robertwalter

"Leaked"...

I bet the committee thought they had the best of security protocols. 

I predict that  's average margin will increase due to the SE. 

 has essentially found a channel to buy more 6/6s components than 6/6s sales can support, thereby ensuring that component cost discounts are maximized (while the entry level phone's performance is boosted way over what old generation components can support.). This is a big win-win for Apple and consumers. 

On the logistics and manufacturing side, the logistics costs are massively reduced via component commonization, whereas the tooling and production equipment costs are minimized by massively reusing the infrastructure from the 5s. 

Once the the word gets out how good this phone is, they will sell many more than the current 30M rate of the 5s, and in so doing, Apple will put pressure on itself to massively upgrade the 7 in order to reduce cannibalization risk (but remember, if Apple has a significantly higher margin on the SE, than the 7, a bit of cannibalization isn't as dire as it would appear at first glance.)  High margin on the low end, big new features in the upper end are another win-win for Apple and consumers. 

I'm ok with the rebrand as long as apple don't reset the revision number counter. 

Apple needs to go on the offensive and file a FOIA request, and, if denied, a federal lawsuit, to find out the background moves made by the FBI and DOJ and other agencies on this case. 

thewhitefalcon said:

So are Apple and other companies saying that only their opinion matters? Are they better than the voters of North Carolina that wanted this? I thought the left didn't like big business and money in politics?

As an apple shareholder, I would support Apple closing its physical operations in NC.