There is far more vituperation and "crazy rhetoric" in the so-called professional punditry and finacial analyses (The Street comes to mind immediately) than Mr. Zaky has offered in that article. I understand that you may disagree with him, but present a coherent argument, not diatribe.
I don't disagree with him - what he stated, as has already been pointed out on this thread, was both self evident and totally meaningless. What I posted was also not a diatribe.
Zaky does fine (great) with the financials. He just shouldn't be writing prose. It's crap. As an educated person it was painful to read. Here's an example of why:
Quote:
Steve Jobs and Co. will surpass its archenemies in Revenue this year.
Apple has closed the revenue gap on Microsoft (MSFT),
Apple will actually post more revenue than its rival in the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years.
Apple will have surpassed Microsoft in revenue for the first time in the company?s recent history
Apple looks to surpass Microsoft?s quarterly revenue for the first time in recent history
And even if Apple doesn?t beat Microsoft in sales this quarter
Apple to generate approximately $18 billion in revenue compared to a projected $15.16 billion expected out of Microsoft
conservative analyst estimates already put Apple ahead of Microsoft by nearly $3 billion next quarter
My estimates put Apple ahead by $3.8 billion as I expect Apple to record nearly $18.9 billion in revenue.
Apple will likely far surpass Microsoft in revenue for the entire 2010 and 2011 fiscal year
Apple to record $81.6 billion in revenue in 2011 ? that?s about $11.6 billion above the $70 billion I?m expecting out of Microsoft.
new age where Apple will regularly post higher revenue than Microsoft going forward.
Apple will be surpassing Microsoft in revenue in the near future
Apple will soon not only record more revenue than Microsoft, but will earn more in net income
the only way Apple can beat Microsoft in earnings is by simply outpacing it in sales
Now, maybe you need that much repetition, but I don't.
I think a lot of the anger stems from the perception that Apple got "screwed" by Microsoft in the late 80s/90s and its payback time now.
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Originally Posted by UltimateFlank
\ There is one thing about technology that disappoints me: That is tech-users' inability to get along, see eye to eye, or generally agree about much of anything. Every company has innovations, and every company has mistakes. It's the classic battle of the fanboys, but it NEVER ENDS.... I love Apple. There's never been such a centralized, clean integration of new technology into the mainstream. This is what pushes the boundaries of our lifestyle. Yet I own a Mac and a PC. People are so caught up in opinions that they don't WANT progress unless it's from their company of choice. Every big company has to contribute for things to advance smoothly, or we'll get stuck in a nasty loop.
Financials are fun but they're only part of the big picture.
Building hardware products also allows Apple to make the profit from the hardware as well as the software though. For example with the iPhone, Apple makes (gross) around $600 per phone. MS on its best day will only be making $15-$20 per software license on each Windows Mobile phone it sells. The only way MS's business model works is to get itself into a monopoly position. I don't see that happening for phones, "slates," and other mobile devices the way it worked for PC's.
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Originally Posted by shawnb
Comparing gross revenues of AAPL and MSFT is irrelevant. No two companies are exactly alike, and yes there are ways to compare two dissimilar companies.
While it is not "inappropriate" to compare a predominantly hardware-focused company with a predominantly software-focused company, it is inappropriate to tout gross revenues (as if it means something) while dismissing this fundamental difference.
In the end, a "fundamental comparison" would recognize that MSFT *can* "push more of its revenue to the bottom line" (i.e. profits) because APPL *must* push more of its revenue to the manufacturers that build its physical products.
AAPL will ALWAYS have a higher cost of revenue ratio because they must manufacture hardware. Unless AAPL can significantly grow its software and/or online services divisions, it will take *significantly* more gross revenue than MSFT in order to be more "profitable" than MSFT.
If you choose to ignore this basic concept when comparing these companies, you should reconsider whether participating in the equity markets makes the most sense.
AAPL has done an amazing job over the years, but using revenues as a measure for "full supremacy" and "dominance" seems like desperate Apple-vs-Microsoft fanboy fare. Both Dell and HP have much higher revenues than AAPL, so what does that mean?
