By the numbers: Apple's ludicrous fourth quarter

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  • Reply 101 of 122
    asciiascii Posts: 5,936member

    You would think other companies would take note and try to make better quality products (instead of always aiming for the lowest price). People don't only care about price, it's just one factor.

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  • Reply 102 of 122
    pfisherpfisher Posts: 758member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ascii View Post

     

    You would think other companies would take note and try to make better quality products (instead of always aiming for the lowest price). People don't only care about price, it's just one factor.




    I think that might be a little simplistic. PC makers do make good quality products, but they also sell the cheap stuff, because there are a lot of people who mainly, or only, buy a PC based on price.

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  • Reply 103 of 122
    foggyhillfoggyhill Posts: 4,767member
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    Originally Posted by cali View Post





    Awesome!



    Since its so damn fast n easy for you look up all companies, add all valuations, remove the highest valued companies one by one until the sum of all companies is below 179B or whatever you go do that!



    Even then you still won't have the SOURCE of this information, which is what I'm looking for.

     

    You could just go to some place like bloomberg or forbes, pay the money (if its behind a paywall) and get the info... ;-). I'm pretty sure they'll go into great detail.

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  • Reply 104 of 122
    joshajosha Posts: 901member
    pdq2 wrote: »
    I had heard this figure too, and didn't believe it either, but that's the way the numbers work out, at least superficially (that includes feature phone sales). Windows sold 10.5m Lumia smartphones and 39.7m non-Lumia phones (Nokia feature phones?) for a total of 50.2m phones.. Total revenue was $2.28b which, divided by 50.2m, gives an ASP of $45.

    This really is a bit of an Apples-to-oranges comparison, but those are the numbers.

    Interesting and not possible.
    It sounds like MS only credits the down payment at time of sale,
    with the remainder of the revenue from the usage charge credited elsewhere.
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  • Reply 105 of 122
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    solipsismy wrote: »
    I wonder anyone has done a list of the best #2's in history. Be it Darth Vader to Emperor Palpatine or Commander Riker to Jean Luc Piccard, who would be the coolest #2 character?

    Kato, or Minute Mouse :lol:
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  • Reply 106 of 122
    jasenj1jasenj1 Posts: 926member

    Drat! I knew I should have picked up some more shares when they were below $110. Oh well, maybe they'll slide/be pushed down near the end of the next quarter. With how wrong the analysts were, there has to be manipulation going on. They can't all be that stupid - can they?

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  • Reply 107 of 122
    Originally Posted by RRRob View Post

    Note the large payload fairing at the top of the rocket in each photo, instead of the comparatively slim Apollo command/service module and abort system rocket tower. Nothing else was ever launched on a Saturn V with that fairing.


     

    So depressing.

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  • Reply 108 of 122
    solipsismysolipsismy Posts: 5,099member
    solipsismy wrote: »
    Way Off Topic: [@]dasanman69[/@], you watch Banshee, right?


    In case others were wondering about the show I mentioned to [@]dasanman69[/@], here are a couple of their fight scenes and the Wikipage of the show.


    Warning: Very Graphic Fight Scenes
    • Protagonist v MMA Figher —
    • Protagonist v Prison Thug — 
    Warning: Very Graphic Fight Scenes
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  • Reply 109 of 122
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    solipsismy wrote: »
    In case others were wondering about the show I mentioned to [@]dasanman69[/@], here are a couple of their fight scenes and the Wikipage of the show

    Damn I forgot how graphic the fight with the albino was.
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  • Reply 110 of 122
    geekmeegeekmee Posts: 653member
    Hopefully there will be lots of thrashing around and gasping for air before the end.

    I think we are witnessing that now... This is their deer-in-headlights poker face.
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  • Reply 111 of 122
    "Ludicrous" isn't really the right word for the headline, though.  It implies foolishness or amusing ridiculousness.  

    Perhaps there was some confusion with the word "luchre"?

    What's wrong with that?

    It is amusingly ridiculous! I like words being used against their normal usage. It's amazing how many words can be used to mean the opposite of their standard interpretation.
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  • Reply 112 of 122
    cali wrote: »
    That last stat in the article.....

    What about it? Does it offend you?
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  • Reply 113 of 122
    bigpics wrote: »
     $179 billion: Apple's cash-on-hand.

    $131.4 billion: The total cost of the Apollo program, adjusted for inflation.

    ..."To the moon, Apple!!"...
    ;)

    God forbid.

    Leave the moonshots to Google.
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  • Reply 114 of 122
    jungmark wrote: »
    brlawyer wrote: »
    Great results - let's just hope that Apple doesn't become a one-trick pony: almost 65% of revenues coming from the iPhone only is, in my view, a worrying sign.

    There he is!

    I only hope his voice reaches the ear of Tim Cook, or Apple will surely fall, like all great empires.
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  • Reply 115 of 122
    solipsismy wrote: »
    dasanman69 wrote: »
    How could you not root for Nola? She's freaking HOT

    1) But Clay Burton is such a great henchman.

    2a) The series Odette's are for short spurts or soon being canceled, like the last season of House MD or that short-lived sitcom with Christian Slater running a computer security firm

    2b) I found it interesting that she changed her surname when she got married despite already having a name for herself in Hollywood. I find that to be an attractive quality, but I'm not sure why. My best guess is an inherent insecurity in me and/or programmed (either nature or nurture) for the woman to adopt the man's last name.

    All women should adopt their husband's surname. Nothing to do with male dominance, but the integrity of the family name.
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  • Reply 116 of 122
    cityguide wrote: »
     
    Why bother with antediluvian transport systems like aircraft carriers?

    Hallelujah to Safari on OS X to help me look up the meaning of antediluvian without having to leave the page!

    Agreed.

    And using Define on iOS is one of its best features, in my opinion.
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  • Reply 117 of 122
    jasenj1 wrote: »
    Drat! I knew I should have picked up some more shares when they were below $110. Oh well, maybe they'll slide/be pushed down near the end of the next quarter. With how wrong the analysts were, there has to be manipulation going on. They can't all be that stupid - can they?

    If you're patient enough, they'll probably collapse in the next recession, which I reckon is due in 2015 or 2016.
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  • Reply 118 of 122
    solipsismysolipsismy Posts: 5,099member
    All women should adopt their husband's surname. Nothing to do with male dominance, but the integrity of the family name.

    Since the only once can know at birth is whether the came from a particular mother, not a father, then why not have the name of all children, and therefore all men who marry women, take the women's name to preserve the integrity of the family name? Oh, that's right. The church sees women as inferior objects whose only purpose is to serve the literal man's wishes. The whole came from Adam's rib, and all. :rolleyes:
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  • Reply 119 of 122
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    All women should adopt their husband's surname. Nothing to do with male dominance, but the integrity of the family name.

    What if her surname has the most integrity? ;)
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  • Reply 120 of 122
    solipsismy wrote: »
    All women should adopt their husband's surname. Nothing to do with male dominance, but the integrity of the family name.

    Since the only once can know at birth is whether the came from a particular mother, not a father, then why not have the name of all children, and therefore all men who marry women, take the women's name to preserve the integrity of the family name? Oh, that's right. The church sees women as inferior objects whose only purpose is to serve the literal man's wishes. The whole came from Adam's rib, and all. :rolleyes:

    I think you're making a bone of contention out of nothing.
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