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Hopefully they will release a Sonic and Angry Birds crossover game. I think that has potential. With Nintendo seeming to be losing interest in mobile games I think this is a positive for that space. 

I find the rumour rating helpful but I still have my doubts about Kuo. Ming-Chi Kuo seems to start with rumours that are forecast far into the future and then just adjust them over time or advise that a new decision was made that negates the earlier rumour but implies the rumour was still true when the claim was first made. 

I don't think there are any analysists or leakers that could ever maintain a high level of accuracy as they are stuck in a cat and mouse game with Apple who changes approaches to try and throw them off. 

radarthekat said:

DAalseth said:

genovelle said:

DAalseth said:

If you're an Apple user and somebody offers you $10,000, with the the only proviso [that] they'll take away your iPhone and you'll never be able to buy another," he said, "you're not going to take it.

That’s a very silly statement. Most people I know would take it in a heartbeat. Lose the iPhone, that would be unfortunate, but $10k would get me a nice Mac, and other things that would make up the difference. 

If it were that simple they would already own a cheap phone instead. I was offered a position at a company a was returning to and offered a new position for IT they were creating. I had moved on from Windows and happily declined the offer to deal with them everyday. 

The money wasn’t worth my piece of mind. 

I use my iPhone a fair amount, but if it vanished I’d just move a lot of the non-phone functions (music player, game system,) to an iPad Mini, and maybe get a nice digital camera. For me at least, $10k would buy a lot of peace of mind in other areas. for example the ~$7500 we’re going to need to spend on updating all of our old Macs this year. 

I hear you about Windows though. I put in 15 years managing Windows systems, and no thank you they couldn’t pay me enough to go back.

I think you have to assume that Warren is just not sufficiently technical, or simply didn't want to complicate the challenge with additional qualifiers.  I think it's fair to assume the $10k challenge, if actually issued, would be about iOS, not just the iPhone.  You wouldn't have the iPad as a loophole. 

Yes, I think a lot of commenters here are missing the point.  Warren is talking about Apple being a great stock investment because of how sticky the ecosystem is. He probably just simplified it too much by mentioning only the iPhone. It would take a lot to convince me to leave the Apple ecosystem. The same wouldn't be true for any other consumer products in my life like home appliances, car, clothing brands. It would take fare less than $10,000 to get me to change the brand of runners, washing machine or car I was planning to buy next. 

The fact some people here would give up the iPhone only provided they can keep their Mac and access iOS via an iPad just further drives Warrens point home. 

It would be interesting if a survey/research has been conducted on this and if not if it is done in the future.  How much of an incentive would be required to get someone to leave the Apple/Microsoft/Android platforms? How would this compare to other consumer product markets? 

$10,000 wouldn't be enough for me to leave the Apple ecosystem, but I'm sure there would be a point that would push me to ditch it. For some people it would take less than $10,000. Especially if they just use one Apple device like the iPhone but maybe use Windows for their PC. 

I certainly wouldn't be giving up the iPhone/Apple ecosystem for $10,000 but if I had $10,000 to spare, I would be investing it in Apple stock. 

The comments from @geospatial are some of the most insightful I have read in relation to the potential for an Apple Car. Of course we won't know for sure until/if Apple releases something. But this theory makes the most sense to me.