"Crowning the supreme leader of the tech sector as a whole" when you've already arbitrarily narrowed down the list of candidates to the "two tech giants" AAPL and MSFT will certainly take a masterful combination of cherry-picked facts with convoluted, imbred logic.
He just shouldn't be writing prose. It's crap. As an educated person it was painful to read.
With respect, I disagree. You said:
"Really? THAT in response to the suggestion that Apple and Microsoft are not similar companies operationally? Talk about drinking the Kool Aid. This guy is in love."
That reads a bit "diatribish" to me.
As for the quality of his prose? I might agree if this were literature. I find his style suitably serviceable for its purpose. To take him to task for repetition seems carping to me. But, to each his own.
You're probably right. An aborted foetus can be pretty funny. Amiright! *high five*
You might want to reread my earlier post (amended to clarify what birth control means, imho). also fyi, no "o" in fetus( not trying to be picky) .. lastly I can't see the humor in your last post ... just me, I guess.
Zaky does fine (great) with the financials. He just shouldn't be writing prose. It's crap. As an educated person it was painful to read.
Lets see your writing shall we? As an educated person you obvious feel not only entitled and arrogant, but that you have a greater mastery of the english language than those around you. I'm interesting in reading whatever analysis you've published.
It's great to see Apple having its day once again, finally. Way back in 1982 I purchased my first Apple product, an Apple II+. Back then there were literally dozens of personal computers on the market, names the younger crowd have never heard of. I looked and looked and looked at most of them. It was plainly obvious that the Apple II+ stood head and shoulders above the rest in quality, features and design. It was also significantly more expensive. I thought long and hard and decided to pay my very first so-called Apple tax. I have never regretted that decision. Not once!
For those who weren't even born then the Apple II+ was headless and shipped with 48 kilobytes of ram. It was a one piece design with an integrated keyboard. The price for this beauty was $1295.00. You used a standard television as a monitor and a cassette tape player to input programs. When the Disk II arrived it was $695.00 for a storage capacity of 150 kilobytes on a single sided 5.25 inch floppy diskette.
To this day I believe Apple products to be superior to anything else on the market.
Same here. I worked for an educational publishing company that was getting involved in software development. We had the Radio Shack TRS-80 model 1, the Commodore 8032/4032/8064/4064 (40 or 80 column display, 32 or 64K of memory) and finally, the Apple II. When the Apple II came in, it seemed obvious that the Apple was the far better machine, even though the Commodore had some features (80 columns, more built-in memory) that Apple didn't have. Apple's ease of use, ease of adding interface cards and documentation were all far superior although their DOS used different commands than everyone else. (Catalog instead of Directory, etc.) I learned Basic from Apple's user guides.
The TRS-80 was a piece of junk. The keyboard had "keyboard bounce" - when you typed, it would inevitably record the keystroke multiple times, so you got "aaa" instead of "a". The Commodores were built relatively well, but when they came out with the Commodore 64 for the consumer market a few years later, the quality had gone downhill. It was a very popular home machine, but they were like the umbrellas you buy from 99 cent stores - you look at them and they break. I remember we had a room where we would pile the broken Commodore 64s against the wall. There must have been fifty of them.
Apple took the lead in creative software early on. One of Apple's earliest programs, a graphics program, was written by the musician Todd Rundgren. And Apple had "evangelists" - people responsible for getting you to produce software for the machines. No one from Tandy or Commodore ever came to see us, but people from Apple came all the time and in those days, if you joined the developer program, you got hardware at 50% off. When the IBM PC came out in late 1981, we added that, but it was never a big seller in K-12 schools because it was so expensive. The original model with perhaps 64K of memory (it might have been only 48K), 2 floppy drives and a 16 color monitor that supported both upper and lower case characters was about $5000 ($12,000 in 2010 dollars!)
A lot of people who constantly complain simply don't realize how much progress we've made. I only regret that Apple can't find a way to manufacture in the U.S. and keep those jobs here.
I think you mean touched, as in touched in the head!
At least we know why there was no iPhone 4 recall. Steve Mobs doesn't want to be second banana to monkey boy so we have to keep the numbers up.
