ElCapitan

StrangeDays said:

ElCapitan said:

When I worked in Apple product management we did not announce a product till it was working and available. 

Generally good advice, but inversely people whine if Apple is silent too. As for this time, I’m sure they had it in the bag but sometimes shit happens. 

People have always whined because Apple is too silent. Offset to that is the lack of trust that builds over time when promised products or services don't materialize. – Which IMO is worse.

It is not like this is the first time this happens lately. 

When I worked in Apple product management we did not announce a product till it was working and available. 

avon b7 said:

wood1208 said:

I understand more consumers choosing to buy default 64GB iPhone XR model but I thought for extra $50, 128GB XR would have been best selling. 

It depends on the market. In Spain the difference between 64GB and 128GB is 60€.

The problem is that the 64GB model is already out if reach (859€) for many. Opting for 128GB means rising to 919€ which will mostly get a flat out no sale for almost everyone I know (for the hardware on offer).

You are right; they have largely priced themselves out of many international markets. 

Does all these TVs announced with AirPlay2 undermine the market for AppleTV?

Usually you can install a large number of applications (many Android based) on these TVs that mirror the most popular apps on ATV. With the addition of the ability to stream both video and audio from Apple devices to them, an ATV suddenly may seem like a product in search for a solution.

There is also another issue that nobody really wants to talk about in fear of not being PC, but nobody but a small section of the potential customer base want to listen to a potty mouth SJW CEO going on about how their customers should live their lives and what values they should hold. 

If Timmy wants to be an activist - fine - keep it at the local level where it might be relevant, but the moment he steps outside the US, his message is either irrelevant because many countries gained the rights he keeps fighting for even decades ago, or it flies right in the face or their religion, culture and belief systems.  Incidentally these geographies falls under Apple's definition of emerging markets. So it is not only price and currency issues that discourage customers in these markets.