Mr_Grey

foggyhill said:

rogifan_old said:

I think there are four things driving iPhone:

1. Longer replacement cycles as smartphones have become good enough and improvements are now largely incremental.
2. Higher prices due to FX impacting demand
3. Apple perhaps overestimating the % of the install base that wanted larger screen iPhone
4. Intangible; some people just don't like the 6 series for whatever reason

I'd like to see Apple release a flagship 4" phone and then see what percent of

The rise of 40% of the US dollar over 2 years.... That's one major obstacle to buying in many places.
It may lead to you're #1, but the main factor is that.
Others are not a factor directly.

Indeed.  A 16Gb iPhone (commonly referred to on this forum as "useless"), costs one thousand dollars in Canada.  The prices are set to go up soon as well. 

I still think that the answer (not that Apple will ever take it) is to reduce prices.  Apple still has the highest margins of all tech companies.  Their profit on each product has been variously estimated at two or three times the profit the other manufacturers make.  

There are only so many rich people in the world.  They should try making a phone for the "regular" person instead of just the rich, if they truly want to dominate the market.  They could also try to be better world citizens and stop raping their customers for cash.  

jfc1138 said:

mj web said:

Here's hoping it works without an iPhone, retains longer battery life, and isn't as chunky looking.

Cramming all the extra radios into the watch isn't going to happen anytime soon ...

I tend to think it will take a few versions to get to that point as well, but you're also kind of exaggerating here.  To be independent of iPhone, it only needs two more "radios" to add to the two it already has.  

Knowing Apple, the second version of the watch is likely to be thinner and have a smaller battery before it tackles such things as actual function.  /s

rogifan_old said:

macky the macky said:

AppleInsider said:
"Our team delivered Apple's biggest quarter ever, thanks to the world's most innovative products and all-time record sales of iPhone, Apple Watch and Apple TV," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The growth of our Services business accelerated during the quarter to produce record results, and our installed base recently crossed a major milestone of one billion active devices."



Of course the above comment about the AppleWatch could still mean a small number of sales since it hasn't been out long at all. But the fact Cook mentioned it at all is a good sign of sales.

He mentioned the watch but not iPad. Which leads me to believe iPad Pro sales were soft. 

Possibly because it costs an arm and leg and doesn't actually have much over and above the original iPad to justify that $2000 price tag.  Making an "alternative to a PC" that in some cases costs more than a PC but actually does less, is hardly a recipe for success. 

thewhitefalcon said:

A 25% YOY decline in iPads is not a good sign. 

No but it's not the end of the world either.  The problem there is product differentiation and Apple has taken recent, public steps to address that issue with iPads specifically (the iPad Pro essentially).  

If you are worried about your stock or thinking of selling it as a result, the real warning flag centres around the next iPad release.  If the next version of the iPad Air and iPad mini doesn't incorporate the new features that differentiate those products from the iPhone line ... that is the time to be worried about the iPad, and Apple's future.  

Personally, I think Apple's (seeming) desire to make the iPad a sort of Jack of all trades and not make any models specifically for actual work, is really Apple's achilles heel.  They should be making cheaper, plastic iPads for all the "consumption" type people out there, and "pro" metal versions with greatly differentiated (hardware) features for those people who want to use them to replace their laptops.  The concept that they all have to look the same, act the same, and have the same features is faulty IMO.  

One of the few things worse than putting f*cking advertisements in everything, is perhaps the notion that some people are "more valuable" than others.  The whole idea of MVP customers on a platform like Twitter is offensive and vile IMO.  The original point of the service was democratization.

Twitter was so cool and so revolutionary when it began too.  So sad.  I agree with Ireland in that I've long thought that that moment when Apple wanted to buy it way back when and Twitter showed them the door was a huge mistake by all concerned.