Too bad these figures don't include the iPhone 4 and iPad return rates. No one will ever see those. Apple wouldn't want freak out the fanboi community by reveiling how many people return the iPhone 4 that can't hold a call and the flashless iPad that can't render 75 percent of the Internet.
We must be drinking some columbian kool aid to believe Apple is beating Microsoft at anything.
Personally, I would like to see the iPhone return rates - just out of curiousity. I don't have one, but my boyfriend does, and his might drop one bar at the most with the "antenna issue," but we live in an urban area with a relatively strong signal. (And no, he is not using a case).
As far as the iPad goes, I don't know what you're smoking where it doesn't render "75 percent" of the internet. That's just ridiculous. I've had mine since launch day, and use it every day, and there have been a total of maybe 10 times where I haven't been able to load something because it was Flash-based. Granted, it varies a lot person-to-person based on what you browse, but 75%? Hardly.
Lets see your writing shall we? As an educated person you obvious feel not only entitled and arrogant, but that you have a greater mastery of the english language than those around you. I'm interesting in reading whatever analysis you've published.
Feel free. There are 1000+ unedited posts by me here. None of them are written at a 9th grade level like your writing. Some were written at a second grade level but that's a whole other question.
But you're using a straw man here - this is not about my writing, it's about yours. You are the one writing an article, the rest of us are just forum posters. And unfortunately, while we get all these articles for free, yours was considerably closer to that in value than most here on AI. You put a lot of words on the page, but nothing of any value. Stick to estimating earnings, that you're clearly good at.
That's not what my readers think. This particular article has garnered my largest audience. It makes for a good story. You miss this point entirely. You also seem to miss the fact that I mention that I'll be taking up the issue of fundamental analysis in future articles. Moreover, you grossly underestimate the importance of revenue as a factor. its a big factor. For while a company, like Microsoft, may have high gross margins, another company can over take it in net profit and growth by posting far more revenue. Just let go of the banana man.
Cool, glad we agree that this article was intended for fan entertainment and lacks any serious analytical merit.
You missed my point... I agree that revenue is ONE important factor, but when comparing dissimilar companies it lacks meaning unless you consider the many OTHER factors. Comparing revenue a dozen times and throwing in hyperbole about "dominance", "supremacy", "supreme leader", etc does not make it any more significant. Well, unless you're a fan and are still holding on to that "Microsoft must lose" banana that Jobs publicly addressed back in '97.
Feel free. There are 1000+ unedited posts by me here. None of them are written at a 9th grade level like your writing. Some were written at a second grade level but that's a whole other question.
But you're using a straw man here - this is not about my writing, it's about yours. You are the one writing an article, the rest of us are just forum posters. And unfortunately, while we get all these articles for free, yours was considerably closer to that in value than most here on AI. You put a lot of words on the page, but nothing of any value. Stick to estimating earnings, that you're clearly good at.
Yup you nailed it perfectly. I'm writing at a 9th grade level which incidentally lead to my acceptance into several Top 10 law schools. But hey - who are they to judge when we have Cameron, an educated man.
I think you mean touched, as in touched in the head!
At least we know why there was no iPhone 4 recall. Steve Mobs doesn't want to be second banana to monkey boy so we have to keep the numbers up.
Too bad these figures don't include the iPhone 4 and iPad return rates. No one will ever see those. Apple wouldn't want freak out the fanboi community by reveiling how many people return the iPhone 4 that can't hold a call and the flashless iPad that can't render 75 percent of the Internet.
We must be drinking some columbian kool aid to believe Apple is beating Microsoft at anything.
