dkhaley

I would caution people against using revenue alone as a benchmark. Sure, the newer iPhone sell for more, but they also cost more to manufacture. In this case gross profit would be a better measure. I have no idea if that has gone up or down on the iPhone category.

Someone else mentioned the Apple ecosystem, and I think this is very important. If you own one primary devices (Mac/iPhone/iPad), it becomes more likely you will buy other Apple devices.  There is also a financial impact of the iTunes store, App Store, iCloud storage etc, which are driven by the total units sold.

There is a price that reduces sales enough that the the increase gross profit from a unit equals the decline in store sales over the devices lifetime. That is the maximum price that makes sense to charge. I'm sure Apple's pricing people have already worked out those calculations.

 

What makes your journalistic credentials better than Ms. Kubota's? You also criticize Joanna Stern, who is a seasoned reporter. I would caution anyone against blindly dismissing their reporting.

GeorgeBMac said:

Kudos to T-Mobile for reporting it so quickly.   Typically, the hacked firm takes months before they make it public and notify those whose data was stolen.

And for shutting it down while it was still in progress too.

rotateleftbyte said:

They will attract the typical Walmart Shopper. Saying that brings back seeing Videos of some Walmart shoppers a few years ago. (shudder)
These may not be the typical Apple shopper and may well use Amazon quite a bit (end of psychology bit)

They (Walmart) have to do something to thwart the rise of Amazon so while not a fan of Walmart, I wish them well in this Venture.

You might be surprised by Walmart shoppers. Go to an upper middle class suburb. You find people shopping there who spends lots of money on McMansions, luxury cars and iPhone (i.e. things that other people will see), but then will try to save a buck on everything else.

lkrupp said:

My 2016 F-150 didn’t support it at first but Ford released an update to its Sync 3 system and voila, CarPlay. Also had to swap out the in dash USB module for some reason. Android Auto didn’t need that. Don’t know why.

I think the new hub requires Apple's MFI chip, so it needs to be swapped out.

Our local dealer (Autonation Ford of Frisco) wanted $500 to do the change, claiming that the part itself was over $200. I hate being lied to.

 I ended up ordering the hub from a national parts dealer for less than $70, and installed it in 20 minutes.