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Nintendo may soon go the way of Sega.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy Apple even uses analyst reports as reference in their discussion/explanation of quarterly results. For instance Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer used IDC analyst reports, oft-ridiculed by some forum …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plovell No, this does not make sense. Apple has always reported SALES and not SHIPMENTS. In fact it has occasionally pointed out that other vendors do report shipments, and sometimes inflate them by c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot But not selling fewer, over the whole time period since the iPad mini launch. 3 quarters. I make it around 28% increase in sales. So.... "Yes." So you get to tell me what I am …
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Another consideration: Back in January, Tim Cook suggested that 2012 decline in Mac sales could be a one-time thing. The last two quarters have proven him wrong in part (arguably, Mac sales have stagnated rather than dropping significantly; and ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot You seem to be ignoring the 42 million iPads sold in the previous two quarters. (since the iPad mini launch) Nope.
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Quote: Originally Posted by andrzejls Relic, We have here to many idiots that will argue this point to no end. My question is; does really mater?. Every company will produce reports that will put them in best possible light. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy ... but note that they decline to explain how they arrive at it. It could be no more than a very educated guess. Still it's more than others do. One reason that Apple does more than what othe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KDarling As already noted, the common internet idea that Apple reports only end user sales, is incorrect. They also report a sale the moment a shipment leaves to a retailer. (Interestingly, Samsung report…
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Quote: Originally Posted by IQatEdo Since China started opening up in the 1970s to the involvement in China of foreign manufacturers, doing business there has always been, from a Chinese perspective, about technology transfer. Percept…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac Voyer Seems you didn't read the article. We are not told how many iPhones were sold, just that it is more than this quarter last year. I suspect Google put the breaks on AT&T reporting those huge…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Let's see what happens next quarter. There are a lot of moving parts that are having trouble meshing at this time, plus we're about to see iOS 7 and the next iPhone introduced. Not clear to m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 This is pretty simple really, some of the chips Apple needs are scheduled for September delivery from Intel. So Apple could release products in the September/October time frame allowing for comments…
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Quote: Originally Posted by geekdad You're right the consensus here has always been Apple only reports sales to customers. Not retailers.... There has always been a minority group of us repeatedly explaining that Apple reports sh…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan Cook and Oppenheimer mentioned October but that was in reference to the next time they would be able to disclose things to analysts. In other words, we're not discussing new stuff until the next …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jmbarry The difference with Apple's reporting is that you can see what was sold by taking shipped - in the channel (inventory) Others just report "shipped" and then channels stuffed with inventory. A…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Pendergast Ok, I wasn't sure. Don't have the numbers in front of me. Still, isn't a month's worth of inventory... high? No. It's a reasonably good sign suggesting they are confident of…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Pendergast Huh? Isn't he talking about going into more detail in the Q4 conference call in October? Maybe. But then, how often does he go into product detail during an earnings conferen…
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I was expecting this because it took forever for mine to arrive.
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So Verizon sold more iPhones than AT&T for the first time ever. This is partly due to upgrades for the first wave of Verizon iPhone customers. But will this trend continue?