THEN, WHY NOT RECALL FOR ALL THE i-Phone-FAKE SHABBY ANDROID PHONES OR NOKIA, BLACKBERRY, etc. etc.？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？
>Too bad these figures don't include the iPhone 4 and iPad return rates
IDIOT, LISTEN AND WAKE UP THOSE TROLLS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE TINY WORLD OF Ya OWN！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
I'M DROPPING THE LINES FROM JAPAN WHERE EVEN " 1 CASE " OF COMPLAINT OF ANTENNA DEFECT HAS YET BEEN REPORTED AT ALL TO DATE！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
i-Phone 4's ANTENNA PROBLEM ARE ALL " YOUR AMRICA'S VILLAIN'S FABRICATION！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
THERE IS " A CAIN " WHO TACTED AND MASTERMIND THE PLOT BEHIND THE SCENES！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
AND JAPAN IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY TO SAY " SO "！！！！！！！
＞ its alleged antenna problems were just ?a storm in a tea cup.?
In response to India Real Time?s post on whether Indian consumers were ready for the iPhone 4, where tech blogger Amit Agarwal said the reception problem might deter buyers, BUT
IRT reader ?Paul? commented, ?In Germany where I live and work, there has been no issue!?
Bloomberg
Apple iPhone 4?s alleged reception problem has not deterred its fans, who still swear by it.Varun Krishnan, chief blogger of Indian mobile blog FoneArena, who e-mailed IRT after he read the earlier post, said that the antenna problem was ?being blown out of proportion.?
Mr. Krishnan asked a friend in the U.K. to get him an unlocked iPhone 4 and has been using it for the past two weeks.
?The first thing I tried when I received the phone was to hold it at the antenna and there was no problem whatsoever ? I even managed to get a download speed of 1mbps on it,? he told IRT.
OR RETARDED ANTI-Apple-NAYSAYERS HERE FINGERPOINTING i-Phone 4's ANTENNA DEFECT WANT TO INSIST,
" Apple MUST HAVE SHIPPED ANOTHER VERSION OF " ANTENNAGATE FREE " i-Phone 4 TO FOUR COUNTRIES ( FRANCE, JAPAN, GB, GERMANY )" OTHER THAN U.S.？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？
Yup you nailed it perfectly. I'm writing at a 9th grade level which incidentally lead to my acceptance into several Top 10 law schools. But hey - who are they to judge when we have Cameron, an educated man.
All this credential chest thumping reflects badly on both of you. Andy, you have no reason to be defensive. Cameron, your whole line of attack just seems gratuitous. You are both bright guys and should be above this kind of thing. Why don't you both just let it go.
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I have a real job at a real bank where i get paid to analyze companies, i don't need to freelance on apple fanboy sites.
There is far more vituperation and "crazy rhetoric" in the so-called professional punditry and finacial analyses (The Street comes to mind immediately) than Mr. Zaky has offered in that article. I understand that you may disagree with him, but present a coherent argument, not diatribe.
I don't disagree with him - what he stated, as has already been pointed out on this thread, was both self evident and totally meaningless. What I posted was also not a diatribe.
Zaky does fine (great) with the financials. He just shouldn't be writing prose. It's crap. As an educated person it was painful to read. Here's an example of why:
Steve Jobs and Co. will surpass its archenemies in Revenue this year.
Apple has closed the revenue gap on Microsoft (MSFT),
Apple will actually post more revenue than its rival in the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years.
Apple will have surpassed Microsoft in revenue for the first time in the company?s recent history
Apple looks to surpass Microsoft?s quarterly revenue for the first time in recent history
And even if Apple doesn?t beat Microsoft in sales this quarter
Apple to generate approximately $18 billion in revenue compared to a projected $15.16 billion expected out of Microsoft
conservative analyst estimates already put Apple ahead of Microsoft by nearly $3 billion next quarter
My estimates put Apple ahead by $3.8 billion as I expect Apple to record nearly $18.9 billion in revenue.
Apple will likely far surpass Microsoft in revenue for the entire 2010 and 2011 fiscal year
Apple to record $81.6 billion in revenue in 2011 ? that?s about $11.6 billion above the $70 billion I?m expecting out of Microsoft.
new age where Apple will regularly post higher revenue than Microsoft going forward.
Apple will be surpassing Microsoft in revenue in the near future
Apple will soon not only record more revenue than Microsoft, but will earn more in net income
the only way Apple can beat Microsoft in earnings is by simply outpacing it in sales
Now, maybe you need that much repetition, but I don't.
