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redhotfuzz said:

Thanks to Google (Android), shameless Chinese hardware copycats are able to freeload off Apple’s innovation and industrial design and price accordingly. Google will continue to destroy American business and individual privacy in the name of targeted ad revenue. Apple needs to unleash its next earthshaking product already. No way they’re spending $15+ billion a year in R&D for smaller iPad bezels. What do you have brewing in those secret labs of yours, Tim? And when the ‘ell will it be ready?

sebastian37 said:

DAalseth said:

Let's mention the elephant in the room. The US-China trade war. A good deal of the projected softness in sales must be related to the tariffs  imposed on goods going back and forth. Increased costs and increased prices for the consumer.

If that was the case iPhones would be more expansive in the US than in Europe not vice versa as iPhones ship directly from chinese factories to Europe or any other place on the planet. The truth is that tariffs on electronics are not even in effect yet and may likely increase prices in the US even further.

foregoneconclusion said:

As the CEO of Goldman Sachs once testified to Congress, if you do business with Goldman you need to be savvy enough to know when the company is deliberately misleading you about investments.

samno said:

AAPL should just take advantage of this and buy back more shares. While analysts will keep chasing iPhone numbers

lenn said:

Unfortunately Apple under Cook is way too greedy for that. The iPhone has convinced them that people are more than willing to pay crazy high prices for an Apple product so why should they release an iPhone or Mac aimed towards education or lower income buyers. If people stopped paying the crazy high prices then Apple would have to lower their margins. But until then Apple has zero incentives to make affordable products for education or anyone else.