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Quote: Originally Posted by Rogifan I thought the highlight of the event was ResearchKit. Really sad to see bloggers like John Gruber and MG Siegler focus on the gold ?Watch. ResearchKit is Tim Cook basically saying all you people calling Apple…
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Wow! I can see that this model is creating a lot of excitement...
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy I have absolutely no idea. I'm just using history as context. Why would you ask me that? Reitzes has predicted 218 million iPhones for fiscal 2015. 74.5 million for q1... let's be really bullish for q2…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy Those numbers are fucking insane for a March quarter. But I wouldn't be shocked. iPhone 6 demand is still off the charts. How about 39-44 million for the July-Sept quarter? Does that sound right to you?
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfc1138 So a look at a resale site might offer some info: like if Gazelle explicitly said to knock x% off if there's engraving. Frankly I don't recall the question coming up, but maybe it's rare enough they just wait …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I have to assume he's joking because iDevices have had the option for factory engraving since the iPod was king and those seem to be doing fairly well. Is there a big market for iPod resale? (I really d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin The discussion threads are pretty much gossip, anecdotes, speculation, humor, sometimes meaningful conversation. "sometimes meaningful conversation" What??!! Who let that happen??!! When did it occur??!…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp So what is more important to Apple? Selling more product, more revenue, more profit OR increasing market share? It would appear that in Apple’s case market share does not translate to success in terms of sales,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider "Apple has credibility and much more capacity to finance itself than any car producer, but I wouldn't underestimate the ability of the car industry to respond and adapt to the provocation," Fiat Chrysler …
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Quote: Originally Posted by PhilBoogie Kidding aside, the article is fine. But I do get the point on the headline you make. Phil!! What the hell are you doing??!! Anything close to agreeing with me will make your credibility plummet! Har…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lkrupp “Disruptive interloper” I love it! " but I wouldn't underestimate the ability of the car industry to respond and adapt to the provocation," You mean like the music industry and mobile industry “responded a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mike1 Does anybody really click ads (intentionally) that show up in a search result??? Just sayin'. I click on them occasionally... as I would imagine a lot of people do. Once in a blue moon an ad pops up about s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nhughes I have no problem debating the merits of the headline or the story. But using words like "click bait" and "bs" and saying that I should be "ashamed" is just inflammatory. Tone it down, please. It is click…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich At least Google is aware that their business could disappear in short order, thus the panic moves buying into weather balloon based Internet, robotics companies, self-driving cars... These are all wild b…
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Apple has climbed the mountain. From "beleaguered" to "interloper". lol!
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone It doesn't matter. This is Gartner data. It's worthless. There is that.
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Quote: Originally Posted by nhughes "Samsung's share plummeted in face of Apple gains." Apple's gains came in the fourth quarter, and Samsung's share dropped accordingly. Seems pretty clear to me. Well, Amigo, maybe in the land of incompre…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nhughes Samsung's share fell 10% in the fourth quarter, when Apple made its gains with the iPhone 6 launch. It's all spelled out clearly in the story. Oh, bs. The graph and the headline are there for everyone …
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Apple actually lost a tiny fraction of share. Both Samsung and Apple sold more phones but neither, according to the chart provided, increased share.
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Quote: Originally Posted by digitalclips That's always been my though as I assumed he simply implememneted Steve's vision but I got a flaming on AI explaing Ron disagreed with Steve's concept and won out. I never bothered to see if this was t…