Financials are fun but they're only part of the big picture.
Comparing gross revenues of AAPL and MSFT is irrelevant. No two companies are exactly alike, and yes there are ways to compare two dissimilar companies.
While it is not "inappropriate" to compare a predominantly hardware-focused company with a predominantly software-focused company, it is inappropriate to tout gross revenues (as if it means something) while dismissing this fundamental difference.
In the end, a "fundamental comparison" would recognize that MSFT *can* "push more of its revenue to the bottom line" (i.e. profits) because APPL *must* push more of its revenue to the manufacturers that build its physical products.
AAPL will ALWAYS have a higher cost of revenue ratio because they must manufacture hardware. Unless AAPL can significantly grow its software and/or online services divisions, it will take *significantly* more gross revenue than MSFT in order to be more "profitable" than MSFT.
If you choose to ignore this basic concept when comparing these companies, you should reconsider whether participating in the equity markets makes the most sense.
AAPL has done an amazing job over the years, but using revenues as a measure for "full supremacy" and "dominance" seems like desperate Apple-vs-Microsoft fanboy fare. Both Dell and HP have much higher revenues than AAPL, so what does that mean?
"Crowning the supreme leader of the tech sector as a whole" when you've already arbitrarily narrowed down the list of candidates to the "two tech giants" AAPL and MSFT will certainly take a masterful combination of cherry-picked facts with convoluted, imbred logic.
What I posted was also not a diatribe.
He just shouldn't be writing prose. It's crap. As an educated person it was painful to read.
With respect, I disagree. You said:
"Really? THAT in response to the suggestion that Apple and Microsoft are not similar companies operationally? Talk about drinking the Kool Aid. This guy is in love."
That reads a bit "diatribish" to me.
As for the quality of his prose? I might agree if this were literature. I find his style suitably serviceable for its purpose. To take him to task for repetition seems carping to me. But, to each his own.
You're probably right. An aborted foetus can be pretty funny. Amiright! *high five*
You might want to reread my earlier post (amended to clarify what birth control means, imho). also fyi, no "o" in fetus( not trying to be picky) .. lastly I can't see the humor in your last post ... just me, I guess.
Zaky does fine (great) with the financials. He just shouldn't be writing prose. It's crap. As an educated person it was painful to read.
Lets see your writing shall we? As an educated person
also fyi, no "o" in fetus.
It's the Queen's English lad. Your lot only have it on loan!
It's great to see Apple having its day once again, finally. Way back in 1982 I purchased my first Apple product, an Apple II+. Back then there were literally dozens of personal computers on the market, names the younger crowd have never heard of. I looked and looked and looked at most of them. It was plainly obvious that the Apple II+ stood head and shoulders above the rest in quality, features and design. It was also significantly more expensive. I thought long and hard and decided to pay my very first so-called Apple tax. I have never regretted that decision. Not once!
For those who weren't even born then the Apple II+ was headless and shipped with 48 kilobytes of ram. It was a one piece design with an integrated keyboard. The price for this beauty was $1295.00. You used a standard television as a monitor and a cassette tape player to input programs. When the Disk II arrived it was $695.00 for a storage capacity of 150 kilobytes on a single sided 5.25 inch floppy diskette.
To this day I believe Apple products to be superior to anything else on the market.
Same here. I worked for an educational publishing company that was getting involved in software development. We had the Radio Shack TRS-80 model 1, the Commodore 8032/4032/8064/4064 (40 or 80 column display, 32 or 64K of memory) and finally, the Apple II. When the Apple II came in, it seemed obvious that the Apple was the far better machine, even though the Commodore had some features (80 columns, more built-in memory) that Apple didn't have. Apple's ease of use, ease of adding interface cards and documentation were all far superior although their DOS used different commands than everyone else. (Catalog instead of Directory, etc.) I learned Basic from Apple's user guides.
