awilliams87

sog35 said:

iAppleOutsider said:

I think the only real reason for Apple stock being undervalued despite the company outperforming in terms of revenue and profit growth is because of the Steve Jobs legacy. People are still waiting for that breakthrough product release (post Steve Jobs oversight) that will sell in droves. I think the fear investors have is that one quarter of negative growth will tank the stock and impact them. A breakthrough product on the other hand puts to rest the fact that things have finally moved after Steve Jobs. I am not saying that products released in the past couple of years are not innovative, however, they have not been disruptive either.

This is Tim Cooks failure than. 

Look at the CEO at Microsoft. He was able to leave the legacy of Mr Gates in the dust.

The fears you mention are the fears of HARDWARE COMPANIES.  Apple is NOT a hardware company.  Do you think investors are worried about Google's hardware sales? Or Amazon's hardware sales? Or Microsoft's hardware sales?  HELL NO.  Because Wall Street does not view Google/Amazon/Microsoft as hardware companies.  But Wall Street and investors view Apple as a hardware company. That is a COMPLETE FAILURE of Tim Cook not being able to convince investors that Apple is much more than a hardware company.

What kind of company is Apple? As far as I know, over 85% of it's actual revenue is hardware related.

ac1234 said:

awilliams87 said:

I'd much rather have a supply chain expert in charge than a business major who good at bullshitting to wall street and the media. Unless I owned APPL shares, then I could not care less about it's price.

Its is not and EITHER OR expectation - the CEO is responsible for both !!!!

That isn't true. The CEO isn't necessarily in charge of the supply chain. Supply chain management involves mathematical and statistical modeling, which Cook, being an engineer, was qualified for. Steve Jobs wasn't.

sog35 said:

awilliams87 said:

Are you a large investor in APPL? Why do you care about the stock price?

I own Apple shares.  And yes I'm pissed off that Tim Cook is such a crappy CEO in communicating with Wall Street.

Cook is great with supply chain details but he SUCKS at articulating Apple's vision.

I'd much rather have a supply chain expert in charge than a business major who good at bullshitting to wall street and the media. Unless I owned APPL shares, then I could not care less about it's price.

sog35 said:

Google stock is up 2% today and pennies away from all time high.

Sucks that Apple has no idea how to please Wall Street.  Google hired a CFO with massive Wall Street experience this year and the stock has exploded since then.  Apple has no one who knows how to please Wall Street and the pathetic stock price shows that.

Right now sans cash Google is worth more than Apple.
That is absolutely PATHETIC.
Apple makes 4x the profits yet is worth less.

Apple needs a new voice for Wall Street.  Either fire Cook and get a CEO who knows how to deal with Wall Street or hire a Wall Street Czar to take over communications with Wall Street.

Why do they need to please wall street?

"Really there should be an external LED readout like other cases, which would do away with having to... swipe down on notifications just to gauge how much life is left."

Disagreed. Might as well put external LED lights directly on your iPhone to view its battery life as well then.

"Apple's other design choices are just bizarre... There's no switch to turn the case off and save reserve power"

So? Why would you save power for a case designed to help your phone itself save as much power as it could? That makes no sense. Power is first drawn from the case to maintain your iPhone's own battery life.

Lets say Apple added the external battery directly into the iPhone 7's design, doubling the battery capacity. Should it also have an option to "save reserve power" by turning off half the battery cells? Do you see how that would make no sense? It's no different than saying your external battery should be turned off.

"The case's flaws might be overlooked except that Apple is charging $99 for a bare-bones product. That's almost criminal when you can get a decent Anker case for $40..."

Does the Anker case have two passive antennas to maintain signal strength, thus preventing your phone from consuming more power than it otherwise would to connect to the nearest cellphone tower?