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foggyhill said:

phone-ui-guy said:

boredumb said:

"...its existing one billion installed base of iPhone users..."
Didn't the "one billion" figure refer to all Apple devices and computers active?
Anyone remember more accurately?

Oh, and, "...almost ten years later we have devolved into a society of buffoons..."
Actually, I believe studies show we have always pretty much been a society of buffoons.  

In this keynote it was said that they sold their 1 Billionth iPhone. DED has misquoted the information between the quote you remember and what was said about the iPhones sold. It is safe to assume that there is some large number of the 1B iPhones that are no longer in use. Two things turn me off about DED's articles. First, the tone in which he writes. This article in a certain sense does what he is deriding other journalists for doing. He pushes his is own narrative (by insinuating he is the only journalist that gets Apple since he attacks everyone else) when he too could ask the good questions and present the information so we can make up our own minds. Second, as this post pointed out he plays fast and loose with facts to suit his needs. Saying Apple has 1B installed base of iPhones certainly doesn't make the article better. It does however further his narrative and undercut him in the eyes of people that know facts being stretched. He could have gotten the facts right and it would not have detracted from the point of the article at all. Saying 1B iPhones sold is still a pretty damn spiffy accomplishment. DED, if you read my comments... Do please consider your tone. If you think the tone is fine, please consider getting an outside editor to review some of your work. I really do believe it would expand your journalistic influence.

There are probably 1B active IOS devices though.

That was the previous quote I and the original poster was mentioning. Apple had stated that at WWDC. It does go to the point that DED can be a little fast and loose with the facts.

I think the Gurman comment about Apple Watch redesign this fall was actually 100% accurate. By all accounts Apple had to redesign every aspect of the watch for the new level of waterproofing. They said as much during the keynote and shows all of the new gaskets, talked about the adhesives, etc. Yes, the external design didn't really change much at all, but the fact remains that the pretty much every component changed. That is the definition of a complete redesign. Given that the same post was also pretty accurate about the additional aluminum colors and what ended up being the nylon bands, he was pretty damn spot on in both accounts. You really need to give him credit as such.

grangerfx said:

Anyone else bothered by the fact that you can't change the AirPod's volume without Siri which requires a connection to the internet to interpret "lower the volume"?
How about the fact that Apple will not sell iPhone 7s to new customers? You have to already have an active account with a major carrier to buy one. Funny that was never mentioned during the rollout or in the splashy Apple web pages. You had to get up at 3:00 AM to find out.

For the second item, Apple has had limitations on that since they started selling unlocked phones. At some point when they get to a supply and demand balance they lift that restriction. Not aware of an official comment, but pretty sure it was done to stop the after market distribution of phones. They were being bought in the US unlocked and shipped to places like China to be sold. By forcing the carrier commitments they are limiting access to large amounts of devices. Plus Apple is shipping to more places at launch than ever before, so people in China can order it themselves. They really don't want people buying them up to turn around and gouge people who are desperate to get one quickly.

boredumb said:

"...its existing one billion installed base of iPhone users..."
Didn't the "one billion" figure refer to all Apple devices and computers active?
Anyone remember more accurately?

Oh, and, "...almost ten years later we have devolved into a society of buffoons..."
Actually, I believe studies show we have always pretty much been a society of buffoons.  

In this keynote it was said that they sold their 1 Billionth iPhone. DED has misquoted the information between the quote you remember and what was said about the iPhones sold. It is safe to assume that there is some large number of the 1B iPhones that are no longer in use. Two things turn me off about DED's articles. First, the tone in which he writes. This article in a certain sense does what he is deriding other journalists for doing. He pushes his is own narrative (by insinuating he is the only journalist that gets Apple since he attacks everyone else) when he too could ask the good questions and present the information so we can make up our own minds. Second, as this post pointed out he plays fast and loose with facts to suit his needs. Saying Apple has 1B installed base of iPhones certainly doesn't make the article better. It does however further his narrative and undercut him in the eyes of people that know facts being stretched. He could have gotten the facts right and it would not have detracted from the point of the article at all. Saying 1B iPhones sold is still a pretty damn spiffy accomplishment. DED, if you read my comments... Do please consider your tone. If you think the tone is fine, please consider getting an outside editor to review some of your work. I really do believe it would expand your journalistic influence.

radarthekat said:

Hmm, let me get this straight.  Apple's market cap, today, is $570b.  In Sept 2012 after the iPhone 5 intro, it reached $665b.  

So the Apple of today, with 

$150b more in cash, 

with the iPad mini, 

iPad Pro (in two sizes), 

larger screen iPhones, 

the retina MacBook, 

a game-playing AppleTV, 

the Apple Watch, 

Apple Music, 

Apple Pay, 

a car on the way, 
partnerships with IBM, Cisco, and SAP,
and recent hints dropped by Cook about Entering the AR segment

and probably a few things I left out... 

today's Apple is somehow worth $95b less than the Apple of Sept 2012?  

I'm not seeing how that makes any sense.  

And so I'll remain long.

Don't forget the add in their debt when you cite cash. Also, the market value and market cap is more about growth and not as much about other metrics. If they are growing, people run up the prices to where they think the true value of the stock will be. When they are struggling with growth, it comes crashing down to at or below where they are actually at. Why buy-in and run the price up if they are not growing much? Yeah the dividend helps, but other investors will chase the next stop with high growth.