The TRS-80 was a piece of junk. The keyboard had "keyboard bounce" - when you typed, it would inevitably record the keystroke multiple times, so you got "aaa" instead of "a". The Commodores were built relatively well, but when they came out with the Commodore 64 for the consumer market a few years later, the quality had gone downhill. It was a very popular home machine, but they were like the umbrellas you buy from 99 cent stores - you look at them and they break. I remember we had a room where we would pile the broken Commodore 64s against the wall. There must have been fifty of them.
Apple took the lead in creative software early on. One of Apple's earliest programs, a graphics program, was written by the musician Todd Rundgren. And Apple had "evangelists" - people responsible for getting you to produce software for the machines. No one from Tandy or Commodore ever came to see us, but people from Apple came all the time and in those days, if you joined the developer program, you got hardware at 50% off. When the IBM PC came out in late 1981, we added that, but it was never a big seller in K-12 schools because it was so expensive. The original model with perhaps 64K of memory (it might have been only 48K), 2 floppy drives and a 16 color monitor that supported both upper and lower case characters was about $5000 ($12,000 in 2010 dollars!)
A lot of people who constantly complain simply don't realize how much progress we've made. I only regret that Apple can't find a way to manufacture in the U.S. and keep those jobs here.
I think you mean touched, as in touched in the head!
At least we know why there was no iPhone 4 recall. Steve Mobs doesn't want to be second banana to monkey boy so we have to keep the numbers up.
Too bad these figures don't include the iPhone 4 and iPad return rates. No one will ever see those. Apple wouldn't want freak out the fanboi community by reveiling how many people return the iPhone 4 that can't hold a call and the flashless iPad that can't render 75 percent of the Internet.
We must be drinking some columbian kool aid to believe Apple is beating Microsoft at anything.
Personally, I would like to see the iPhone return rates - just out of curiousity. I don't have one, but my boyfriend does, and his might drop one bar at the most with the "antenna issue," but we live in an urban area with a relatively strong signal. (And no, he is not using a case).
As far as the iPad goes, I don't know what you're smoking where it doesn't render "75 percent" of the internet. That's just ridiculous. I've had mine since launch day, and use it every day, and there have been a total of maybe 10 times where I haven't been able to load something because it was Flash-based. Granted, it varies a lot person-to-person based on what you browse, but 75%? Hardly.
It's the Queen's English lad. Your lot only have it on loan!
My bad .... if I ever post in England, I'll be sure to do it correctly. lol
Lets see your writing shall we? As an educated person
Feel free. There are 1000+ unedited posts by me here. None of them are written at a 9th grade level like your writing. Some were written at a second grade level but that's a whole other question.
But you're using a straw man here - this is not about my writing, it's about yours. You are the one writing an article, the rest of us are just forum posters. And unfortunately, while we get all these articles for free, yours was considerably closer to that in value than most here on AI. You put a lot of words on the page, but nothing of any value. Stick to estimating earnings, that you're clearly good at.
That's not what my readers think. This particular article has garnered my largest audience. It makes for a good story. You miss this point entirely. You also seem to miss the fact that I mention that I'll be taking up the issue of fundamental analysis in future articles. Moreover, you grossly underestimate the importance of revenue as a factor. its a big factor. For while a company, like Microsoft, may have high gross margins, another company can over take it in net profit and growth by posting far more revenue. Just let go of the banana man.
Cool, glad we agree that this article was intended for fan entertainment and lacks any serious analytical merit.
You missed my point... I agree that revenue is ONE important factor, but when comparing dissimilar companies it lacks meaning unless you consider the many OTHER factors. Comparing revenue a dozen times and throwing in hyperbole about "dominance", "supremacy", "supreme leader", etc does not make it any more significant. Well, unless you're a fan and are still holding on to that "Microsoft must lose" banana that Jobs publicly addressed back in '97.
How much more clear can it be that "Antennagate" is a bug on the windshield of the Apple juggernaut.
Like you, I am 100% certain of this statement. How much more clear can it be?
I have a real job at a real bank where i get paid to analyze companies, i don't need to freelance on apple fanboy sites.
