Amazon.



    MEMO TO TIM COOK: smoke and mirrors is not a good business strategy.



    The sales numbers would be Apple's way of determining whether they have a hit or a flop. I'm not suggesting you or I will have ready access to this secret information.

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  • Reply 48 of 48

    haha Nice one, but the AAPL has a strong financial heath.

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