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  • COVID-19 disaster shows off Apple's true core

    dysamoria said:.
    His defensiveness of Apple is weird, conspicuous, and embarrassing, at this point. It’s like he’s trying to get Apple’s attention for a job in their PR department. 
    What do you mean by defensiveness?

    if anything perhaps I’m a bit lazy in criticizing people who aren’t very smart but have a big platform, while pointing out the obvious in how they are comically wrong. But I’m not defending anything that needs my defense and I certainly wouldn’t want a job in PR. Those people work so hard. 

    LOL, Apple PR is well aware of DED’s work. Those that love the company, appreciate and respect Daniel’s, and other’s, efforts to offer a voice against the tide of FUD that comes from elsewhere. 
    StrangeDayslolliverwatto_cobra
  • A12Z chip in 2020 iPad Pro confirmed to be recycled A12X

    I wonder if this is related to the chipset engineers who tried to start their own company while still working for Apple.  Perhaps that stalled development for the A13X/14X.  That started about two years ago if I recall correctly. 

    Regardless, I hadn’t picked up an iPad Pro until these 2020’s dropped. I’m loving Procreate and Lumafusion on this compared to the iPads and Apple Pencil 1.0. 
    watto_cobra
  • Apple's Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro up for preorder on Amazon, supposedly ships on May 30

    My biggest frustration is why the wait!?

    Shut up and take my money already.

    Loving my iPad Pro, just hard to find a cheap case to stick it in until the end of May. 
    watto_cobra
  • Apple's Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro up for preorder on Amazon, supposedly ships on May 30

    pembroke said:
    apple ][ said:
    If anybody thinks that it's priced too high or they can't afford it or they don't think it's worth it or whatever other reason they might have, then don't buy it.
    Absolutely. 

    However, there does come a point when a price is universally considered too high, I reckon. 

    If the keyboard - a keyboard, albeit on a pivoting arm - was $999 would there be some people who think it represented good reasonable value? How about $1,499? What is the ‘taking the piss’ point for a keyboard with trackpad? $99? $199? $299, $349 ... for a keyboard & trackpad  ... albeit a ‘magic*’ one?

    * ‘Magic’ - how embarrassing is that? I can’t believe Apple marketing ever pushed that, and can’t believe it’s been in use for so long. 
    Steve Jobs loved to use the term ‘magical’. It’s a throwaway descriptor because you don’t need to overthink it, it’s just “magical”.

    It tugs at most folk’s childhood, especially those with income, when magic was everywhere, the books that were read to you, Santa Claus, good spirits, evil spirits. Magnets!!  Magic. 

    /s on that last one
    watto_cobra
  • Panicked selling of AAPL lets Apple buy back billions cheaply

    sirozha said:
    tzmmtz said:
    larryjw said:
    There’s no media induced panic. It is more like computer algorithm triggered panic selling that explains stock drops.

    Why anyone would sell due to the Coronavirus is beyond me. If you buy stocks long, why would this disease outbreak affect your stock holdings?

    if you had unrealized gain from Apple stock, why sell now; losing on the downside value of the stock today, and paying 15% capital gains tax in addition. 
    I sold a little less then half my AAPL at $310 last week as I saw this coming from non-traditional media sources. I expect to buy back around $225 or even in the 100’s range as this gets a lot worse. Which unfortunately it will in my opinion.  I don’t mind paying cap gains if I can get a bargain. Assuming I survive this. 
    IMHO, AAPL is on track to retest its late 2018 lows, that is in the $140 range. 
    Is there going to be a credit freeze in China again?  Or somewhere else in the world!?

    If Apple goes down to $140 anytime in the next six months (highly unlikely), it’s time to take out loans and load up.

    The Apple Is Doomed machination is strong with you.
    SpamSandwich