DON'T COME, IN THE FIRST PLACE！！！！！！！！！！！！
I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF THE BANK WHO HIRES YOU AS A " ANALYZER OF COMPANIES "！！！！！！！！！！
IF THEY OBEY TO WHAT YOU RECCOMMEND, IT'S DISASTEROUS, ISN'T IT？？？？？？？
AMEN！
Feel free. There are 1000+ unedited posts by me here. None of them are written at a 9th grade level like your writing. Some were written at a second grade level but that's a whole other question.
But you're using a straw man here - this is not about my writing, it's about yours. You are the one writing an article, the rest of us are just forum posters. And unfortunately, while we get all these articles for free, yours was considerably closer to that in value than most here on AI. You put a lot of words on the page, but nothing of any value. Stick to estimating earnings, that you're clearly good at.
Yup you nailed it perfectly. I'm writing at a 9th grade level which incidentally lead to my acceptance into several Top 10 law schools. But hey - who are they to judge when we have Cameron, an educated man.
I think you mean touched, as in touched in the head!
At least we know why there was no iPhone 4 recall. Steve Mobs doesn't want to be second banana to monkey boy so we have to keep the numbers up.
Too bad these figures don't include the iPhone 4 and iPad return rates. No one will ever see those. Apple wouldn't want freak out the fanboi community by reveiling how many people return the iPhone 4 that can't hold a call and the flashless iPad that can't render 75 percent of the Internet.
We must be drinking some columbian kool aid to believe Apple is beating Microsoft at anything.
THEN, WHY NOT RECALL FOR ALL THE i-Phone-FAKE SHABBY ANDROID PHONES OR NOKIA, BLACKBERRY, etc. etc.？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？
>Too bad these figures don't include the iPhone 4 and iPad return rates
IDIOT, LISTEN AND WAKE UP THOSE TROLLS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE TINY WORLD OF Ya OWN！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
I'M DROPPING THE LINES FROM JAPAN WHERE EVEN " 1 CASE " OF COMPLAINT OF ANTENNA DEFECT HAS YET BEEN REPORTED AT ALL TO DATE！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
i-Phone 4's ANTENNA PROBLEM ARE ALL " YOUR AMRICA'S VILLAIN'S FABRICATION！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
THERE IS " A CAIN " WHO TACTED AND MASTERMIND THE PLOT BEHIND THE SCENES！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
AND JAPAN IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY TO SAY " SO "！！！！！！！
＞ its alleged antenna problems were just ?a storm in a tea cup.?
In response to India Real Time?s post on whether Indian consumers were ready for the iPhone 4, where tech blogger Amit Agarwal said the reception problem might deter buyers, BUT
IRT reader ?Paul? commented, ?In Germany where I live and work, there has been no issue!?
Bloomberg
Apple iPhone 4?s alleged reception problem has not deterred its fans, who still swear by it.Varun Krishnan, chief blogger of Indian mobile blog FoneArena, who e-mailed IRT after he read the earlier post, said that the antenna problem was ?being blown out of proportion.?
Mr. Krishnan asked a friend in the U.K. to get him an unlocked iPhone 4 and has been using it for the past two weeks.
?The first thing I tried when I received the phone was to hold it at the antenna and there was no problem whatsoever ? I even managed to get a download speed of 1mbps on it,? he told IRT.
OR RETARDED ANTI-Apple-NAYSAYERS HERE FINGERPOINTING i-Phone 4's ANTENNA DEFECT WANT TO INSIST,
" Apple MUST HAVE SHIPPED ANOTHER VERSION OF " ANTENNAGATE FREE " i-Phone 4 TO FOUR COUNTRIES ( FRANCE, JAPAN, GB, GERMANY )" OTHER THAN U.S.？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？？
THAT'S " FUNNY ", ISN'T IT, IDIOT！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
Exactly, this is the sort of pitiful thing that comes out for news like this.
Yup you nailed it perfectly. I'm writing at a 9th grade level which incidentally lead to my acceptance into several Top 10 law schools. But hey - who are they to judge when we have Cameron, an educated man.
All this credential chest thumping reflects badly on both of you. Andy, you have no reason to be defensive. Cameron, your whole line of attack just seems gratuitous. You are both bright guys and should be above this kind of thing. Why don't you both just let it go.