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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan At least you're admitting it's a blatant money grab. Yes, it's a blatant money grab. Also happens to be completely transparent. And it's successful...that's what counts! A commercial transaction betwe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sandor commoncents, it is about value. Why has Apple doubled the value of iCloud storage, but decreased the value of iPhone storage? ie the principle, not the $$ Why? The relative strength of the respecti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon The storage is an absolute joke at this point. And it's not 16GB, it's 12 if you're lucky. Somehow Apple can sell a TV unit for $149 with 32GB but can't sell an iPhone with that much for $649. Would…
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Quote: Originally Posted by techguy911 Yeah it stinks with the 16GB. I reduced my apps down to 3 pages, I have no photos or videos, I reduced media stored in mail and messages, and I still have < 1GB free. Simple solution: BUY THE 64…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pmz Do you really not understand this? The majority of the people that buy the 16 GB model DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH STORAGE IT HAS. Do you have no concept of the consumer market at all? A fraction of buyers even kn…
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"Buying back that much stock is a cheap parlour trick to artificially boost the price in the short term. Once the market corrects and guys like Carl have sold off all their shares then the price goes into free fall. Plus your taking 50B off the tabl…
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You just have to laugh when the numbers for the wild guesses are all so specific, like "36,146" for the first entry. If you're taking wild guesses like this, why not just call it 36,000?
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So let's assume that the U.S. never eliminates this tax on repatriated funds (and if you don't think this is a good assumption, I'd love to hear your rationale). Then what should Apple do, leave the money overseas FOREVER? If they NEVER bring …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Let me get this straight, you want to forego 1% interest added for whatever interest rate Apple gets on loans to buy back shares (subtracted)? Buy backs do not guarantee a higher share price. Again, once C…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer It has everything to do with ICahn's view point. This is just the beginning of Manufacturing investment, within the US from Apple and Carl knows it. Once again, MATH is needed to speak intelligent…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Hogwash. This acquisition brings more value to Apple than Icahn's increased buy back. Did you even read my post? This isn't an either-or situation. No one with half a brain is suggesting Apple skip…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jameskatt2 Tim Cook is kicking Icahn's butt. This is the best way to spend Apple's billions - to spend on the supply and manufacturing chain so that Apple can make even more billions. This is textbook Tim Cook. …
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If you'd like to pay 12% like Romney... ...then do it. Go ahead. Bust your butt for decades and earn the success he has. Then you can do exactly what he is doing. I'm sick and tired of all the people who say that "the rich" don…
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When can I add one for my Nexus tablet or Kindle Fire...HD of course?? And how about the cash register accessories? Do they have those for my tablets? JK. Yet this is just one more of umpteen thousand examples of where iPad is ahead of the c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TBell I do not know if Apple is interested in the market or not, but there are plenty of people who are not interested in Apps. They want to make phone calls, send texts, and read email. You cou…
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Quote: Originally Posted by changeover How is apple not a volume dealer? They sell millions of devices each month. That's pretty volume to me. I can see that people would like to see apple as a luxury brand to make them feel bet…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin It's not? Why not? The iPod nano has a fixed set of "apps" just as the AppleTV. Why couldn't there be a phone with a fixed set of "apps" as well? Sorry, if your head is stuck in the clouds, b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mac_128 If you say so ... I find it interesting that they were able to support retina in the iPad (3G) without a massive size increase from the iPad 2. I've never had any issues with the battery life in …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slicksim Is there not s risk that always selling last years IPhone at a cheeper and cheeper price, dilutes your brand? Would it not be better to make a specific phone for a specific price point (like the iPo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dillio I think the only reason that would make sense for Apple to release a lower-cost anything, is to protect their iOS platform (apps/music/etc.) in which users and developers are invested. But I might be …