mcarling

I used to write circuit simulation software for Intel.  I have no doubt that Apple will use this for development of new A10, A11, S2, S3, etc. chip designs.  Daily chip design work is confirmed by simulation, but every month or so one needs to manufacture a small batch of actual silicon to validate the simulations.  Without its own little fab such as this one, Apple would have to send their preliminary (and highly secret) designs to their chip manufacturing partners TSMC and Samsung.  With its own little fab such as this one, Apple can use exactly the same equipment that TSMC and Samsung would use in production to validate their designs while keeping their design secrets (relatively) safe within Apple until they are ready to go into production.

I expect the hundred million or so iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5C, and 5S users who didn't upgrade to the iPhone 6 or 6S because they didn't want a phablet are going to find the iPhone SE very attractive. I intend to order one to replace my iPhone 5S as soon as they are available to order.

The analysts don't know the prices that Apple pay to their suppliers, so 35% gross margin is a wildly speculative guess.

It should simply be prohibited to transport Samsung phones on airplanes, either in the cabin or the baggage compartment.  Period.

Apple radically underestimated how many customers in wealthy countries want 4" iPhones.

It might be worthwhile to switch to Aetna for health insurance.

150 miles is more than enough for a city car, but insufficient for long road trips.  One of these in a two car family would make a lot of sense, but I'm looking forward to getting my Tesla Model 3.

A long overdue move. Good riddance.

Apple should be sponsoring Formula E, not Formula 1.  Formula E is the future, Formula 1 is the past.

Only phablets? No phone-sized phone? I would have thought that Apple had learned their mistake. Many millions of customers evidently want a 4" fully featured iPhone.