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  • Cheaper Apple Vision headset rumored to cost $2000, arriving in 2026

    nubusnubus
    Imagine if people had taken that position when the original Macintosh was released! It cost over $7,000 when corrected for inflation, and had a fraction of the capabilities of today's Macs: "Too expensive, display too small, black & white. Fail!" lol
    The Mac did fail, Jobs got kicked out, and Apple continued to sell the previous model for an extra 9 (nine!) years to survive. The market share of Mac is stuck at 9% and is not even close to Apple II. AVP is no Mac. It is more like a Segway a product you don't need at a cost that only makes sense to a few people. Perhaps completely rebrand it as Beats Vision and sell it for $700 or bundle it with an Apple TV subscription.
    williamlondondewme

  • iPhone 16 Pro models dominate lackluster iPhone 16 sales

    nubusnubus
    eriamjh said:
    Good for ASP numbers.  
    Good for margins.  
    Not so fast.

    The number of iPhone users added in 2023 was at 2009 level. As a percentage 2023 was the worst ever by far. The iPhone user base is stalling and so is Apple.
    iPhone is the gateway to app sales, repairs, other services, cases, Watch, AirPods, iPad, and Mac. We have to look at the total value of having a customer.
    williamlondongrandact73

  • Commemorating Steve Jobs and his continuing influence on technology

    nubusnubus
    charlesn said:
    No, we just have a company that is exponentially more successful than it ever was under Jobs's leadership. A company that sits atop the world's most valuable companies, which it NEVER was under Jobs, not even remotely close. 
    Apple became the most valuable company on August 9th 2011. Steve Jobs resigned 2 weeks later on August 24th 2011 according to Apple PR.
    Jobs made Apple the globally most valuable company.
    ronn

  • Europe demands Apple open up iOS for better accessory compatibility

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    danox said:

    By the way, Walmart (a US company) does not do business in the EU and they seem to survive very well.
    That is an ostrich strategy. Boeing/Tesla/Microsoft/Coca Cola wouldn't be doing fine if they stopped selling to EU. Even GM is returning to EU.
    Walmart failed in Germany, Japan, and UK due to better competitors. Doing fine but could do better.
    williamlondon

  • Europe demands Apple open up iOS for better accessory compatibility

    nubusnubus
    Apple is blocking easy pairing with earphones to boost AirPods sales. But iPhone is too big a platform for doing this. Apple can't add features to iPhone that provide competitive advantages in other areas. And wouldn't it be nice if all earphones could use the same API for easy pairing allowing us more choices?

    Device pairing, notifications, connectivity... why would we as users be against competition and choice?
    muthuk_vanalingamchasmAlex1Nwilliamlondon